Mark Sanchez broke down as he finally left the hospital Sunday after he was stabbed during a fight in Indianapolis earlier this month — but he had no words for his alleged victim who says he was permanently disfigured in the attack by the ex Jets quarterback.
“I’m just focused on my recovery and I just want to thank the first responders, Eskenazi Hospital, Marion County Sheriff, and the Indianapolis Police Department, Metro PD,” he told reporters as he walked out of the Marion County jail Sunday.
“But I’m focused on my recovery, and I just want to see my wife, I want to see my son, my two baby girls,” Sanchez told the outlet.
Mark Sanchez is seen in a mugshot. X/angelaganoteHe left the hospital after a week recovering from stab wounds he sustained during a brawl with 69-year-old grease truck driver Perry Tole.
He went straight from the hospital to the jail, where he he was booked, had a mugshot taken and released on bail.
The 38-year-old Fox Sports analyst can now leave the state of Indiana after he was charged with felony battery and several misdemeanors following the shocking incident in Indianapolis on the morning of Oct. 4.
He faces 16 years in prison if convicted on all counts.
Video showed a limping Sanchez, 38, with his arm in a sling, entering the Marion County Jail, Fox 59 reported.
He got choked up as he described his “slow” recovery from his wounds. But when asked whether he had any words for Tole, he dodged.
“They’ll be a day to answer all these questions, and unfortunately, today is not that day,”
However, he called out his doctor, trauma surgeon Lindsey Mossler.
“I guess the real thing here is I just want to thank Dr. Mossler, the surgeon. She saved my life. So I’m grateful for that,” he said.
Mark Sanchez is out of the hospital and was booked into the Marion County Jail this morning. FOX 59Sanchez, who was in Naptown to cover last Sunday’s Colts-Raiders NFL clash, allegedly body-slammed a 69-year-old grease truck driver after confronting him for blocking the alley.
The retired QB was also reportedly seen behaving erratically on surveillance video in the half an hour before the attack.
Video showed him stumbling in the streets before confronting the truck driver.
Perry Tole, the alleged victim, said he stabbed Sanchez in the chest in self-defense after he feared the ex-pro athlete was going to kill him.
He was found with a deep cut to his cheek in the alley after Sanchez allegedly attacked him after climbing into his truck.
The Post’s front cover showing Mark Sanchez bleeding in the street.
Surveillance video shows the pair circling the truck before the fight, with Tole telling cops he used pepper spray on Sanchez before pulling out a knife when that failed to stop him.
Tole has sued Sanchez and his employer, Fox Sports, which put him on leave.
He claimed Sanchez stank of booze during their encounter close to Loughmiller’s Pub and Eatery in downtown Indianapolis, just a stone’s throw from the State Capitol.
One of the pub’s employees treated Sanchez’s injuries at the scene before an ambulance arrived.
Authorities are seeking the results of toxicology tests to look for drugs in Sanchez’s blood, Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears said at an Oct. 6 press conference, in which he confirmed that he was facing a Level 5 Felony charge for battery resulting in serious bodily injury.
Tole’s lawsuit alleged that Fox Sports “knew or should have known about Defendant Sanchez’s unfitness as an employee, propensity for drinking and/or harmful conduct.”
Sanchez, who was selected fifth overall by the Jets in the 2009 NFL draft, is next scheduled to be in court on Nov. 5 for a pretrial conference at 1 p.m.
