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Tiger Woods’ Ex-Girlfriend Erica Herman Accuses Him Of Sexual Harassment In New Court Documents

<p>The split between <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;tiger-woods-ex-girlfriend-seeks-30-million-after-being-booted-from-his-home-following-their-split&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>Tiger Woods<&sol;strong><&sol;a> and former longtime girlfriend <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;tsrbaewatch-it-looks-like-tiger-woods-has-a-new-bae-shes-the-gm-of-his-restaurant&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>Erica Herman<&sol;strong><&sol;a> continues to worsen now that the latter <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;tmz&period;com&sol;2023&sol;05&sol;08&sol;tiger-woods-accused-of-sexual-harassment-by-erica-herman&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">has accused<&sol;a> him of multiple instances of sexual harassment&comma; <em>TMZ<&sol;em> reports&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to a new court filing by Herman’s attorney in Florida on Friday&comma; Herman claims Woods began a sexual relationship with her while he still employed her&period; She also claims he forced her to sign a non-disclosure agreement to keep her job&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;tiger-woods-ex-girlfriend-seeks-30-million-after-being-booted-from-his-home-following-their-split&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Tiger Woods&&num;8217&semi; Ex-Girlfriend Seeks &dollar;30 Million After Being Booted From His Home Following Their Split<&sol;a><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Erica Herman&&num;8217&semi;s Court Filing Accuses Former Longtime Boyfriend Tiger Woods Of Sexual Harassment<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"paragraph inline-placeholder" data-uri&equals;"archive&period;cms&period;cnn&period;com&sol;&lowbar;components&sol;paragraph&sol;instances&sol;paragraph&lowbar;02546EE0-B71D-7762-22B1-F4D59E7DA1CA&commat;published" data-editable&equals;"text" data-component-name&equals;"paragraph" data-analytics-observe&equals;"off">At the time&comma; Herman was working at The Woods Jupiter&comma; the 15-time major champion&&num;8217&semi;s South Florida restaurant&comma; per the outlet&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Tiger Woods&comma; the internationally renowned athlete and one of the most powerful figures in global sports&comma; decided to pursue a sexual relationship with his employee&comma; then — according to him — forced her to sign an NDA about it or else be fired from her job&comma;” the court document reportedly reads&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>The court filing goes on to accuse Woods of &&num;8220&semi;tricking&&num;8221&semi; Herman into leaving the home they shared before locking her out and &&num;8220&semi;taking her cash and pets&&num;8221&semi; to &&num;8220&semi;strong-arm her into signing a different NDA&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;And&comma; when he became disgruntled with their sexual relationship&comma; he tricked her into leaving her home&comma; locked her out&comma; took her cash&comma; pets&comma; and personal possessions&comma; and tried to strong-arm her into signing a different NDA&period;”<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Herman’s attorney Benjamin Hobas went on to state&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;A boss imposing different work conditions on his employee because of their sexual relationship is sexual harassment&comma;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Woods’ representatives did not immediately return <em>CNN&&num;8217&semi;s<&sol;em> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;cnn&period;com&sol;2023&sol;05&sol;07&sol;sport&sol;tiger-woods-sexual-harassment-ex-girlfriend-allegation&sol;index&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">request for comment<&sol;a>&comma; according to the news network&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Herman Tricked Out Of Woods&&num;8217&semi; Home&comma; New Court Filing Alleges<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The court document added that Woods&&num;8217&semi; allegedly tricked Herman using a &&num;8220&semi;scheme&&num;8221&semi; where he told her to pack for a trip to the Bahamas&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Herman was reportedly taken to the airport before being asked to speak with the golf icon&&num;8217&semi;s lawyer&comma; who told her she would &&num;8220&semi;never see Mr&period; Woods again&comma;&&num;8221&semi; <em>CNN <&sol;em>reports&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Then&comma; Mr&period; Woods’s California lawyer&comma; out of the blue&comma; told her that she was not going anywhere&comma; would never see Mr&period; Woods again&comma; had been locked out of the house&comma; and could not return&comma;” the document said&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;She would not even be able to see the children or her pets again&period;”<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>She ultimately refused to sign a non-disclosure agreement at that point&comma; the complaint says&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The pair&comma; who dated for about six years&comma; had a private relationship&comma; minus a few public outings at his competitions and the 2022 US Open&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;tmz&period;com&sol;2023&sol;05&sol;08&sol;tiger-woods-accused-of-sexual-harassment-by-erica-herman&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">TMZ<&sol;a>&comma; Woods has yet to respond to Herman&&num;8217&semi;s recent sexual assault claims&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"Cr&lowbar;Nsi3uY0K" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;" data-uri&equals;"archive&period;cms&period;cnn&period;com&sol;&lowbar;components&sol;paragraph&sol;instances&sol;paragraph&lowbar;BAB860EA-A7B6-5679-6856-F4F07BDDCD9D&commat;published" data-editable&equals;"text" data-component-name&equals;"paragraph" data-analytics-observe&equals;"off">New Complaint One Of Two Herman&&num;8217&semi;s Brought Against Woods Over The Past Year<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p data-uri&equals;"archive&period;cms&period;cnn&period;com&sol;&lowbar;components&sol;paragraph&sol;instances&sol;paragraph&lowbar;BAB860EA-A7B6-5679-6856-F4F07BDDCD9D&commat;published" data-editable&equals;"text" data-component-name&equals;"paragraph" data-analytics-observe&equals;"off">The complaint is one of two Herman has brought against Woods over the last year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"paragraph inline-placeholder" data-uri&equals;"archive&period;cms&period;cnn&period;com&sol;&lowbar;components&sol;paragraph&sol;instances&sol;paragraph&lowbar;BAB860EA-A7B6-5679-6856-F4F07BDDCD9D&commat;published" data-editable&equals;"text" data-component-name&equals;"paragraph" data-analytics-observe&equals;"off">As <strong><em>The Shade Room<&sol;em><&sol;strong> reported in March 2023&comma; Herman <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;tiger-woods-ex-girlfriend-seeks-30-million-after-being-booted-from-his-home-following-their-split&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">claims in a separate lawsuit<&sol;a> that Woods owes her &dollar;30 million after the alleged incident where he reportedly locked her out of his home with the bogus Bahamas trip following their split&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to court documents obtained by TMZ&comma; Herman&comma; and Woods lived at his Hobe Sound&comma; Florida mansion for the duration of their relationship&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Erica claims they had an &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;oral tenancy agreement&comma;” allowing her to live with him for at least five years after their breakup&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CpjD3eJMMMU" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Another lawsuit was filed in Oct&period; 2022&comma; claiming a trust owned and created by Woods violated the Florida Residential Landlord Tenant Act&period; According to reports&comma; Woods allegedly broke his and Herman&&num;8217&semi;s supposed oral tenancy agreement&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Herman&&num;8217&semi;s lawyer shared more information in the court documents at the time&comma; as per <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;tmz&period;com&sol;2023&sol;05&sol;08&sol;tiger-woods-accused-of-sexual-harassment-by-erica-herman&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">TMZ<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;The landlord made the availability of her housing conditional on her having sexual relationship with a co-tenant&period; That conduct amounts to sexual harassment under federal and Florida fair housing laws&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"121162" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;tiger-woods-ex-girlfriend-erica-herman&sol;" data-secure&equals;"c4f3441ad3"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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