Former NFL Defender Mark Sanchez could face imprisonment after he was charged with a criminal offense on Monday.
Charge In addition to three other He was awarded on Sunday after a fierce confrontation at the beginning of the weekend. These accusations were intended for the battery with injury, public intoxication and illegal entry of the car during the incident early on Saturday morning, in which Sanchez, who worked as an analyst with Fox Sports since his retirement, hospitalized with knife wounds.
On Monday, the board is intended for a criminal offense battery at the fifth level, including “serious bodily harm”, which can lead to a prison term of up to six years and a fine of 10,000 US dollars.
“I don't care who you are. I don't care what you earn a living. I don't care where you live. If you come to our city, we are committing violence, we will use all the tools at our disposal to hold you accountable, ” – Indianapolis Chris Bailey chief said on Monday.
Sanchez was stabbed, and pepper sprayed the truck with a 69-year-old driver during the incident in Indianapolis, where the former NAST-York Jets star was to cover the NFL game between collists and Las Vegas Readers on Sunday. Sanchez allegedly collided with a driver, known only as a “PT” in the police affectionate, in the loading compartment near the hotel. P.T. He says that he collected the used culinary oil from the hotel when Sanchez, who, as he claims, smelled of alcohol, tried to enter the truck. PT says that Sanchez told him that the hotel manager said that he did not want oil to rise.
P.T. He said that, in his opinion, Sanchez “tries to kill me” and used the pepper spray to protect himself. When the spray did not stop, as Sanchez advanced at him, P.T. He said that he had stabbed the former quota -Terme “two or three times”. Then Sanchez allegedly threw PT against the garbage container before the “appearance of the shock” came across his face, and he “took off”. Detectives considered the video recording of the incident. Witnesses said that Sanchez and P.T. We shot each other with mobile phones during the incident.
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.
The incident left Sanchez with stab wounds in his body, while PT received deep cuts on his face. On Monday, the district prosecutor Marion Ryan Mirs called PT's injuries as “very heavy”. 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.
“We are literally talking about people fighting for the parking lot,” Mirs said. He added that a number of witnesses, as well as security cameras, gave the police a clear picture of the incident.
Another former NFL defender, Brady Kuinn, replaced Sanchez in the Fox booth with 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.
