Former NFL defender Mark Sanchez was accused of batteries with injuries, public intoxication and illegal entrance of a car After the incident in Indianapolis Early, on Saturday morning, this left him hospitalized with knife wounds.
According to the testimony of Sanchez, who now works as an analyst NFL for Fox Sport, collided with a 69-year-old truck driver in a hotel boot. The driver said that he believed that “this guy was trying to kill me” and used the pepper spray to protect himself. When the spray did not stop, as Sanchez advanced at him, the man said that he had stabbed the former quota -terbecial “two or three times”. Then Sanchec allegedly threw a man against the garbage container before the “appearance of the shock” stumbled upon his face, and he “took off”. Detectives considered the video recording of the incident. Witnesses said that Sanchez and the driver shot each other with mobile phones during the incident.
“Mr. Sanchez, apparently, runs after [the man] and the video shows that Mr. Sanchez grabs and throws [the man] On the Westin wall, the hotel, ”the police wrote in the affected:“ Mr. Sanchez then shows that he throws [the man] On the ground on the western side of the lane. “
The star of Indianapolis reported The confrontation began after Sanchez and the driver argued at the place of parking. It is assumed that Sanchez told the person who was collecting from the hotel, the manager took the frying oil that the manager said that he did not want oil to rise. Then, as they say, Sanchez tried to enter a human truck.
The incident left Sanchez with stab wounds in his body, while the driver suffered from his face. Sanchez was treated in a hospital from his injuries, which were not life -threatening before he was arrested on Saturday. He should appear at the hearing on Tuesday morning.
According to the testimony under the oath, Sanchez said to the police: “All that he could remember is to grab the window.” He did not remember who hit him or where the incident occurred.
“This incident should never have happened,” said the district prosecutor Marion Ryan Mirs on Sunday. “What began as disagreements between a 38-year-old former professional athlete and a 69-year-old man should not have outplane into violence or leave anyone seriously wounded. As in any case, we will follow the facts and laws, wherever they lead. ”
Sanchez was in Indianapolis to illuminate the game of Kolts with Las -Vegas raiders on Sunday in the framework of his sports duties Fox. Another former NFL defender, Brady Kuinn, replaced Sanchez in the stand for a Sunday game. Fox briefly recognized the incident on the Sunday preliminary show, with the leading Kurt Meneffi, speaking: “We are still trying to wrap our heads around this … Our thoughts and prayers with Mark, his family and all involved.”
Sanchez joined Fox in 2021, and also contributes to the programming of Studio FS1.
Before his broadcasting career, Sanchera played 10 seasons in the NFL with several teams, including New York Jetswho took him with the fifth common choice of the 2009 draft. He later played for Philadelphia Orlov and Dallas cowboys. He resigned in July 2019 and soon after that he began working with the ESPN football lighting before moving to Fox.
In 2023, Sanchez married his wife Perry. The couple divides three children.
