Tiger Woods in more trouble as ex-girlfriend accuses him of sexual harassment

Tiger Woods and Erica Heman

GOLF Tiger Woods in more trouble as ex-girlfriend accuses him of sexual harassment

Joel Omotto • 21:58 - 06.05.2023

Erica Herman has claimed that the golfing icon 'forced her to sign an none-disclosure agreement or be fired'

Tiger Woods faces more problems following accusations of sexual harassment from his ex-girlfriend Erica Herman that includes allegations that the golfer forced her to either sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) or be fired from her job, according to a court document.

Herman, who dated the 15-time major winner for almost six years, filed the document through her attorney, Benjamin Hobas in Martin County, Florida on Friday.

The filing is the latest in Herman's case against the golfing icon over an NDA she claims she is being wrongfully enforced on her, citing the Speak Out Act.

In the latest filing, Herman, who is suing the PGA Tour star for $30 million, alleged that Woods pursued a sexual relationship with her while she was his employee at his South Florida restaurant and forced her into signing an NDA.

According to the document as reported by the UK’s Dailymail, Herman's attorney, wrote: “Mr Woods was Ms Herman's boss.”

“On Mr Woods's own portrayal of events, he imposed an NDA on her as a condition to keep her job when she began having a sexual relationship with him. A boss imposing different work conditions on his employee because of their sexual relationship is sexual harassment.

“Tiger Woods, the internationally renowned athlete and one of the most powerful figures in global sports, decided to pursue a sexual relationship with his employee, then, according to him, forced her to sign an NDA about it or else be fired from her job.

“And, when he became disgruntled with their sexual relationship, he tricked her into leaving her home, locked her out, took her cash, pets, and personal possessions, and tried to strong-arm her into signing a different NDA.”

Woods has previously attempted to steer the dispute into private arbitration proceedings in accordance with the NDA his attorney says they signed in 2017.

However, Herman wants the court to determine that the NDA is invalid or unforeseeable for reasons including that she claims she was subject to sexual abuse by him.

In the case, filed in March, to void the NDA, which she had signed with him in August 2017, Herman made the startling allegation that the 82-time winner on the PGA Tour had sexually abused her but went into no detail as to what the alleged abuse entailed.

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