Toni Layton is the estranged lesbian lover of tennis star Martina Navratilova. The couple split in 2008 after reportedly engaging in a "nasty fight." Layton has threatened to expose Navratilova's "dirty laundry" if she doesn't give Layton what she wants in the couple's settlement case. Layton states, "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." Navratilova reportedly offered Layton $200,000 which was said to have been "an insult" after all the hard work and support that Layton gave during the couple's eight-year relationship.New York Post: Lesbian Ex Rattles Martina Navratilova's 'Skeletons' (April 13, 2009)
Martina Navratilova Fast Facts
- Professional tennis player
- Born: October 18, 1956
- Birthplace: Prague, Czechoslovakia
- Birth name: Martina Subertova
- Defected to the United States in 1975
- Turned pro at the age of 16
- Handed: Left
- Longest winning streak in the history of tennis (74 matches)
- Ranked #19 on the ESPN list of 100 Greatest Athletes of the Century
- Tied Billie Jean King for 20 Wimbledon titles
- Inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame in 2000
- Dated Toni Layton for eight years
- Split from Layton in 2008
- Was previously romantically linked to Rita Mae Brown and Judy Nelson
- Autobiography: Being Myself
- Co-wrote the tennis instruction book Tennis My Way
- Co-wrote the mystery novels The Total Zone, Breaking Point and Killer Instinct
- Wrote the fitness book Shape Your Self
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Was romantically linked to Martina Navratilova
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Couple were together for eight years
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Was married to Jeffrey Lambert, a computer salesman
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April 2009
Negotiating a settlement with Navratilova after the couple's split
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Claims to have "helped nurture and enrich Navratilova's career"
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Navratilova offered Layton $200,000 for settlement
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Layton states the $200,000 offer is an "insult"
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Navratilova's lawyers have reportedly threatened to "publicly discredit Toni and humiliate her"
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Layton's lawyer stated "Toni has the right to obtain a fair settlement the same as if she were the spouse in a traditional marriage"
