Lenny Dykstra has sued Los Angeles County and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s office, claiming that deputies beat him in jail:
Dykstra filed the suit seeking unspecified damages against the county and several Sheriff’s Department employees, saying his head was slammed against the wall, his teeth were knocked out and he was kicked and beaten until he was “barely breathing.”
At a hearing in 2012 a sheriff’s spokesman said there had been a fight involving Dykstra and deputies, but that Dykstra was the aggressor and that deputies merely restrained him.
You may have your opinions about Dykstra, and yes, he’s earned the lack of the benefit of the doubt when it comes to the things he claims. But the prison system in this country has equally earned the lack of the benefit of the doubt when it comes to jailhouse violence and the treatment of prisoners. So I feel like it’s a pretty good idea to let this one play out before people claim they know what happened.
