Tiger Woods can breathe a sigh of relief, as his ex-girlfriend has dropped the $30 million lawsuit she launched towards him remaining year.
Erica Herman originally filed the lawsuit in October 2022 following her break-up with the pro golfer. She claimed Tiger and his accept as true with violated their oral tenancy settlement when he compelled her to transport out right away after their cut up.
As consistent with the alleged settlement, Erica claimed Tiger had verbally given her permission to are living in his residence for the following five years.
But after their break-up, she says she was handiest given realize she used to be being locked out of the place of dwelling after arriving at an airport to move on vacation. She was recommended she wouldn’t be allowed again in Tiger’s home upon her go back.
Erica mentioned that while Tiger’s trust paid for her to stay in a lodge temporarily, they arranged to take away her personal items from his house with out her permission or supervision.
Tiger filed a response to her a month later, arguing her lawsuit violates the NDA she signed in 2017, which calls for her to unravel any disputes with Tiger through “confidential arbitration.”
“By suing the Trust somewhat than Mr. Woods, Ms. Herman seeks to evade her obligation to adjudicate her claims in a confidential arbitration and, as an alternative, seeks to achieve leverage by way of litigating her disputes with Mr. Woods in a public forum,” his felony team argued in courtroom paperwork.
He additionally claimed to have paid for her stay at a “local luxurious lodge and supplied price range she could practice toward a brand new residence.”
Erica went directly to file a different lawsuit to get the NDA nullified. She claimed that Tiger sexually harassed her when she was once working at his restaurant, ahead of they started relationship. She claimed to were stressed into signing the NDA out of worry of shedding her job.
However, Erica’s NDA case was once disregarded remaining month, leading Erica to withdrew her authentic lawsuit over the oral tenancy agreement.
Recent court paperwork ascertain Erica pulled the plug on the case on June twenty ninth, even though the news handiest leaked to the public just lately.
When the inside track first broke about Erica’s lawsuit, sources mentioned Tiger used to be “terrified” that it could grow to be an enormous public scandal, very similar to his divorce from Elin Nordegren in 2010 when he was once exposed for a series of infidelities.
" Tiger feels like this is another shakedown ," a supply told PEOPLE. "He doesn't want another scandal. It terrifies him […] and she knows that because they've talked about it."
"There's a lot of panic right now […] no one wants the details of a long relationship to be made public,” the source went on, adding it’s been a “nightmare for him.”
Luckily for Tiger (and his reputation), it appears he can put this legal debacle behind him.
Sources: PEOPLE, New York Post,
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