Ex-Jet Mark Sanchez ignores question about bar assault victim in first comments leaving jail

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Former Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez had no words for the elderly truck driver he’s accused of assaulting when approached by reporters leaving jail Sunday.

Sanchez, 38, broke his week-long silence when a crew with Fox 59 questioned him as he left the Marion County Jail, where he had been booked and processed on a felony battery charge. He hobbled out, seemingly close to tears with one arm still in a sling.

Former Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez speaks to the media Sunday after he’s released from jail. News Nation
Sanchez is accused of attacking 69-year-old truck driver Perry Tole (pictured). FOX59

When a reporter asked if the ex-football star had any words for Perry Tole, the 69-year-old grease truck driver he allegedly left bloodied and bruised before the driver stabbed him in self-defense, he brushed past the question.

Sanchez pivoted and assured that he would answer more questions in the future but that “today is not that day.”

Sanchez is seen with a sling on his right arm during the interview Sunday. News Nation
Sanchez was booked and his mugshot taken on Sunday. IMPD

“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, 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.

“I’m recovering slowly,” Sanchez added.

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