Former NFL quarterback Mark Sanchez is “still recovering” from being stabbed during a fight with a grease truck driver in Indianapolis, his lawyer revealed in court Wednesday.
Sanchez, a former Jets QB and Fox Sports analyst, was not required to appear for the short hearing in Indianapolis, nor will he be required to appear for the next hearing on Dec. 2, Judge James Osborn said.
“Thank you for allowing our client to be excused today,” defense attorney Tim Delaney said. “He is still recovering from injuries.”
Sanchez, 38, previously pleaded not guilty to charges of battery resulting in serious bodily injury, unlawful entry of a motor vehicle and public intoxication for the Oct. 4 altercation with Perry Tole, 69.
Timeline of the Mark Sanchez stabbing and arrest
Friday Night
- Mark Sanchez, 38, is in Indianapolis to serve as a Fox Sports analyst for the Raiders-Colts game on Sunday. He’s observed acting “erratically,” doing “wind sprints” in the alley behind Loughmiller’s Pub and Eatery in the downtown.
Just after midnight
- A grease truck driver picking up cooking oil from a nearby hotel parks his truck in the loading dock, blocking the alley where Sanchez is doing sprints.
- Sanchez approaches the driver to try to get him to move and eventually gets into an altercation where he body-slams him toward the wall and then to the ground.
- The driver sprayed Sanchez with mace or pepper spray, but the former NFL quarterback continues attacking him.
- The driver pulls a knife and stabs Sanchez two or three times in the chest, believing, “This guy is trying to kill me.”
- Sanchez turns around and heads up the alley.
12:30 a.m.
- Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers respond to a report of a person shot. They locate Sanchez in Loughmiller’s Pub.
- It’s later reported that Sanchez is uncooperative with responding officers. He tells the detective he can only remember “grabbing for a window” and nothing else about the incident.
- Sanchez is rushed to the hospital in critical condition.
- The driver also suffered “significant injuries,” including lacerations to his cheek and jaw, with a cut that allegedly went through his cheek and hit his tongue.
Saturday
- Sanchez undergoes surgery for stab wounds to the chest, and is stable.
- He is arrested at the hospital and charged with misdemeanor counts of battery resulting in injury, public intoxication, and unlawful entry of a motor vehicle.
Sunday
- Sanchez is discharged from the hospital Sunday morning and transferred directly to central booking at Marion County Jail, where he reportedly posts his $300 cash bond.
Monday
Tole, a grease truck driver, was parked at a Westin Hotel’s loading dock in downtown Indianapolis, when Sanchez attacked him for not moving his truck, court papers claim.
Tole used pepper-spray on Sanchez but the ex-football player continued the assault, including body-slamming the trucker against a wall and the ground, court docs allege.
Tole, believing Sanchez was trying to kill him, took out a knife and stabbed Sanchez two-to-three times in the chest, prompting the ex-athlete to flee, prosecutors allege.
The butt-fumbling NFL vet had to undergo surgery for his chest wounds and Tole also landed in the hospital for injuries. Graphic photos showed a bloody and battered Tole, in a hospital bed, hooked up to tubes, wires and a wearing a neck brace.
A prior judge on the case in Marion County Superior case recused herself without offering explanation last week. The new judge, James Osborn, quickly set Sanchez’ trial for Dec. 11.
Sanchez faces up to six years behind bars and up to a $10,000 fine if convicted in the case.
After his stint in the hospital, Sanchez said he was “grateful” for the surgeon who “saved my life.” He added that he was “recovering slowly” and said it would be “a long process.” He didn’t comment on the court case.
Tole has filed a lawsuit against Sanchez, claiming he “suffered severe permanent disfigurement” from the attack, including to his head, jaw and neck.
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