Erica Herman Sued Tiger Woods in October After Being Locked Out of Their Shared Home
Erica Herman, who was by Tiger Woods’s side as he made his golf comebacks in recent years, filed a suit against his trust in October alleging that he forced her out of their shared home in Florida. She is seeking $30 million in damages.
This is separate from a claim filed on Monday in which Herman is suing to void a non-disclosure agreement she said she was forced to sign.
Both court filings were obtained by Sports Illustrated.
Herman, 39, claimed that persons working for Woods persuaded her "by trickery" to leave his Jupiter Island, Fla., home to go on a vacation but when she got to the airport they told her she was locked out of the property.
The suit alleged that Woods's representatives took $40,000 of her money and made "scurrilous and defamatory allegations" about how she got the money.
Herman is seeking more than $30 million for what she claims are "breaches of duty" that left her suffering "severe" emotional damages.
According to Herman, she should have been allowed to live in the home in Hobe Sound for another five years. Woods broke up with her in October.
Herman sued the Jupiter Island Irrevocable Homestead Trust, which is the legal owner of Woods's mansion in Hobe Sound where the two lived together for six years. The two began dating in 2016.
Her suit says that she provided "valuable services" at Woods's requests as part of an "oral tenancy agreement."
That, she claims, gave her the right to live at the home for a "certain duration of time."
The lawsuit, filed as a trust litigation, states: "All expenses that related to (Herman's) residency were fully paid by the defendant or its privies. This agreement was fully performed for the six-year period prior to the events giving rise to this lawsuit. The duties that were performed by the plaintiff were extensive and of an extraordinary nature in light of the overall circumstances and environment in which she lived."
According to the complaint, there were five years left on the oral agreement for her to live at the home when Woods engaged in "prohibited practices."
Herman claimed in a separate legal filing that that an NDA she was forced to sign is being wrongfully enforced on her, citing the Speak Out Act.
The Speak Out Act, which was signed into law on Dec. 7, 2022, renders unenforceable non-disclosure and non-disparagement clauses related to allegations of sexual assault and/or sexual harassment and that are entered into “before the dispute arises.”