Former New York Mets’ Lenny Dykstra slammed with six and a half month prison sentence-MLB News
U.S. District Judge, Dean D. Pregerson has announced a six and a half month prison sentence for former New York Mets’ outfielder, Lenny Dykstra.
The decision was taken by the judge after it was proven that he took out all the assets from his house in order to let the creditors believe that he cannot pay off debts.
Dykstra submitted bankruptcy request to the court so that his creditors do not ask for money, which he had borrowed from them. While he did so, he had to clarify that he really did not possess anything in his ownership for making payments.
Assets in his house could be used by the court as the reason to disqualify him from being insolvent. In order to hide them, he emptied his house and shifted them to somewhere else.
However, he could not hoodwink the court into believing that he is worth going bankrupt, because soon his ill-intent came into the knowledge of the judge.
The part of the reason why the judge did not take some time to decide the punitive action is because he has a history of wrong conduct.
Even during his time with the Major League teams such as the Mets and the Philadelphia Phillies he used drugs and adopted illegal methods to stay healthy.
Apart from this, he was once reported to be supposedly molesting a woman and trying to force himself on her.
Judge Pregerson has remarked over the misconduct of Dykstra in the following words.
“I’m trying to understand who is Mr. Dykstra,” Pregerson said. “There’s a spectrum of conduct that’s hard for me to understand.”
Dykstra has cursed himself for making a mistake and not acting as a law-abiding citizen. He feels sorry for his family that has to endure humiliation along with him.
“I don’t think I’m a bad person,” Dykstra said. “I’m looking forward to a new start.”
It is encouraging that Dykstra has shown the willingness to change and become a good person from now onward.
As well-entrenched habits die hard, judge will not trust him easily unless he brings drastic improvements in his behaviour.
It will be hoped that the creditors that have suffered due to him will be compensated duly and that Dykstra learns a lesson from this.
Tags: