Tiger Woods’ ex, Erica Herman, drops sexual assault lawsuit and NDA appeal

Tiger Woods’ ex-girlfriend Erica Herman has dropped her sexual assault lawsuit against the famed golfer as well as an appeal to a non-disclosure agreement she had signed, according to multiple reports on Tuesday. 

In a notice filed in Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal to drop the appeal, Herman said 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 that she never asserted a claim for such,” according to Fox News. 

Herman had signed a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) in 2017 at the start of her relationship with Woods, and she had sued to be released from the agreement.

In May, a  judge ruled she could not be released from the NDA and Herman filed an appeal due to the ruling. 

In Herman’s initial filing, the lawsuit cited the Speak Out Act that allows for a person to be released from a NDA if they’re a victim of sexual assault.

Nevertheless, in the May ruling, Circuit Judge Elizabeth Metzger wrote that Herman’s reasoning for being released from the agreement lacked “factual specificity for any claim relating to sexual assault or sexual harassment,” according to PEOPLE. 

Woods and Herman had first been linked romantically in 2017 and ended their relationship in 2022. 

In a separate suit, Herman had sued Jupiter Island Irrevocable Trust, the trust that owns Woods’ home in Florida, in December for $30 million because Woods had allegedly tricked her into leaving the home and locked her out, violating an oral agreement the pair had to let her live there for another five years.

Herman dropped that lawsuit in July. 

Woods, a 15-time major champion, is currently rehabbing an ankle injury and on Monday had fallen to the lowest world ranking of his career on the Official World Golf Ranking. 

He currently sits at No. 1,307 on the rankings.