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Tiger Woods’s ex-girlfriend feared ending up ‘heartbroken and jobless’

Woods and Herman in Melbourne in 2019
Woods and Herman in Melbourne in 2019
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Tiger Woods’s ex-girlfriend said she was worried that she might end up “heartbroken and jobless” before she signed a non-disclosure agreement (NDA), according to emails provided by the golfer’s legal team.

Erica Herman, who is separately involved in a $30 million (£23.7 million) eviction suit with a Woods-owned trust, is attempting to quash the NDA, which she signed in 2017 when the pair began their relationship. Woods, 47, believes the NDA means any disputes between the two should go straight to private arbitration. Herman’s attempt to quash the NDA was heard in a county court in Florida on Tuesday, where her lawyer provided a new twist by disputing his client’s signature on the NDA included in court documents.

Under the terms of the NDA provided,