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In tribunal documents obtained by NBC News, Erica Herman accused Tiger Woods of locking her retired of the Florida location they shared during their five-year relationship.
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Tiger Woods' latest breakup is facing immoderate ineligible battles.
The professional golfer's ex-girlfriend Erica Herman is seeking more than $30 cardinal successful damages aft she accused him of locking her retired of the Florida location they erstwhile shared.
According to an October 2022 suit against the Jupiter Island Irrevocable Homestead Trust that Woods controls, which was obtained by NBC News, Herman says she was allegedly tricked into leaving the property aft she was told to battalion a suitcase for a vacation. When she arrived astatine the airport, her suit states, Herman was informed that she had been locked retired of the home.
Woods' attorneys filed a effect to Herman's suit astir her allegedly being removed from the home, according to NBC News. In the document, they said she was "advised that she was nary longer welcome" aft the brace ended their relationship.
They added that she "responded to the breakup by filing this lawsuit."
According to a tribunal filing obtained by People, the suspect asked for Herman's suit to beryllium heard earlier an arbitrator.
The trust's lawyers added that nether Woods' NDA with his ex, Herman "is required" to settee immoderate of her issues with the jock done a confidential arbitration. By suing the spot alternatively of Woods himself, the trust's ineligible squad says Herman wants to reason the claims successful a "public forum." E! News has reached retired to Herman's lawyer for remark and hasn't heard back.
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Earlier this week, Herman stated successful tribunal documents obtained by E! News that she believes the NDA "is invalid and unenforceable." But the 38-year-old besides said these issues are "not legally certain" and hopes a justice and assemblage tin marque a ruling.
"The plaintiff is unsure whether she whitethorn disclose, among different things, facts giving emergence to assorted ineligible claims she believes she has," her lawyer states successful tribunal documents filed March 6. "She is besides presently unsure what different accusation astir her ain beingness she whitethorn sermon oregon with whom."
The complaint says the NDA should beryllium voided partially due to the fact that of the Speak Out Act, which protects victims of intersexual battle oregon harassment. However, it does not marque circumstantial allegations of that quality against Woods, 47. Herman's ineligible squad besides argues the statement is not valid oregon enforceable "because of a deficiency of information and due to the fact that of unconscionability."
The NDA was signed successful August 2017, erstwhile the brace began a personal and nonrecreational relationship, the filing states. Herman, who was antecedently the wide manager astatine Woods' edifice The Woods Jupiter successful Florida, and the jock broke up successful October 2022.
E! News has reached retired to Woods' squad for remark and hasn't heard back.
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