Lenny Dykstra Responds To Drug OD, Wild Fight Reports At NJ House

Lenny Dykstra, the ex-Mets and Phillies star, had a curious but angry response to reports that drug overdoses, fights and other destructive behavior have happened at his New Jersey house.

Dykstra offered this response – a Mr. Rogers video – to Patch on Twitter Thursday when asked for comment on reports of the bad behavior at his Linden house:

In an interview with The New York Post, Dykstra offered an angrier response to the neighbors' claims. “I took an ugly bitch and made her into a beautiful rock star,” the former baseball star told The Post on Thursday.

Dykstra even acknowledged in the report that he heard a drug overdose took place at his house but he said "it was a construction worker."

“Maybe the other houses are jealous that I have the best house now,” he reportedly said.

Residents of Stockton Circle in Linden have been complaining Dykstra has been ruining the neighborhood with piles of garbage, fights and people coming and going at all hours, according to nj.com. They want him out.

“It all started when he moved in,” Linda Graham, who lives nearby, told nj.com. “There’s been two overdoses. There’s been a scuffle on the front lawn. There’s been people who are here today, gone tomorrow. We don’t know who these people are and we are afraid.”

Linden City Councilwoman Gretchen Hickey accused Dykstra of renting out rooms in his house for $1,000 each, which is a violation of municipal ordinances, according to nj.com.

Dykstra has had his share of troubles since moving to New Jersey. He was arrested on May 23 after running into trouble with an Uber driver, and he also faces drug charges connected to the incident.

Read more: Ex-Met Lenny Dykstra Threatened To Kill NJ Uber Driver: Cops

Graham, speaking with mycentraljersey.com, said that, two weeks before Thanksgiving 2017, police knocked on her door to see if she had seen or heard anything about the vandalism at Dykstra's home where all the water faucets were left running.

Graham told the publication that Dykstra wasn't able to live there for weeks and, once he returned, renovation work began. She said about six other people were living in the house before police threw them out.

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