INDIANAPOLIS — A bloody Mark Sanchez was seen staggering along the street clutching his wound after being stabbed in the side, dramatic new footage from the Saturday attack shows.
The former Jets quarterback, 38, is shown putting a hand on what appears to be a bloody wound, just below his chest as he walks down a street in Indianapolis, according to video obtained by The Post.
Blood appears to have soaked through his shirt.
The footage was recorded just minutes after the brawl just after midnight Saturday, which resulted in a 69-year-old grease truck driver stabbing Sanchez multiple times after Sanchez attacked him, according to authorities.
Sanchez stumbled from an alleyway where the fight happened into a nearby bar, where the owner called paramedics.
The Fox Sports analyst now faces upgraded felony charges after initially being rushed to the hospital in a critical condition following the incident.He was previously charged on Sunday with several misdemeanors but, after new details were released about the extent of his victim’s injuries, as well as his age, prosecutors decided to charge Sanchez with a Level 5 felony battery of causing serious injury.
If convicted, he faces up to six years in prison and a $10,000 fine.Accounts from witnesses, the alleged victim and the police investigation all paint Sanchez as the aggressor, after the driver told cops he stabbed the retired pro athlete in self-defense.
“This guy is trying to kill me,” the truck driver said he recalled thinking, according to a probable cause affidavit released on Sunday.Surveillance footage collected by cops shows Sanchez jogging back and forth in an alley behind a bar in Downtown Minneapolis before approaching a box truck that was backing into a loading bay.
The driver told police that Sanchez forced his way into the box truck and ordered him to move his vehicle, claiming to have spoken to the hotel manager.
Confused, the driver, who had taken out his hearing aids due to the noise of the truck, leaned closer to try and hear Sanchez, and reported that his breath smelled of alcohol and he was slurring his words, according to the affidavit.
Sanchez allegedly blocked the driver from calling his supervisor, before the fight broke out in the alley.
A witness reported seeing the pair circling each other, and thinking they were friends, before realizing that they were filming each other on their cell phones.
At some point, Sanchez allegedly bodyslammed the truck driver into a wall and then threw him to the ground, at which point the driver said he pepper-sprayed the 6-foot-2, 230-pound athlete.
When Sanchez continued approaching, the driver said he pulled out his knife and stabbed the former QB several times in the chest and torso.
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Sanchez staggered off and ended up going into a neighboring bar, where the bartender helped to patch up the bloodied ex-NFL star before the ambulance arrived.
Gruesome images show the extent of the injuries suffered by the grease truck driver. He was allegedly stabbed through his cheek during the fight, before the blade hit his tongue.
Sanchez was described as “uncooperative” at the scene by Indianapolis police.
Interviewed later in the hospital, he said he couldn’t remember who attacked him or where the incident took place.
The ex-USC quarterback, who was in Indianapolis to report on Sunday’s clash between the Colts and the Raiders, reportedly said he only remembered “grabbing for a window,” according to the affidavit.He is due in court again on Tuesday.
