Lenny Dykstra's Release From Jail Set For Sunday After Serving Time In Prison For 25 Misdemeanor And Felony Counts

Lenny Dykstra's release from jail is set for Sunday after serving 15 months in prison for four different counts in 2011.

After giving a three-year sentence, Lenny Dykstra's release from jail comes 21 months sooner, according to Philly.com.

Lenny Dykstra's release from jail comes after the former major-leaguer pleaded no contest to three grand theft auto charge and one count of filing a false financial report. According to court records and press reports, the 50-year-old World Series champion with the New York Mets and confederates obtained automobiles from various car dealerships using falsified bank statements and stolen identities.

"I was surprised they let him out before the three years, to be quite frank with you," Christopher Frankie, author of 'Nailed: The Improbable Rise and Spectacular Fall of Lenny Dykstra,' told Philly.com. "Because he blatantly disobeyed the court, and a lot of the stuff was very brazen. He was doing it in the full view of law enforcement."

On June 6, 2011, Dykstra was arrested and charged with 25 misdemeanor and felony counts of grand theft auto, identity theft, filing false financial statements, and possession of cocaine, ecstasy, and the human growth hormone, Somatropin.

Dykstra also was accused of writing a false-check for $1,000 to a woman's escort service in 2010. Then, in 2011, his housekeeper came forward and alleged that Dykstra would force her to perform oral sex on Saturdays. She told police that she was afraid to lose her job if she was to come forward.

On August 25, 2011, Dykstra was charged with indecent exposure. The Los Angeles City Attorney accused Dykstra of placing ads on Craigslist, requesting a personal assistant or housekeeping services. The victims alleged that when they arrived, they were informed that the job also required massage service and then Dykstra would disrobe and he would expose himself.

In 2011, Lenny Dykstra was also released from jail on a $500,000 bond by Charlie Sheen. 

"I hope, for his sake, his family's sake, and the public's sake, that he doesn't return to his criminal past," Frankie told Philly.com. "I think people in this country really love a comeback story, so he certainly has that opportunity. But I'm not convinced that's the path he's going to take."