Suit: Dykstra Spending All Our Cash

Last week, news broke that former Phillies centerfielder Lenny Dykstra (at right, looking creepy as all heck, with Jim Cramer) was being sued by his publishing partner after just one issue of his magazine The Players Club, aimed at rich athletes.

Dykstra is also suing publishing partner Doubledown Media; he actually filed his lawsuit first. But let’s get to the quote from the lawsuit against him:

“Over a relatively short period of time, Dykstra proved himself to be a mercurial, difficult client whose many idiosyncrasies and demanding personality imposed substantial costs on the planned publications and created excessive burdens for Doubledown,” reads the suit. “At the same time, Dykstra began shirking his financial obligations to Doubledown beginning in late 2007 and continuing into 2008, repeatedly driving up expenses and increasing the overall costs of the publications at a time when he, on information and belief, lacked the cash to pay for such expenses.”

What is it with athletes and carwashes, anyway? No word if The Players Club will ever be publishing a second issue, but let’s just assume it’s gone to that great big magazine rack in the sky.

Lenny Dykstra Sued By Publishing Partner [Mixed Media]