Mark Sanchez released from hospital, facing felony battery in Indy

Former NFL quarterback and Fox Sports analyst Mark Sanchez was released from an Indianapolis hospital and booked into the Marion County Jail on Sunday, Oct. 12, where he had his fingerprints and a mugshot taken before being released on bond. The 38-year-old is facing a level 5 felony battery charge and three misdemeanors in connection with an Oct. 4 altercation in downtown Indianapolis that left him with multiple stab wounds and another man with serious facial injuries.

Police and court documents say the incident unfolded just after midnight near two downtown hotels when Sanchez approached 69-year-old delivery driver Perry Tole, who was parked in a loading dock. Prosecutors contend Sanchez accosted Tole and entered the cab of his truck without permission. Tole, according to his account and a civil lawsuit he has since filed, pepper-sprayed Sanchez after being shoved and then stabbed him in the chest and torso in what Tole says was self-defense. Both men were hospitalized; authorities later upgraded the charges against Sanchez to a felony citing serious bodily injury.

Sanchez, who underwent surgery for stab wounds to his upper right torso, was photographed leaving the jail with...