Mark Sanchez Charged With Battery, Other Offenses After Violent Altercation

Mark Sanchez was slapped with 3 expenses for his alleged function in Saturday’s violent altercation with a truck driver in Indiana that despatched Sanchez to the hospital with a number of stabs, in accordance with court paperwork.

Prosecutors charged Sanchez with battery leading to damage, public intoxication and illegal entry of a motorized vehicle. We’re instructed Sanchez continues to be being handled for his accidents at a hospital in Indianapolis, the place all of it went down.

According to court docs, obtained by TMZ, Sanchez approached the truck driver who was unloading fryer oil at a resort loading dock. Surveillance footage seems to indicate Sanchez strolling to the motive force’s door, opening it, and fascinating in a dialog that lasted a number of minutes. The driver ultimately walked towards the resort’s safety however Sanchez adopted intently behind.

Moments later, the video allegedly reveals the 2 shifting across the truck and exchanging phrases earlier than issues turned bodily. At one level, Sanchez is seen allegedly grabbing the sufferer and throwing him in opposition to a wall, with the battle spilling between a metallic dumpster and the truck.

The pair continued brawling into the alley earlier than Sanchez allegedly threw the sufferer to the bottom, then stood momentarily earlier than working from the scene.

According to the sufferer’s assertion to police, Sanchez accused him of not being allowed on the loading dock, claiming he had spoken to a resort supervisor. The truck driver, who wasn’t carrying his hearing aids, mentioned he leaned in to listen to Sanchez and instantly observed the previous athlete smelled of alcohol and slurred his speech.

The driver instructed police Sanchez twice tried to climb into the truck, insisting he’d been instructed to cease the supply. Feeling threatened, the sufferer mentioned he grabbed pepper spray and blasted Sanchez within the face, however it solely slowed him briefly. When Sanchez allegedly superior once more, the motive force pulled a knife and stabbed Sanchez a number of occasions, fearing for his life.

Sanchez was rushed to the hospital with stab wounds to his higher torso. Police later positioned him beneath arrest for battery, illegal entry to a motorized vehicle, and public intoxication.

According to court filings, the state additionally filed a no-contact order in opposition to Sanchez, prohibiting him from contacting the 2 victims concerned. The order additionally bars him from possessing any firearms, lethal weapons, or ammunition whereas the case is pending.