Overview
- The Fox Sports analyst was fingerprinted and photographed at the Marion County Jail on Sunday, then released after telling reporters he is focused on recovery and thanking the surgeon he said saved his life.
- Prosecutors have added a Level 5 felony count of battery resulting in serious bodily injury to earlier misdemeanors, a charge that carries a potential one- to six-year prison sentence.
- A police affidavit says Sanchez, 38, accosted 69-year-old truck driver Perry Tole and smelled of alcohol before Tole used pepper spray and then a knife in what he told police was self-defense; investigators say they recovered the knife and both men were injured.
- Tole has filed a civil lawsuit naming Sanchez and Fox Corporation, alleging severe injuries and claiming the network should have known about Sanchez’s fitness for duty, and Fox Sports has placed Sanchez on leave.
- Sanchez’s $300 bond had been posted earlier and he has permission to travel; the investigation continues ahead of a Nov. 5 pretrial conference, with officials noting additional charges could be considered.