Tiger Woods’ ex-girlfriend Erica Herman drops sexual-assault lawsuit

Erica Herman, the one-time associate of Tiger Woods, has dropped a declare by which she accused the 15-time main champion of sexual assault.

Herman, who filed the declare towards Woods shortly after their relationship ended at first of this yr, dropped the lawsuit earlier this week, ending a six-month authorized battle.

At the guts of Herman’s authorized case was a non-disclosure settlement she signed at first of her relationship with Woods in 2017. Herman and Woods met at Woods’ restaurant in Jupiter, Fla., the place Herman was an worker. Under a legislation referred to as the “Speak Out Act,” NDAs could also be voided in cases of sexual assault or harassment. Herman and her lawyer argued the non-disclosure settlement was unenforceable as a result of the standing of Herman’s employment hinged upon her accepting Woods’ NDA, and due to this fact represented an act of sexual harassment within the office.

According to Fox News, Herman recanted her claims, writing in a letter to the courtroom that she was “never a victim of sexual harassment or sexual abuse at the hands of Tiger Woods or any of his agents and it is her position she never asserted a claim for such.”

The letter comes after circuit Judge Elizabeth Metzger expressed skepticism about Herman’s interpretation of the NDA, calling her allegations “vague and threadbare” in an 11-page opinion rejecting her preliminary request to void the NDA.

“Herman has had the opportunity [to] provide factual specificity for any claim relating to sexual assault or sexual harassment, however, she has not done so,” Metzger wrote.

According to the lawsuit, Herman and Woods first met in 2016 and dated by the tip of 2022. The couple break up at first of this yr, and Herman’s lawsuits adopted shortly after. In addition to the NDA declare, Herman additionally dropped a separate lawsuit for $30 million towards the belief that owns Woods’ $54 million Jupiter Island mansion.

James Colgan

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