A week after the incident in which he was stabbed multiple times and subsequently arrested, Mark Sanchez was released from the hospital on Sunday morning. On his way out of the facility, he was met by reporters, and Sanchez provided a few brief thoughts before departing.
Mark Sanchez: “I’m Just Focused On My Recovery”
Sanchez has been charged with felony battery and several misdemeanors after allegedly assaulting a truck driver outside a downtown Indianapolis hotel on October 4. In self-defense, the truck driver deployed pepper spray and pulled out a knife, stabbing Sanchez in his upper right torso.
According to a police affidavit, the 38-year-old Sanchez confronted 69-year-old Perry Tole after Tole backed his truck into the hotel’s loading dock. In a lawsuit filed Monday, Tole claimed Sanchez entered his truck without permission, then blocked his path and shoved him, prompting Tole to use pepper spray in self-defense.
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The footage was filmed after Sanchez was discharged from the hospital.
He was then taken to the Marion County Jail where he was formally booked.pic.twitter.com/dAopQAXIKZ
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During their investigation, police located Tole in a nearby alley with numerous cuts on his face. He told officers he had been in the area collecting used cooking oil for Restaurant Technologies, the company he works for, when the altercation took place.
Mark Sanchez was released from an Indianapolis hospital on Sunday, and gave the following quote to reporters:
“I’m just focused on my recovery. I just want to thank the first responders, Eskenazi Hospital…I just want to thank Dr. Mossler, the surgeon. She saved my life. I’m grateful for that”
Sanchez then walked away and apologized for not being able to answer more questions before climbing into a truck and departing. After being discharged from the hospital on Sunday, he was transferred to the Marion County Jail, where he was officially booked.
Mark Sanchez was booked into jail on the following charges:
- Battery resulting in bodily injury — Class A misdemeanor
- Unauthorized entry of a motor vehicle — Class B misdemeanor
- Public intoxication endangering the life of another — Class B misdemeanor
- Battery resulting in serious bodily injury — Level 5 felony
