Meaning of って in レニーって男が来て脅されたんだよ


Does the って in the レニーって男が来て脅されたんだよ 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.




> レニーって男が来て脅されたんだよ

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 って is a colloquial version of という.  
レニー **って** 男 = レニー **という** 男




> レニーって男が来て脅されたんだよ

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 って is a colloquial version of という.  
レニー **って** 男 = レニー **という** 男

