After he was released from the hospital and booked Sunday on assault charges in Indianapolis, former Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez said he is “grateful” to the doctor who “saved my life”
Sanchez commented publicly for the first time after he was booked into Marion County Jail, but he did not discuss the case in which he was stabbed but later charged with felony assault and three misdemeanors following an altercation last weekend outside a bar with an elderly truck driver.
“Right now I’m just focused on my recovery,” Sanchez told local TV reporter Max Lewis of Fox59 News and CBS 4 Indy, according to a video posted on X. “I just wanted to thank the first responders, Eskenazi Hospital…and I just want to thank Dr. [Lindsey] Mossler, the surgeon. She saved my life, so I’m grateful for that.”
As he left the jail, Sanchez told us he is "focused on his recovery" and thanked first responders and the hospital staff. Says his trauma surgeon "saved my life" and that he is recovering slowly. pic.twitter.com/QiLaZ9knmm
— Max Lewis (@MaxLewisTV) October 12, 2025
The 38-year-old Sanchez, whose right arm was in a sling, added that he is “recovering slowly” and “it’s a long process,” but he declined to answer further questions about the Oct. 4 incident before entering the back seat of an awaiting pickup truck.
The current Fox Sports analyst is facing up to six years in prison and up to $10,000 in fines for assaulting 69-year-old delivery driver Perry Tole, who has claimed that he stabbed Sanchez in self-defense.
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Prosecutors upgraded charges against Sanchez earlier this week to a felony charge of battery involving serious bodily injury in addition to the initial misdemeanor charges for public intoxication, battery resulting in bodily injury and unauthorized entry of a motor vehicle.
Sanchez, who was with the Jets from 2009-13, has pleaded not guilty to all charges and posted a $300 cash bond after his mugshot was taken.
He is scheduled to return to court in early November.