Lenny Dykstra could be released from prison this weekend
Former baseball star Lenny Dykstra is expected to be released from jail Sunday, just 15 months into his three-year term, the Philadelphia Inquirer is reporting.
After pleading no contest in October 2011 to three grand theft auto charges and one count of filing a false financial report, the 50-year-old former member of the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies underwent a drug and alcohol rehabiltation.
He was sentenced to three years in prison by L.A. County Superior Court Judge Cynthia Ulfig on March 5, 2012.
“I was surprised they let him out before the three years, to be quite frank with you,” said Christopher Frankie, author of “Nailed: The Improbable Rise and Spectacular Fall of Lenny Dykstra.” ”Because he blatantly disobeyed the court, and a lot of the stuff was very brazen. He was doing it in the full view of law enforcement.”
According to prosecutors during his trial, Dykstra and two others tried to lease and then sell cars from several dealerships by claiming credit through a nonexistent business.
”I hope, for his sake, his family’s sake, and the public’s sake, that he doesn’t return to his criminal past,“ Frankie said.
He added: ”I think people in this country really love a comeback story, so he certainly has that opportunity. But I’m not convinced that’s the path he’s going to take.”
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