In her episode of Desert Island Discs, tennis great Billie Jean King opened up about her ... ‘I did have an affair with Marilyn Barnett’ and you could have heard a pin drop,” she said.

Billie Jean King – queen of the ’60s and ’70s ... Billie Jean was very publicly outed when Marilyn Barnett, an assistant she’d formed a relationship with, sued her for palimony.

The Battle of the Sexes took place in 1973 between world No. 1 Billie Jean King and 55-year-old ... and Andrea Riseborough as Marilyn Barnett, explores topics of equality, women’s rights and ...