Meaning of って in レニーって男が来て脅されたんだよ Does the in the refer to Lenny being the party who threatens the man? Lenny is a thug I think the sentence reads Lenny threatened a man who came.

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We'd normally interpret it as...

( _lit._ ) "A man called Lenny came, and I was threatened (by him)."
→ "A man called Lenny came and threatened me."

The is a colloquial version of .
**** = ****