Bankrupt Lenny Dykstra Owes TMZ an Apology

Lenny DykstraFormer New York Met Lenny Dykstra is officially broke -- he just filed for bankruptcy -- so he owes the TMZ staffer he called a "f***ing drama queen" last month an apology.

Dykstra, who just filed for Chapter 11 in California, went ballistic when we called to ask if his $400,000 Rolls-Royce Phantom had been repossessed. We had a photo of the car being towed -- so it's not like the question came out of left field.

Since Lenny is currently facing multiple lawsuits, home foreclosure and divorce -- his lawyer explained the filing to the New York Daily News by saying it was a move to "shield his property from a host of meritless claims."

Either way, the papers show he's over $30 million in the hole.



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46. Shame on you TMZ, for getting your facts straight...

Please, someone give me 30 million dollars - I absolutely guarentee I will spend it wisely, charitably, and humbly. I will pay my taxes. I will pay my bills, in full and in a timely manner. I will not buy cars that get an inch to the gallon. I will not pay for anybody's breast implants, including my own. I will only buy one house, and I will mow the lawn myself. (That might be an exaggeration, I HATE mowing the lawn.) I will buy Harvey Levin lunch. I will tip the waiter generously.

Most of all...I will NOT piss it away on booze, drugs, sex, or gambling.
I'll be a NICE multi-millionaire.
Cross my heart.
Please?

Posted at 5:08PM on Jul 8th 2009 by St. Hell

47. It sounds like what Lenny was best at was being a major BS artist in addition to being able to string people along that he owed money to. I hate to tell some of the other posters here this but Lenny is a celebrity and along with that comes a certain loss of privacy. And when someone in his position is $30 million in debt and files for bankrupcy (also, bankrupcy filings are public information) it is going to get some publicity, especially from TMZ who he pissed off big time.

Posted at 4:05PM on Jul 25th 2009 by Chuck Wavy Dean

48. Actually he didn't just lose $30M, he went from +$50M to -$30M. Most of the lose was from his wonderful stock options trading. Very nice of Cramer to tout this ahole but anyone who actually takes Cramer's advice gets what they deserve!

Man how can you not stock away $5 to $10 million in something safe when you have $50M? Oh yeah, ego and stupidity.

Posted at 6:09PM on Jul 8th 2009 by SuperTraderLenny

49. Those of you that feel for toe nails has never been taken by him. He is a liar and a cheat. cheated in baseball,cheated on his wife and cheated every employee he ever had. Someone needs to ck the backyard of his for all the money he must have stashed. Since he felt he never had to pay anyone for anything. I know this first had as I have dealt with Lenny a few times. Strike three jackass your out Good job TMZ

Posted at 6:11PM on Jul 8th 2009 by Audioguy

50. i guess the car wash idea wasnt that great..... i feel bad for the guy..... lots of athletes loose all their money...........there is always someone around them telling they have the best investment.... the only thing is they are getting a kick back from presenting the cash cow.....
what ever happened to the investment group for athletes? CHAMPIONS FUND????????????? i read about it a long time ago.....
you cant blame the guy............... how would you invest millions of dollars??????????? i would purchase vacation homes to rent free and clear...... cars????????????/ purchase free and clear............... bonds.......... there are some talented investment managers that have a 5,000,000.00 minimum and have made their clients money time after time....

i guess the best idea for all the sports guys is to invest together so that they only loose 5%////

Posted at 1:46AM on Jul 9th 2009 by anthony

51. #3 Can you please take an english language class or something that will help you put a coherent sentence together? Posting on the internet in urban, ghetto talk just makes you look ignorant and dumb, to say the least. No one will ever pay attention to anything you have to say until you do.

Posted at 7:28PM on Jul 8th 2009 by jojo 38018

52. First of all, TMZ's doing a great job covering celebrity news, which is their JOB. Why do people come here to read and suck up all the gossip and then insult them for giving you what you came for? Makes no sense.

Second...coming from a former employee of Lenny, I can tell you that he is a thief, plain and simple. Watch the HBO special, read it and weep http://amlawdaily.typepad.com/files/...-11-filing.pdf, he is beyond disgusting. Don't believe that he has only $50k in assets, either. He's a pro at hiding what he's got, spending what he doesn't. I will never see the money he owes me, but I'm glad the world knows it now.

Posted at 10:42PM on Jul 8th 2009 by samantha

53. That TMZ staffer girl is really gorgeous. She has the cutest smile on tv.

Posted at 10:20PM on Jul 11th 2009 by Cam

54. Since when is it okay to refer to white people as whitey? That is a defamatory bigoted slur. "5. Shouldn't TMZ be reporting gossip, and not picking fights with every right wing whitey? If it were not for your love of homosexuals and Mickael Jackson, you would have no content

Posted at 11:09AM on Jul 8th 2009 by jimmysimpson55"
Listen TMZ I know you have no class but this borders on hate speech. Take it down. You would never ever allow other racists slurs why this one?!?!?

Posted at 11:10PM on Jul 8th 2009 by kamalakaruna

55. I started watching baseball in 1986 because of Lenny. He was so cute. Never thought he would grow up to be the loser he seems to be. Lived in Philly when he played in Philly and he never would sign autographs for kids. Was to busy pulling on his crotch.

Posted at 11:26PM on Jul 8th 2009 by lilly

56. Lenny, it's time to man up and apologize to my sweet babboo, Christie.

Posted at 11:59PM on Jul 8th 2009 by sean

57. Hmm. He is opening a new sports bar in Corona, ca. Its a few blocks away from a Dykstra's car wash. Its supposed to open in a few weeks.

Posted at 3:20AM on Jul 9th 2009 by Fake Thomas Jefferson

58. He's the white MC Hammer! Hey Lenny, my little league team needs a batting coach, we'll pay you $20/hr. Come on now, beggars can't be choosers.

Posted at 1:18PM on Jul 9th 2009 by ebony&ivory

59. i did work for him and he stiffed me for $20,000. He set up a payment plan to pay me and he just blew that off. he thought he was above the law. by the way the IRS.....yes IRS took the rolls, maybach, and others assets, maybe that is behind the BK as well. Hey Lenny, NO MORE BURGERS AT THE FOUR SEASONS IN WESTLAKE! HOW ABOUT ONE FROM BURGER KING...WOPPER JUNIOR.... I'LL GIVE YOU A BUCK! OH MAYBE THEY SHOULD LOOK INTO HIS INVESTMENT COMPANY......MAYDOFF...JUST ASKING?????

Posted at 11:50PM on Jul 9th 2009 by u owe me for flooring

60. AHAHAHA -

Loser owes my company 10K for development work on his infamous PlayersClub - aka LosersClub

Posted at 9:14AM on Jul 10th 2009 by Shane

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