Erica Herman, the longtime girlfriend of Tiger Woods, is searching for launch from a nondisclosure settlement with the professional golfer following an almost six-year relationship with him.
In line with courtroom paperwork filed Monday in Martin County, Florida, Herman believes the NDA is “invalid and unenforceable” and that Woods and a belief he controls are utilizing it aggressively to silence her.
Herman and Woods haven’t publicly introduced if their relationship has ended. They started courting in August 2017. Since then, Herman has routinely accompanied Woods at main championships within the U.S. and overseas. Nonetheless, in line with The Related Press, she didn’t attend his Hero World Problem within the Bahamas in December, nor the Genesis Invitational he hosted at The Riviera Nation Membership in California final month.
Citing the “aggressive use” of the NDA in opposition to her, Herman’s grievance mentioned she’s “not sure whether or not she could disclose, amongst different issues, information giving rise to varied authorized claims she believes she has.”
“She can also be at the moment not sure what different details about her personal life she could talk about or with whom,” the grievance continued.
Herman’s lawyer argued that the NDA ought to be voided below a federal legislation, the Communicate Out Act, which prevents an NDA from being enforced when sexual assault or harassment are concerned.
Herman didn’t make any particular allegations in opposition to Woods.
Woods’ agent, Mark Steinberg, didn’t instantly return JHB’s request for remark.
Within the occasion the decide decides the NDA is enforceable, Herman’s lawyer requested that the decide make clear the particular scope of Herman’s obligations below the settlement. Particularly, the lawyer requested to know whether or not and to what extent the NDA limits Herman’s freedom to reveal details about her personal experiences, the experiences of her relations, images and recordings of herself and relations, and data held, witnessed or realized by people who find themselves not lined by the settlement.