Former New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies ball player Lenny Dykstra was arrested in front of the Linden, New Jersey police station early Wednesday morning on charges he threatened an Uber driver while in possession of narcotics.
NJ.com reports that, according to the police report:
The driver, a 47-year-old Roselle man, told police he picked up Dyksta in Linden. When the driver turned down Dykstra’s request to change his destination, the ex-major league player allegedly pulled out a weapon, pointed it at the man’s head and threatened to kill him.
The driver got the attention of police by speeding into a parking garage next to the police station and repeatedly honking his horn before stopping at headquarters, police said. The Uber driver then ran from his car, according to police.
The cops could not find any weapon, but “Nails” had cocaine, marijuana and ecstasy on his person when police took him into custody around 3:30 a.m. according to a statement.
Dykstra, 55, was charged with making terroristic threats and numerous drug offenses. He was released with a summons and is required to appear in Union County Superior Court in Elizabeth next month.
Dykstra told the New York Daily News that, contrary to a police report and press release, he was not actually arrested. He also blamed the driver for the incident.
“The guy went nuclear on me,” Dykstra told the paper. “He fucking kidnapped me and almost killed me going 100 mph. He locked me in his fucking car, and he wouldn’t let me out.”
Whatever you say, Lenny.
Dykstra, a three-time All-Star, retired after the 1996 season. He’s faced multiple run-ins with the law, including three guilty counts of bankruptcy in 2012 that sent him to prison for more than six months and multiple sexual assault allegations.
In 2015, he was charged with stealing $50,000 in jewelry from porn star Brett Rossi.
In February, Dykstra was in the news after giving an interview to The Hollywood Reporter in which he made some outrageous and unsettling claims against Charlie Sheen. (Dykstra had previously monetized his past relationship with Sheen in a 2016 book, House of Nails.) His latest bizarre claims included allegations that Sheen is a murderer and has a gay sex tape.
Even more outrageously, Dykstra also claims that Keith Davidson, Sheen’s attorney and a famous “fixer” who was responsible for helping Michael Cohen arrange a $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels to keep her quiet about an alleged affair then-candidate Donald Trump, was the one who screened a copy of the tape for him!
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Anyone remember when Lenny wrote a $5000 check to Monika Foster for escort fees and his check bounced? LOL was she pissed….