The driver claims self-defense during the stabbing of the ex-QB, the current analyst Mark Sanchez
A 69-year-old delivery driver would have stabbed the former quarter-back of NFL Mark Sanchez said that he feared that “this guy tries to kill me” so he acted in self-defense, according to the judicial archives filed on Sunday.
The altercation early Saturday morning in an alley in the city center of Indianapolis led to Sanchez, 38, going to the hospital for stab wounds in his upper right chest as well as at the expense of the Indianapolis metropolitan police with a battery offense with an injury, an illegal entrance to a motor vehicle and public poisoning.
Sanchez, who was in Indianapolis as a Fox sports analyst for the match of the host colts against the raiders of Las Vegas, stayed in a hospital early on Sunday. He was replaced by the broadcast by another former quarter-Arrière, Brady Quinn, in the Victoire des Colts 40-6 Sunday afternoon at Lucas Oil Stadium.
“This incident should never have occurred,” Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears said on Sunday. “What started as a disagreement between a 38 -year -old former professional athlete and a 69 -year -old man should not have transformed into violence or have made anyone seriously injured. As for any case, we will follow the facts and the law wherever they lead.”
According to court documents, Sanchez and the other man, identified by his initials “PT”, entered a dispute near Loughmiller’s Pub & Eatery. The driver’s truck was parked on a loading quay to collect used cooking oil, and Sanchez opened the driver’s door to speak to him, by supervisory video.
The driver did not wear his hearing aids and had trouble hearing it. When he leaned, he thought Sanchez felt alcohol and his speech was in the process of us, he said to the police later in a affidavit.
Indianapolis police wrote in an affidavit that Sanchez ran after the driver, caught him and threw him towards the wall of a hotel, leading to a fight.
After Sanchez threw him on the ground, according to the police investigation report, the driver “realized that things had degenerated, and he was now in physical danger,” he said to the police according to court documents.
The driver used peppery gas on Sanchez, who continued to move forward, so he released his knife in self-defense and hit him two or three times, he told the police.
The driver, who suffered a laceration on his left cheek, by court documents, said that Sanchez looked shocked and lacked the aisle. The driver was treated and released from Methodist hospital, according to Indianapolis star.
Sanchez was found by officers who responded in a bar next to the alley and were transported to Eskenazi hospital in critical condition and then upgraded in the stable state. He was released from the hospital, TMZ Sports reported on Sunday evening.
Police wrote in an affidavit that Sanchez told them in the hospital that he did not remember what had happened.
Fox Sports recognized the stab wounds and the arrest of Sanchez during her pre-match national shows and during the cover of the game. Charissa Thompson, animator of “Fox NFL Kickoff” Sunday morning and the host of “Fox NFL Sunday” Curt Menefee said that the Fox Sports team “was always trying to wrap our heads” “Thoughts and prayers are with Mark Sanchez, his family and all the people involved”.
Sanchez was selected by the New York Jets with the fifth overall choice of the 2009 NFL draft and guided the club to two consecutive AFC championship match. He posted a record of 37-36 and launched for 15,357 yards with 86 affected and 89 interceptions with the jets, Philadelphia Eagles, Dallas Cowboys and the Washington franchise.
At university, Sanchez was a big star for southern California in 2008, when he passed for 3,207 yards, 34 affected and 10 interceptions. The Trojans went 12-1 and finished the campaign as a team No. 3 of the country.
– Field level media
