Tiger Woods’ ex-girlfriend Erica Herman has filed court documents seeking to void a non-disclosure agreement he signed, arguing that federal law prohibits the enforcement of an NDA when it involves sexual assault or sexual harassment.
Herman, who dated Woods for six years, filed the complaint Monday in a circuit court in Martin County, Florida.
It says that Herman «is not sure if he can disclose, among other things, facts that give rise to various legal claims that he believes he has.»
«She is also currently unsure what other information about her own life she can discuss or with whom,» the document continues. «Therefore, there is an active dispute between the Claimant and the Defendant for which the Claimant needs a clarifying statement from the Court.»
The NDA was signed in August 2017, when the couple began a personal and professional relationship, according to the document. Herman was previously the general manager of his restaurant The Woods Jupiter.
The lawsuit says the NDA should be struck down because of the Speak Out Act, which protects victims of sexual assault or harassment, but makes no specific allegations against Woods.
In a separate October court filing, Herman accused Woods of locking her out of the Treasure Coast, Florida, home they shared. She is seeking more than $30 million in damages, according to a lawsuit filed against Woods controls.
The lawsuit states that she entered into an «oral lease agreement» with Woods that will remain in effect for five more years. Herman alleges that she was tricked into leaving the house after being told to pack a suitcase for the holidays. When she arrived at the airport, she was told she had been locked out of the house, according to her file.
«The defendant’s agents tried to justify their illegal conduct by paying for a hotel room and certain expenses for a short period of time, after they had locked the plaintiff out of her home and scared her not to return,» it says.
Since then, the lawsuit says she has repeatedly asked to be let back into the home, but the trust and its agents refused and removed her belongings from the residence. The suit also alleges that $40,000 in cash that belonged to her was misappropriated.
Woods’ team did not immediately respond to a request for comment from NBC News.
Woods’ lawyers filed a response to Herman’s lawsuit over being thrown out of the home, saying she was «informed that she was no longer welcome» after the couple ended their relationship. They said she «responded to the breakup by filing this lawsuit.»