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Debt And Divorce For Dykstra

2009_04_dykst.jpg The NY Post reports that former Mets outfielder Lenny Dykstra's wife has filed for divorce—which means it's also an opportunity to feature that photograph of Dykstra chomping on Twizzlers from last fall! Dykstra had parlayed his baseball earnings into a variety of investments, including a line of car washes, but recently creditors went after his $18 million (!!) California estate and his Gulfstream III jet (!!). And it was only last fall when Dykstra referred to $140,000 as his "f---ing ashtray money." In the divorce papers, Terri Dykstra claims "irreconcilable differences" for ending their 23-year marriage and a former family employee told the Post, "Divorce? I'm not surprised. Finance was part of it. They've had a sham marriage for several years, and he told me that they hadn't slept in the same bed for three to four years." The couple has two children, 13 and 18.

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  • nice job

    man, the mets' old uniforms were pretty sharp. nothing like the black and blue garbage they wear these days.

  • jackdonaghy

    Just yesterday, ESPN did a profile on Lenny's crumbling business empire, (if it ever really existed):

    http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4084962

  • JacqueMehoff

    is he as well liked in Shea as Straw or Gooden?

  • aveB4life

    read the article about him in GQ - Worst Boss Ever. it makes it very clear about how much of a theiving liar he is.

  • whitecastlerock

    I read that too-what a lowlife he is...

  • longacre

    He writes a stock picking column for Jim Cramer's TheStreet.com. No wonder he's broke.

    http://www.thestreet.com/author/1100645/LennyDykstra/all.html

  • Mr Mel

    He always seemed to be somewhat disturbed.

  • Kojak

    Whoa shes gonna suck him dry.

    Let this be a lesson to all rich men: Get a damn Pre-Nup

  • mdow

    He's already dry. The GQ article painted a bad first-hand picture, and it's not the first I've read...

    I can't believe it has taken his wife this long to file...

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