December 03, 2012
A California judge on Monday sentenced Lenny Dykstra to 6 1/2 months in prison for bankruptcy fraud, concealing bankruptcy estate property and money laundering, expressing dismay that the former baseball All-Star could have become involved in a "spectrum" of criminal conduct after a distinguished baseball career.
November 19, 2012
U.S. prosecutors told a California federal court Thursday that a 30-month sentence was the minimum appropriate for former Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Lenny Dykstra's "brazen" bankruptcy fraud, even with his guilty plea.
July 13, 2012
Former New York Mets outfielder Lenny Dykstra pled guilty Friday to federal charges of bankruptcy fraud, concealing bankruptcy estate property and money laundering in a deal that carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and nearly $1 million in penalties and restitution.
June 26, 2012
Former New York Mets outfielder Lenny Dykstra, who was accused of bankruptcy fraud after he sold items from his $18 million mansion during a freeze on his property, reached a plea agreement with federal prosecutors Tuesday.
June 07, 2012
A California federal judge on Thursday rejected former baseball star Lenny Dykstra's request to throw out charges of bankruptcy fraud, embezzlement and other crimes, saying a bankruptcy trustee's alleged conflict of interest doesn't justify dismissing the federal criminal charges.
May 09, 2012
Former baseball star Lenny Dykstra pled not guilty to bankruptcy fraud and other charges Monday, two weeks after asking a California federal judge to dismiss the case because of a bankruptcy trustee's alleged conflict of interest that he said marred the underlying proceeding.
October 24, 2011
Federal prosecutors and public defenders representing former baseball star Lenny Dykstra on Monday asked that his bankruptcy fraud trial be postponed until March because the massive numbers of documents attorneys will have to wade through makes a scheduled December trial virtually impossible.