Dykstra v. Darling et al: Former Teammates Turn Litigants

By Jeff Birren, Senior Writer   There are undoubtedly potential defamation plaintiffs who decline to sue out of a concern that hidden past events could come to light during the litigation. Lenny Dykstra likely had no such fears when he sued a former teammate and his publishers for defamation because his past was well known, including, according to the United States District Court, being “among other things, racist, misogynist, and anti-gay, as well as a sexual predator, a drug abuser, a t