Tiger Woods’ ex Erica Herman ‘is taking case against star golfer in Florida appeals court’

Tiger Woods’ ex-girlfriend Erica Herman is taking her dispute with the golfer to a Florida appeals court as the legal wrangling took a different turn this week.

Her case against the 15-time Major winner was dismissed twice by a Florida state judge — first in May and then in June.

And now the 39-year-old has filed an appeal with Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal, according to court documents obtained by USA TODAY Sports.

The bitter legal battle to void a nondisclosure agreement over a sexual harassment claim continues.

In May, Judge Elizabeth Metzger rejected Herman’s attempt to dismiss the non-disclosure agreement with ex-boyfriend Woods and ordered the former couple to arbitrate lawsuits seeking millions in damages.

Herman was regularly seen at events such as the Ryder Cup with Woods

The Florida judge said claims of sexual harassment were not supported by documents requested by circuit court.

Metzger denied Herman’s motion to nullify the NDA with Woods drafted in 2017, according to the 11-page document.

Herman’s lawyer initially claimed that no non-disclosure agreement had been signed, but said at a hearing earlier this month that there was a signed agreement, but it did not match the version presented in court.

Herman has also previously accused Woods of sexual harassment. They broke up in October and Herman claimed that Woods tricked her into leaving the mansion they lived together in Florida.

Herman has sought more than $30 million in damages in a lawsuit against Woods.

“Herman had the opportunity to provide factual specificity for any claim involving sexual assault or sexual harassment, but she failed to do so,” Metzger wrote in May.

Herman met Woods as the manager of his Palm Beach restaurant and argued that a non-disclosure agreement would only cover her work role and relationship with Woods, the owner.

Herman expressed concern that she would become unemployed if her relationship with Woods ended in an email chain from August 2017.

Herman, 39, dated Woods, 47, for five years before breaking it off on October 13, 2022

In 2017, Herman apparently expressed concern that he would be out of a job if she and Woods broke up

“My only concern is that if TW happens to do something that ends our relationship, I automatically lose [sic] my job?’ she wrote in an email to Chris Hubman, CFO of TGR Ventures.

“I don’t have a problem with what’s in the document because I wouldn’t make it public or use anything I know to hurt him or the kids, but now that my whole life is in his hands I wouldn’t put some kind of control want to talk about my future in the company.

“If something happens 5-10 years later, I don’t want to be in my 40s heartbroken and jobless. Thoughts?’

Woods and his trust were both named in Herman’s lawsuit seeking $30 million. The trust is included because it owns Woods’ Florida mansion, according to court documents.