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East nfl Quarterback Mark Sanchez seen limping out before being hospitalized indianapolis Jail Sunday morning – after one Alleged dispute with truck driver Ended up with him being stabbed.
The video shows Sanchez, 38, walking into the Marion County Jail with his arm wrapped in a sling to have his fingerprints taken. mug shot taken, Fox 59 reported.
when former New York Jets The player was later released from jail, telling reporters he was “focusing on my recovery” and thanked first responders and his surgeon for saving his life. Other footage was shown.
A judge ordered Friday that Sanchez must complete processing by the Sheriff’s Department before he can leave the state.
According to court documents, the quarterback turned Fox Sports analyst was in Indianapolis for the Colts-Raiders game on Oct. 5 when he allegedly got into an altercation with a 69-year-old grease truck driver over parking.
Sanchez was jailed on four charges. He was initially charged with only three misdemeanors, but Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears said he was adding a battery charge resulting in serious bodily injury, which is a serious charge.
Mears suggested he added the additional charge because court documents indicated Sanchez was allegedly the aggressor. fight, According to Fox 59.
Meanwhile, the man Sanchez allegedly fought with, 69-year-old Perry Toole, filed a lawsuit in Indiana state court last week against Sanchez and his employer, Fox Corporation.
The lawsuit accused Sanchez of instigating a fight with Toole late on Saturday night, October 4, which caused “severe permanent disfigurement, loss of function” and other injuries and emotional distress. It is also claimed that Sanchez smelled of alcohol when he encountered Toll, who had previously tried to stop him with pepper spray.
Toole ultimately stabbed Sanchez multiple times in the fight, later telling police he thought “this guy was trying to kill me.” A photo of a seriously injured Toll has circulated online, showing him in a hospital bed with his neck bandaged, covered in blood and with a deep wound on one side of his face.
Fox has placed Sanchez on leave. In his lawsuit, Toole claimed that Fox Sports “knew or should have known of Defendant Sanchez’s unsuitability as an employee, his propensity to drink and/or harmful conduct.”
Sanchez had a 10-year NFL career before retiring in 2019. He spent four seasons with the Jets and also appeared in games with Philadelphia, Dallas and Washington.
He also worked for ABC and ESPN for two years before joining Fox Sports as a game analyst in 2021.
Sanchez is scheduled to appear in court for a pre-trial conference on Nov. 5 at 1 p.m.