Dykatra Update

markj111

Lenny Dykstra, facing more than 90 years in prison for bankruptcy fraud, obstruction of justice and money laundering, has entered a plea agreement with federal prosecutors.


According to the Philadelphia Daily News, the government filed the sealed plea agreement Tuesday with the federal court in Los Angeles.


Earlier this month, U.S. District Judge Dean Pregerson rejected a motion by Dykstra to have charges he is facing dismissed. Trial is set to begin July 24.


A former star for the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Mets, Dykstra was charged last year with embezzling money from a bankruptcy estate. Prosecutors said that after filing for bankruptcy, Dykstra hid, sold or destroyed more than $400,000 worth of items without permission of a bankruptcy trustee.


Dykstra is currently serving a three-year prison sentence after pleading no contest to grand theft auto and providing a false financial statement. He also was sentenced this year to nine months in jail after pleading no contest to charges he exposed himself to women he met on Craigslist.

perkdog

In most cases I dont feel bad for former athletes squandering their fortunes but for some reason I feel bad for Lenny, it seems to me he might have developed some type of mental illness.

pmcollectour

I believe Lenny tried to make it on his own in Wall Street.
No one ever makes it on their own on Wall Street.
He never knew had badly the wolves would devour him.

Barndog

he's a criminal who ripped people off. He needs to do time for it.

Karb

<< <i>he's a criminal who ripped people off. He needs to do time for it. >>



Agreed. Mental issues or not he obviously knew what he was doing and knew it was illegal.

perkdog

<< <i>he's a criminal who ripped people off. He needs to do time for it. >>



I completely agree, all Im saying is I do generally feel bad for him is all.

If you do the crime do the time

MeteoriteGuy

<< <i>it would have been something to see the government spend enormous amount of time and money at trial only to end up getting nothing

sincerely, roger clemens

...or only to end up getting almost nothing

sincerely, barry bonds >>



Quite different people that went after Clemens and Bonds, however, I imagine in those examples, it saved us several million dollars. With little exception congress just passes bills, which spend money. Most are good, and some are borderline but not a bad thing, like changing a post office name, (I know it cost us around $250,000 to change the name of a post office here), and of course, many others bills are just a waste of funds. Not saying changing names of post offices, or the like is bad, just giving an example of what congress would have been doing if not playing with Bonds, Clemens and their counterparts.

perkdog

Any second that congress wastes on any MLB issue is a completely stupid waste.