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Report: Lenny Dykstra Released From Prison

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Former Phillies outfielder Lenny Dykstra is free from prison after serving over six months in prison for bankruptcy fraud, according to a report.

TMZ is reporting that Dykstra was released from from Victorville Federal Correctional Complex in California on Thursday.

From TMZ:

Dykstra had been serving a 3-year sentence for grand theft auto and falsifying financial statements -- beginning in March last year -- but the sentences were then rolled together into one, and Dykstra served them concurrently.

As for the grand theft auto case, it appears he got out early.

He is now on 3 years supervised release -- the terms of which include: 500 hours community service, drug testing, a substance abuse program ... and he also has to pay $200,000 in restitution to his creditors.

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