Dykstra, in an exclusive statement to the Daily News, says that at no point had he agreed to participate in [previously announced fight versus Jose Canseco], and that Dan Herman, 26, of Chester County, whom he calls “A starf—er,” booked the fight without his consent and made up quotes in the press, including the Daily News, that Dykstra hated Canseco. Dykstra says that he doesn’t even know Canseco and has no beef with him. “I never agreed to anything,” the embattled Dykstra told us yesterday in an email. “Damon Feldman and Alki David continued to use my name to sell tickets and promote their event up until the last minute. They showed up at my door unexpected, I didn’t even know who they were,” Dykstra explained. He then showed Feldman and David an angry email he sent to Herman Wednesday night, chewing out Herman for booking the fight without his permission. By phone yesterday, Dykstra denied that Herman was ever his business manager. “If he’s my business manager, I’m a f—in’ ballerina,” he told us. [Philly, earlier]
Lenny Dykstra
Who Should Pay For Ruining Lenny Dykstra’s Various Post-Baseball Ventures And Hobbies?
By Bess Levin
As you may have heard, this Saturday night, Lenny Dykstra will box former co-worker Jose Canseco, in a title fight** that will be live-streamed for your viewing pleasure. Canseco was originally scheduled to go head to head with the husband of a Real Housewives cast member but “graciously” agreed to bow out after Nails “called and begged to take his place against Canseco” who, according to LD, “ruined my career by spreading lies.” All of which got us thinking– since Lenny a) is in serious need of some cash, b) not doing much these days, and c) probably looking to work out some of the aggression he feels toward people who’ve brought his life to the place it is today, perhaps he should consider fighting the other individuals who “ruined” things for him? Continue reading »
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You’ve Got Half An Hour To Help Bail Out Lenny Dykstra And Own A Piece Of History
By Matt Levine
Legendary Jim Cramer-endorsed investor Lenny Dykstra may have been disappointed when neither Charlie Sheen nor Hollywood producer Jonathan Heap came through to bail him out from jail where he’s awaiting trail on charges of defrauding creditors, stealing cars, possessing coke and exposing himself to a series of maids found on Craigslist. But if his time on Wall Street taught Nails anything, it was always to have a margin of safety, which in this case meant autographing one hundred “Free Nails” t-shirts before he went to jail so that he can now sell them to raise bail money.
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Lenny Dykstra Didn’t Feel The Need To Reveal His Intelligence, Market Savvy In The Most Obvious Ways
By Bess Levin
When Lenny Dykstra began a downward spiral several years ago, in which he went from having several million in the bank and buying Wayne Gretzky’s house to ripping bathroom fixtures out of the place and selling them at a pawn shop before meeting up with hookers to whom he bounced checks, a man named Jim Cramer took a lot of flack for a comment he’d made about LD in March 2008. Cramer told Bob Costas that of all the people Cramer knew (when he ran a hedge fund, before he got into TV), Dykstra ranked as “one of the greats” in the investing industry. Cramer seemed to stand alone in his comment– especially after Nails started shitting on the floor of his foreclosed house, prompting creditors to file a restraining order– which seemed to rival the one he’d made the same month about Bear Stearns being more than “fine.” Then today, buried in a retrospective on the life and times of Leonard K. Dykstra, who currently sits in a tiny jail cell, vindication. Continue reading »
As you may have heard, Lenny Dykstra is currently sitting in jail on bankruptcy fraud charges. The man once named investor of the century by Jim Cramer could prepare for his upcoming trial in the company of wherever he’s crashing these days but no one has stepped up to the plate to cover the cash portion of his bail, $50,000 in cash (the collateral of $500,000 to secure the bond is in the bag). Want to do your part to bust him out? Want to bust him out without anyone knowing you helped (no names: Jim). Now you can. Continue reading »
Former New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Lenny Dykstra pleaded not guilty Monday in a federal case where he’s accused of embezzling money from a bankruptcy estate. An out-of-sorts Dykstra appeared in a Los Angeles federal courtroom where he entered his plea while flanked by a new attorney, a deputy federal public defender. His previous lawyer, Mark Werksman, wouldn’t comment about why he no longer represented Dykstra, but noted a judge has declared the one-time baseball star indigent. Federal prosecutors contend Dykstra, 48, sold or destroyed more than $400,000 worth of items from an $18.5 million mansion without permission of a bankruptcy trustee. When U.S. Magistrate Judge John McDermott asked Dykstra if he understood the charges, the ex-big leaguer gave an incoherent response. “I don’t understand it, but I understand them,” said Dykstra, who appeared dazed. [AP]
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