From lucky in love to locked out of her own home, Tiger Woods' ex Erica Herman has a sad story to tell.
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00:00From lucky in love to locked out of her own home, Tiger Woods' ex has a sad story to tell.
00:06After spending more than five years together, the relationship between Tiger Woods and girlfriend
00:10Erica Herman came to a bitter end in 2022. The couple began dating in 2017 during a dark
00:16time for Woods. Following the golfer's messy divorce from ex-wife Elin Nordegren, Herman
00:21seemed to help him get back on track. After a devastating car accident almost cost him
00:25one of his legs, Herman was by his side during his recovery.
00:28I just want to say thank you to my mom, Sam, Erica, Charlie."
00:34The good times came to an end in October 2022. According to legal documents filed by Herman,
00:40Woods essentially kicked her out of the home they shared, tricking her into leaving so
00:43that he could move her out. She claimed Woods had encouraged her to go on a short vacation.
00:48When she returned, she found that Woods had changed the locks on the house and refused
00:51to let her enter. Herman promptly sued Woods for $30 million in damages, alleging that
00:56he'd terminated a verbal lease agreement and mishandled many of her personal belongings.
01:00She also tried to file a second suit against the golfer regarding a nondisclosure agreement.
01:05In an attempt to get out of an NDA she signed while dating Woods, she tried to use the Speak
01:09Out Act, a congressional act which limits the enforcement of NDAs in situations that
01:13include sexual harassment. When Herman started dating Woods, she was technically working
01:17for him at his restaurant. She alleged that she was forced to sign the NDA or else lose
01:21her job.
01:22Herman's attorney stated in a filing,
01:24A boss imposing different work conditions on his employee because of their sexual relationship
01:28is sexual harassment. But it didn't work out like she'd hoped it would. This initial motion
01:33was dismissed by the judge, and Herman ultimately dropped both lawsuits against Woods. She later
01:37stated for the record that she was never a victim of sexual harassment.
01:41That's not the only trouble this relationship caused her, either. While still attached to
01:44her famous ex, Erica Herman was director of operations for The Woods Jupiter, a restaurant
01:49owned by Tiger Woods. In 2019, both Woods and Herman were involved in a wrongful death
01:54lawsuit filed by the family of Nicholas Emsberger. Emsberger was a bartender for The Woods Jupiter
01:58and, according to Friends & Family, a person struggling with alcohol abuse. When Herman
02:03hired Emsberger to work at the restaurant, she hired him to specifically be a bartender
02:07— a move that almost landed her in legal hot water.
02:10According to Golf Digest, both Woods and Herman were seen drinking with Emsberger a few nights
02:14before he tragically died in a car accident. The suit alleged that Herman and Woods should
02:18not have served alcohol to a person they knew struggled with substance abuse. They
02:22ended up dismissed from the suit, but Woods got dropped from the suit first, which seemed
02:26to almost leave her as the one left on the hook. A few months later, she was also dismissed
02:30from the suit, but the drama surely took its toll. It just goes to show that it's not always
02:34easy to date a famous celeb.