If you ever wanted to know the deep dark secrets of a lesbian tennis player, you may get your wish. Martina Navratilova has ended a eight-year relationship with her partner, Toni Layton, and now the partner is threatening to tell everything she knows. Navratilova apparently offered Layton $200,000 as a settlement of their affairs. That number didn’t satisfy Layton, and I can certainly understand why. After eight years of support, during which time Navratilova made millions, a couple hundred thousand seems like a real slap in the face. Chances are we’ll be writing about this again, given what Layton told the New York Post:
There are a lot of skeletons in Martina’s closet. It is more like a storage facility full of them, and I know them all.
on Apr 14th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
Messy and catty
on Apr 14th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
It’s not like her ex didn’t share in the spoils of Martina’s millions when they were together. A little bit of a gold digger here? I guess I am conditioned from living in straight society. With straight folks I expect a divorce to be reasonably equatable when kids are involved. With same sex partners I think in my head that what’s yours is yours (no kids) and ol’ Martina shoulda had a prenup type device to avoid palimony issues. Being a guy I can’t imagine not having a job/career and have expected the same of any of my ex’s or BFs. I don’t want to support someone, live and retire on one income, and have to work until I am 65 or 72 to afford to retire. I rag on my straight friends for letting their wives stay home and not work outside the house. 50% of all marriages still end in divorce. Expect it.
on Apr 14th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
Was she working for Martina or in a relationship? It’s so pathetic that when relationships end, it immediately becomes about money and property - oh wait, that’s the straight folks’ problem, right? I guess not. This woman should not be allowed to extort money from Martina by threatening to reveal ’skeletons’ and those of us who admire and respect all that Martina’s done for our world shouldn’t be so eager to hear them.
on Apr 15th, 2009 at 10:20 am
Good grief, I think this is Martina’s third messy breakup, isn’t it? First Rita Mae Brown, then Judy Nelson. She’s no dope, you’d think she’d learn she’s gotta formalize these things in a relationship - just as any well-known, well-off, straight person would do.
on Apr 17th, 2009 at 3:44 am
i quess some people will always feel with the heart,martina is one of them i trully feel sorry for her,that this is gonnahappeng again she have to pay up again.the said part of this all is,when ever both camps are happy with the settlement,you can wait fo it,toni will come up with a book,so why pay.let it all come out.its better than paying.all these women in martina’s life were big spenders,i trully hope she will learn one day that looks can kill she should have been with me,but im just a poor soul…
on Apr 18th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
Let’s just hope this doesn’t turn out to be as bad as what Billie Jean King had to deal with when Mariyln Barnett sued her for “galimony”. After all, $200,000 seems like a decent settlement. But considering that Martina Navratilova makes millions, you’re only hearing this from a young writer coming from a lower middle-class family in Texas. Let’s hope and pray for the best out of this rather awful situation Martina is in.