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Driver said he felt threatened by former Jets quarterback
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Detectives reviewed video footage of incident
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Sanchez lands battery and intoxication charges
Former NFL quarterback Mark Sanchez has been charged with battery with injury, public intoxication and unlawful entry of a vehicle after an incident in Indianapolis early on Saturday morning that left him hospitalized with stab wounds.
According to an affidavit Sanchez, who now works as an NFL analyst for Fox Sports, confronted a 69-year-old truck driver at a hotel loading bay. The driver said he believed “this guy is trying to kill me” and used pepper spray to protect himself. When the spray did not stop Sanchez advancing on him, the man said he stabbed the former quarterback “two or three times”. Sanchez then allegedly threw the man against a dumpster before “a look of shock” came across his face and he “took off”. Detectives have reviewed video footage of the incident. Witnesses said Sanchez and the driver filmed each other with the cellphones during the incident.
