Former NFL quarterback and FOX broadcaster Mark Sanchez was released from the hospital and then booked and released at Marion County Jail on Sunday as he faces multiple charges from a stabbing incident in Indianapolis last week.
Sanchez told Max Lewis of Fox 59 Indianapolis that he is “focused on his recovery” while also thanking first responders and the staff at the hospital that “saved my life.”
Lewis reported a judge required Sanchez to go to the jail to be fingerprinted and take a mugshot, which was required for him to leave the state of Indiana.
Authorities announced on Monday that the former quarterback is facing a felony battery charge that carries a potential prison sentence of one to six years in addition to multiple misdemeanors.
Sanchez, 38, was involved in a confrontation with a 69-year old truck driver Perry Tole. Tole, who filed a lawsuit against Sanchez and FOX Sports, said he used the knife and pepper spray to defend himself during the condiment that happened outside of an Indianapolis hotel.
The lawsuit stated Toles suffered “permanent disfigurement, loss of function, other physical injuries, emotional distress and other damages” stemming from the altercation. It also said Fox should have been aware of Sanchez’s “propensity for drinking and/or harmful conduct.”
Sanchez entered the NFL in 2009 and played through the 2018 season for the New York Jets, Philadelphia Eagles, Dallas Cowboys and Washington.
He is scheduled for a pretrial conference for the criminal court case on Nov. 5.
