Wayne Gretzky buys back Southern California mansion from MLB great
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What do NHL legend Wayne Gretzky and former MLB great Lenny Dykstra have in common? Well, the two at one point owned a 6.5-acre mansion in the Thousands Oaks neighborhood of Southern California.
After selling the mansion to Dykstra for a cool $18.5 million back in 2007, the Great One has reacquired the property.
Per the Los Angeles Times.
"The 6.5-acre property has had quite the journey since Gretzky sold it to ex-New York Mets star Lenny Dykstra in 2007 for $18.5 million. Dykstra, riddled with financial struggles, unsuccessfully tried to sell the home before declaring bankruptcy, causing him to lose the property to foreclosure," the Times reported.After being sold to Index Investors for $760,000 at an auction in 2010, the property changed hands to Gretzky last year for $13.5 million, recent transactions note.
The place itself is something to behold.
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Courtesy of the Los Angeles Times
The 8,711-square-foot mansion includes six bedrooms, eight bathrooms, two guest houses, a pool, hot tub, movie room and tennis court.
Considered the greatest hockey player of all-time, Gretzky played in the NHL from 1978-89 and holds pretty much every scoring mark in league history. He's said to be worth a cool $200 million.
For his part, Dykstra fell on difficult times following a MLB career that lasted from 1985-1996. He recently spent six months in jail for attempting to hide assets pertaining to a bankruptcy filing.
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