New York Post

TIGER’S GETTING CHIPPY

She’s just a ‘jilted ex’

- By EMILY CRANE

Tiger Woods says former gal pal Erica Herman isn’t a victim of sexual abuse — she’s just a “jilted ex-girlfriend,” according to court documents filed Monday.

The golf legend, 47, made the claim against Herman, 38, after she asserted in court filings last week that their nondisclos­ure agreement she signed in 2017 should be tossed because her accusation­s involve “allegation­s of sexual abuse.”

In his response, Woods accused his ex-girlfriend (inset below) of trying to thwart the judicial system because she hasn’t previously alleged abuse — or offered up any proof of such claims — during their monthslong legal saga.

“Ms. Herman is a not a victim of sexual assault or abuse sought to be protected by Congress when enacting the statute,” according to Woods’ filing, which was obtained by The Post.

“Rather, Ms. Herman is a jilted ex-girlfriend who wants to publicly litigate specious claims in court, rather than honor her commitment to arbitrate disputes in a confidenti­al arbitratio­n proceeding.” Herman lastt week invoked the Speak Out Act law — which allows for such NDAs to be voided if there’s proof of sexual assault — as a reason for why her nondisclos­ure agreement should be nullified.

But Woods claims in his latest filing that Herman is just trying to use the federal law to get around a clause in their NDA, which calls for any legal disputes between them to be settled in private and not in court.

The former couple’s bitter feud — which dates back to October but only spilled into the public realm last week — kicked off when Herman accused Woods of unlawfully kicking her out of his Florida mansion after they split.

Herman filed a $30 million landlord lawsuit in October against Woods’ trust, alleging the golfer booted her from the home despite their having an “oral agreement” that ensured she could live there for another five years.

NDA tussle

Then on March 6, Herman filed new court documents in a bid to nullify her NDA and in the meantime seek clarificat­ion from a judge on what she is legally allowed to disclose publicly about her nearly six-year relationsh­ip with the golfing champ.

In that filing, which cited the Speak Out Act, Herman checked “yes” under a question asking if the case involved “allegation­s of sexual abuse.”

No specific allegation­s of assault or harassment were referenced in her court documents. Herman actually ticked “no” to a similar question in her initial landlord complaint, Woods’ filing alleges.

“Ms. Herman’s bare reference to the statute, without any allegation­s too support its applicatio­n to the facts of this case, is insufficie­nt to relieve Ms. Herman from her contractua­l obligation to arbitrate,” the latest filing claims. “Rather, it is a transparen­t abuse of the judicial process that undermines the purpose of the federal statute and those whom the statute seeks to protect.”

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