Former Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez drunkenly attacked a 69-year-old supply driver earlier than being stabbed by him in self-defense, Indianapolis police mentioned in courtroom paperwork launched Sunday.
Sanchez, 38, was hospitalized early Saturday after the stabbing in downtown Indianapolis. He was arrested on the hospital later that day however remained on the facility in steady situation.
The previous Jets first-round decide was formally charged Sunday with battery leading to harm, public intoxication, and illegal entry of a motorized vehicle.
Mark Sanchez celebrates after a Jets win at MetLife Stadium in 2011. (Picture by Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Photographs)
“This incident should never have happened,” Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears mentioned in an announcement. “What began as a disagreement between a 38-year-old former professional athlete and a 69-year-old man should not have escalated into violence or left anyone seriously injured.”
Investigators mentioned the dispute started simply after midnight on Saturday after the supply man parked his car in an alleyway between two lodges, the Indianapolis Star reported. Surveillance video exhibits Sanchez approaching the truck and opening the driving force’s door, cops mentioned.
The 2 then started arguing and police mentioned each stepped out of the car and started struggling within the alley, in response to native Fox affiliate WXIN. Video confirmed Sanchez throwing the person towards a wall and later to the bottom, police mentioned.
Officers interviewed the supply driver, who instructed them he tried to make use of pepper spray on Sanchez, however the ex-NFL star merely wiped it apart and continued advancing on him, the Star reported. The person instructed police it was at that time he thought, “This guy is trying to kill me” and pulled the knife, stabbing Sanchez a number of occasions.
First responders discovered Sanchez in a bar subsequent to the alley round 12:30 a.m. Saturday and he has been hospitalized since. He was in Indianapolis as a part of Fox Sports activities’ broadcast staff for Sunday’s Las Vegas Raiders at Indianapolis Colts recreation. Fox introduced that Brady Quinn will change Sanchez on the decision.
