Mark Sanchez has been fired by Fox Sports nearly a month after he was stabbed in Indianapolis.
Former NFL quarterback Mark Sanchez, 38, was arrested after being stabbed in downtown Indianapolis in early October.
“Sanchez was arrested at the hospital for battery with injury, unlawful entry of a motor vehicle and public intoxication, all which are misdemeanors,” IMPD said in a statement.
According to reports, Sanchez was in downtown Indianapolis to call Sunday’s Raiders-Colts game.
“When officers arrived on scene, they located two victims, one with injuries consistent with stab wounds and another who was injured during a physical altercation. One was reported to be in critical condition, while the other was “awake and breathing,” according to police,” Fox 59 Indianapolis reported.
“Mark Sanchez was injured in Indianapolis on Saturday and is currently recovering in the hospital in stable condition. We are deeply grateful to the medical team for their exceptional care and support. Our thoughts and prayers are with Mark, and we ask that everyone please respect his and his family’s privacy during this time,” FOX Sports said in a statement last month.
The victim, an unidentified 69-year-old grease truck driver, was hospitalized with severe wounds.
A photo of the victim shows a deep laceration to his cheek and blood dripping down his neck.
According to authorities, Mark Sanchez allegedly attacked the 69-year-old grease truck driver. The driver fought back and stabbed Sanchez multiple times.
Sanchez was charged with felony assault.
TMZ Sports reported:
A month after Mark Sanchez was involved in a near-fatal fight while in Indianapolis to call an NFL game for FOX, the company has handed the quarterback-turned-broadcaster his pink slip, TMZ Sports has learned.
A FOX Sports spokesperson tells us … “We can confirm that Mark Sanchez is no longer with the network. There will be no further comment at this time.”
We broke the story in early October — Sanchez, in town to call the Colts vs. Raiders football game, was involved in a bizarre altercation where he allegedly attacked a 69-year-old delivery driver … prompting the man to stab Mark in self-defense, nearly killing him.
Just hours after the violent incident, Sanchez was arrested in his hospital bed, where he lay critically wounded with at least one stab wound to his upper torso.
Officials ultimately hit Mark with four charges, including one count of felony battery, in addition to three misdemeanors, which could carry several years in prison if convicted.
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