Former New York Mets outfielder Lenny Dykstra pleaded guilty to looting valuables from his $18 million mansion and secretly selling them after his bankruptcy filing in 2009.
Dykstra, 49, pleaded guilty to three counts of bankruptcy fraud, concealment of bankruptcy property, and money laundering at a hearing yesterday in federal court in Los Angeles. He faces as long as 20 years in prison.
“Mr. Dykstra’s days of playing games with the public and the legal system are over,” Andre Birotte Jr., the U.S. attorney in Los Angeles, said in a statement. “With these federal convictions, Mr. Dykstra’s fraud and deceit have been exposed for all to see.”
Dykstra, in shackles and dressed in a green prison windbreaker and white prison trousers, didn’t speak at the hearing other than to state his name and level of education, high school, and to respond to the judge’s questions, including whether he understood the rights he was giving up and whether he was coerced, with “yes, your honor” or “no, your honor.”
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