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Lenny Dykstra's wife files for divorce
Former baseball star also faces foreclosure
By Raul Hernandez
Friday, April 24, 2009
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The wife of former baseball star Lenny Dykstra, who is facing possible foreclosure on his Lake Sherwood home in Conejo Valley, has filed for divorce.
Terri Dykstra of Thousand Oaks filed for divorce in Ventura County Superior Court on April 16, listing irreconcilable differences.
She is requesting joint custody of the coupleâs 13-year-old son, according to court documents. Two houses in Thousand Oaks owned by the couple are listed as community property.
The couple were married more than 23 years and were separated on April 3, court documents show.
Lenny Dykstraâs lawyer, Daniel Noveck of West Hollywood, said Thursday that he is handling Lenny Dykstraâs civil cases, which were filed in Los Angeles and Ventura County, but not his divorce.
Terri Dykstraâs attorney, Kevin Mooney of Woodland Hills, declined to comment.
Stories about Dykstraâs personal acquisitions after baseball, his financial woes and legal battles have aired on HBO, ESPN and been published in sports magazines.
Public records show the 12,713-square-foot Georgian estate, originally built for hockey legend Wayne Gretzky, could be months away from foreclosure. Dykstraâs lender, Index Investors LLC, filed a default notice on March 11 that states he was behind on his payments in the amount of $422,436.
In addition, lawsuits filed in Ventura County Superior Court claim he owes: $4,850 for pilots and maintenance fees for a two-day trip he took over Christmas; $12,000 for chartered aviation services in connection with his magazine, The Players Club (the complaint states Dykstraâs Visa card was declined); and more than $290,000 to Las Vegas printing company Creel Printing and Publishing Co. for printing services for The Players Club. The magazine folded in April 2008, shortly after it was launched.
Dykstraâs major league career spanned from 1985 to 1996 with the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies.
He recently filed a lawsuit against a Minnesota company that he hired to create a Web site for one of his businesses.
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