Tiger Woods denies he had a tenancy deal with ex-girlfriend

Lawyers for Tiger Woods person denied that helium and his ex-girlfriend, who is suing him, had a woody that allowed her to stock his Florida location with him.

Erica Herman is seeking $30m (£25m) from a spot held by Mr Woods, claiming she was tricked into packing her bags for a holiday, past locked out.

A non-disclosure statement she signed with Mr Woods successful 2017 requires that immoderate ineligible disputes beryllium settled retired of court.

She is trying to person that statement cancelled by a court.

Ms Herman, who managed a edifice owned by Mr Woods earlier their narration began, has filed 2 lawsuits successful Martin County, Florida.

She is arguing that the non-disclosure statement (NDA) she signed is invalid due to the fact that of a caller national instrumentality that limits the enforceability of NDAs successful cases of intersexual harassment oregon abuse. She did not marque immoderate specified allegations successful her lawsuit.

She is besides suing the Jupiter Island Irrevocable Homestead Trust, which Mr Woods controls, claiming that the 15-time champion golfer violated an oral statement that allowed her to unrecorded successful the location with his 2 children.

Ms Herman says she was allowed to unrecorded determination rent-and-expense escaped for the six years of their narration successful speech for idiosyncratic services that she provided to Mr Woods. She says determination were 5 years near of the woody erstwhile helium broke disconnected the relationship.

But lawyers for Mr Woods reason that she was a "guest" who had been "invited" to enactment with him.

"Mr Woods ne'er negotiated an oral tenancy statement with Ms Herman. Nor was determination ever a written tenancy statement betwixt Mr Woods oregon the Trust," his lawyers said successful a tribunal filing.

The documents accidental that Mr Woods notified Ms Herman connected 13 October past twelvemonth that helium was ending their relationship.

The tribunal filing says helium "informed Ms Herman that she was nary longer invited successful the Residence".

"Mr Woods arranged for Ms Herman to enactment astatine a section luxury edifice and provided funds she could use toward a caller residence," the papers adds.

His lawyers reason that she sued the spot to effort to bypass the NDA, and support that the NDA remains legally binding.

The tribunal documents person travel to airy a period earlier Mr Woods heads to Augusta National successful the US authorities of Georgia to play successful the Masters.