From love to legal action. Tiger Woods‘break up with boyfriend Erica Herman revealed when the former owner of the restaurant sued the pro golfer.
Herman filed a lawsuit in October 2022 alleging that Woods – whom she began dating in 2017 – used “deception” to kick her out of their home after they split in the fall of 2022. In court documents obtained by Us Weekly in March 2023, Herman claimed that Woods’ alleged actions violated an “oral tenancy agreement” that gave him the “right to reside” in the athlete’s Hobe Sound, Florida, home for a “certain period of time.”
Elsewhere in the suit, Herman said Woods’ employees encouraged him to take a “short vacation” only to tell him at the airport that he had been “locked out” of the PGA star’s home and could not return.
The Florida native is suing Woods’ trust — who holds the title to his home — for $30 million, claiming that amount is the “reasonable rental value” of her former home over the five years of the alleged verbal lease agreement.
Herman also filed a separate document in March 2023 to try to void the non-disclosure agreement Woods signed when the couple began their relationship.
“Due to the aggressive use of the Woods NDA against him by the Defendant and the beliefs he wields, the Plaintiff is not confident that he can disclose, among other things, the facts that give rise to the various lawsuits that he believes,” the court read. documents obtained by us.
The filing added that Herman felt “unsure what other information about his own life he could discuss or with whom.”
The University of Central Florida alum cited the Speak Out Act — which “prohibits the enforcement of nondisclosure clauses or nondisparagement clauses agreed upon before a dispute involving sexual assault or sexual harassment that violates federal, tribal, or state law,” per Congress — as the reason. for nullifying the NDA. Herman and Woods have not discussed the split or the lawsuit. us has reached out to reps for comment.
Prior to his retirement, Herman stood by the Golf World Hall of Famer after a February 2021 car accident left him with a severe leg injury.
“Erica dropped everything to be with Tiger when she heard about it,” a source said us at the time of occurrence. “He’s been at her bedside, holding her hand and telling her everything’s going to be OK. She’s a champion and she’s earned this. She’s been so compassionate and supportive – all her friends and family. She couldn’t have asked for more.
Woods previously caused controversy in 2009 when he was caught cheating on his wife. Elin Nordegren with some women. Exes – who shared a daughter Sam, born in 2007, and a son Charlie, born in 2009 – finalized the divorce in 2010. California native sought treatment for sex addiction amid the scandal.
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