Mark Sanchez Criminal Trial Delayed to March 2026 in Indianapolis

Overview

• The court reset the jury trial from December 11, 2025, to March 12, 2026, with a final pretrial conference on March 3, 2026, after an unopposed defense request.
• Sanchez faces a felony battery count and related misdemeanors stemming from an early October altercation with 69-year-old truck driver Perry Tole.
• A police affidavit says Sanchez, reportedly intoxicated, confronted Tole over parking, entered Tole’s vehicle, was pepper-sprayed, and was then stabbed multiple times.
• Sanchez has pleaded not guilty and remains free as the criminal and civil cases proceed.
• Tole’s civil lawsuit has been expanded to add St. Elmo’s Steakhouse’s parent company on an overserving claim, and Fox has already replaced Sanchez with Drew Brees.