Law: A Disputed Love Match

Her ex-secretary serves up a "galimony "suit to Billie Jean King

There is nothing new in tales of sexual shenanigans between a secretary and her boss. But when one such story came to light last week in Los Angeles court papers, it set off shock waves of publicity. With good reason: both parties are women, the spurned secretary is seeking financial support even though her former employer was and is married, and the ex-boss is Tennis Star Billie Jean King.

The biggest shock of all was that King, after first issuing a general denial, called a press conference at week's end and admitted...