Tiger Woods’ ex-mistress opens up about ‘abusive’ method she was urged to signal NDA as golfer faces lawsuit

Rachel Uchitel, Tiger Woods’ former mistress, spoke out on Thursday about being compelled to signal a non-disclosure settlement (NDA) after her affair with the legendary golfer in 2009.

Uchitel’s remarks got here as Woods’ ex-girlfriend Erica Herman filed a lawsuit on Monday searching for a decide to declare an NDA she signed invalid and cited the Speak Out Act.

Rachel Uchitel attends Perez Hilton’s “Carn-Evil” Theatrical Freak and Funk thirty second birthday celebration at Paramount Studios on March 27, 2010, in Los Angeles, California. (Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic)

Uchitel informed The Daily Mail that not like Herman’s NDA, she had been pressured to signal her NDA after she and different mistresses had begun talking out in regards to the scandal. She defined that the NDA Herman signed was as a result of when folks go to work for celebrities or have relationships with individuals who have very public lives, they wish to preserve their non-public particulars below a shroud of secrecy for “plenty of totally different motive.” She was questioned whether or not it was truthful to “come out after the actual fact” and void it.

“That’s a really totally different factor than, I signed an NDA to cowl up unhealthy conduct.,” Uchitel mentioned.

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“There was an abusive nature in getting me to signal that [NDA] to maintain me quiet, and there was abusiveness in protecting me quiet for 14 years after. But she’s up in opposition to a machine now.”

Uchitel informed The Daily Mail that even her 10-year-old daughter is going through mocking from bullies in school who carry up her ties to Woods.

Singer Leif Garrett and Rachel Uchitel arrive at Relativity Media presents the premiere of “Take Me Home Tonight” held at Regal Cinemas L.A. Live Stadium 14 on March 2, 2011, in Los Angeles, California. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Relativity Media.)

“‘I can’t be gagged, as a result of it’s the worst feeling, the worst feeling to have your voice tied and to not have the ability to inform your aspect of the story,” she added. “In the absence of reality, folks make up something they need, and that’s so debilitating. You lose all sense of energy, all sense of vanity, and folks decide you not primarily based on info.

“It’s not a solution to stay, and it actually can wreck your life, and it isn’t definitely worth the cash. Ever. It was not price it, as a result of so a lot of these issues mentioned weren’t true.”

Tiger Woods walks to the fourth tee in the course of the third spherical of the 2022 PGA Championship at Southern Hills Country Club on May 21, 2022 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.  (Andrew Redington/Getty Images.)

Herman’s lawsuit in opposition to Woods surfaced on Wednesday in addition to a earlier lawsuit in opposition to the belief that owned the home she lived in with the well-known golfer. She claimed that “trickery” had been used to get her out of the house.