Martina Navratilova's Ex-Lover Threatens

Martina Navratilova may have a scandal on her hands. The pro tennis player’s longtime lover, Toni Layton, has been threatening to air Navratilova’s proverbial dirty laundry if she doesn’t receive a bigger split settlement.

The women were together for eight years and Layton claims she had an integral impact on the course of Navratilova’s career, which has earned the Wimbledon winner millions

Martina Navratilova wants a monetary settlement she considers fair, or else she will reveal the tennis legend’s deepest secrets, reports the New York Post.

"There are a lot of skeletons in Martina's closet,” Toni Layton told the Page Six gossip sheet. “It is more like a storage facility full of them, and I know them all,” she said.

Said Layton’s lawyer, "Layton was offered a measly, flat $200,000 for eight long years of 24/7 work and support for the enrichment and betterment of [a] multimillionaire athlete. The offer was an insult. Navratilova is using Florida’s failure to recognize gay marriage to her advantage."

Thus, says Layton, she deserves more than the $200,000 Navratilova offered her when they broke up. If she doesn’t receive additional funds, Layton has promised to spread Navratilova’s secrets, she 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." Layton’s lawyers insist that she’s not a gold digger; they are simply taking a stand for gay rights.

Layton left her husband for Navratilova, and the couple lived together in Florida.

“Navratilova is using Florida's failure to recognize gay marriage to her advantage,” said Layton’s spokesperson, Gary Flack.

"We are standing up for gay rights in this case," said Raymond Rafool, the lawyer for Layton. "Toni has the right to obtain a fair settlement the same as if she were the spouse in a traditional marriage."

A spokesperson for Navratilova had no comment.

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