Lenny Dykstra was handcuffed in court and locked up with bail set at a whopping half a MILLION bucks -- after the D.A. slapped him with 25 criminal charges.
Dykstra was taken into custody in L.A. County Superior Court at the end of his bail hearing. He did not enter a plea -- and is scheduled to be back in court Friday for bail review.
As we previously reported, the D.A. charged the former baseball star with 23 felony counts and 2 misdemeanors including auto theft, identity theft, and possession of coke and Ecstacy.
The prosecutor said Dykstra's $500,000 bail amount represents the amount of property he is accused of stealing.
Lloyd's of London has gone to court ... asking a judge to let the company off the financial hook, claiming it doesn't owe the Michael Jackson Estate $17.5 million on grounds MJ was a fraud.
The company issued the muilti-million dollar policy to cover the doomed "This Is It" tour for losses.
But Lloyd's claims it doesn't have to honor the policy for 2 primary reasons:
1. Michael Jackson and AEG allegedly lied about Michael's medical history -- specifically, MJ said he had not seen a doctor other than a cosmetic MD since June, 2005.
2. Michael did not disclose he was taking prescription drugs prior to and at the time of his death -- including Propofol.
Lloyd's is asking the court for a declaration that the policy is null and void as a result of the alleged fraud.
Howard Weitzman, the lawyer for the Estate, tells TMZ, "This legal action is nothing more than an insurance company trying to avoid paying a legitimate claim by the insured."
One of the women who engaged in a sexually explicit Internet relationship with Rep. Anthony Weiner is coming out with some pictures of her own -- and we gotta say ... hot.
The pictures of 26-year-old Meagan Broussard were obtained by ABC News -- which conducted a full-scale interview with the single mother not long before Rep. Weiner's announcement today ... when he admitted to sending sexually explicit photos to at least 6 women.
It's unclear if Meagan was the recipient of the infamous penis bulge pic.
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NY Congressman Anthony Weiner just confessed ... he IS the owner of the penis in the infamous underwear pic and accidentally posted it on Twitter while trying to send it to another woman -- and he WON'T be resigning.
Weiner addressed the media in Manhattan this afternoon to take responsibility for the picture -- telling reporters, "The picture was of me, and I sent it" ... and he planned to send it to another woman.
The congressman says he will not resign from office because of the scandal -- and plans to return to his work following the conference.
As for his explanation, Weiner says he accidentally posted the pic to his Twitter account last month -- panicked when he realized what he did ... and falsely claimed he had been hacked.
"At the end of the day ... I lied because I was embarrassed."
Weiner adds, "I take full responsibility for my actions ... I have made terrible mistakes. I have not been honest with myself, my family , and my constituents."
According to Weiner, he engaged in several "inappropriate conversations" online -- and exchanged sexually explicit photos with "at least six women."
Weiner adds, "I have never met with these women, nor have had physical relationships at any time."
Weiner says he and his wife don't have plans to split over the controversy.
Looking more appropriate for a walk of shame than to walk a red carpet, Reese Witherspoon, Kristen Stewart and Chelsea Handlersported some serious morning after hair at the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday.
Is social media to blame for Congressman Weiner's escapades? Plus, Harvey and Charles go at it over Reese Witherspoon's attack on sex tapes -- is she a hypocrite?
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The USC Trojans are no longer your 2004 college football national champions.
The Bowl Championship Series just announced the organization has stripped the University of Southern California of the title after an investigation proved Reggie Bushand his family received improper benefits while he was playing for the Trojans.
The NCAA had already stripped USC of its wins in which Bush participated -- including the 2005 Orange Bowl -- but the BCS was waiting to make a decision on the national championship title because USC had appealed the NCAA ruling.
But the NCAA rejected the appeal -- and today the BCS went ahead with their plans to strip USC of the title ... which means USC's 55-19 victory over Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl was all for naught.
Bush won the Heisman Trophy for his 2005 season -- but forfeited the award last year amidst rumors that the NCAA was going to take that away from him too.
Here's male teen pop phenom Justin Bieberat the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday (left) -- and everyone's favorite next door neighbor Amanda Bearse from the '80s TV series "Married with Children" (right).
A new pic -- apparently showing the naked torso of Congressman Anthony Weiner -- has now surfaced, and it's looking like his claim that his Twitter account was hacked may be bogus.
This pic -- obtained by BigGovernment.com -- was allegedly sent on May 20 of this year to a woman from Weiner's Yahoo email address.
According to BigGov, Weiner apparently used the account to store many other personal photos of himself -- thus suggesting the shirtless photo is him.
Weinergate exploded last month after a Twitter pic was leaked, showing a man with a bulge in his underwear. Weiner has hedged, saying he can't say for sure it's him, but claims he never sent the pic to anyone and his account was hacked.
rollingpaperz&bush
Don't let your congressional probe hit the debt ceiling on the way out.
paul a.
I see it now....
"...I hereby step down to spend more time with my family....."
bunny
If it was smaller, he would deny it's him. That's quite impressive.
Lenny Dykstra was just formally charged with multiple felonies, including possession of cocaine and Ecstasy ... which were found in his home when LAPD officers arrested him.
The L.A. County District Attorney is accusing Dykstra of committing 23 felonies and 2 misdemeanors. As TMZ first reported the alleged crimes include auto theft, identity theft, filing false financial statements ... and possession of controlled substances.
The D.A. says police found coke, Ecstasy, as well as Somatropin -- a synthetic human growth hormone -- in the former major leaguer's home while executing a search warrant on April 14.
Law enforcement sources tell us it was a small amount of coke and Ecstasy for "personal use" ... not distribution.
Dykstra's accountant and a friend were also charged -- and all three are scheduled to be arraigned later today. The D.A. will ask that bail be set at $500,000 for each party.
If found guilty of all charges ... Dykstra faces up to 12 years in state prison.
Aside from this arrest .. Dykstra is also under indictment for a federal bankruptcy fraud charge.