Mark Sanchez is now facing a lawsuit stemming from Saturday's stabbing incident ... with the alleged victim targeting both the former quarterback and his employer.
00:00Mark Sanchez still in the hospital recovering from his stab wounds and the police standing by to arrest him as soon as he's able to get out of the hospital.
00:10As for the other person involved in this bizarre incident in downtown Indianapolis, Perry Toll is the name of the victim.
00:18The police say he is the victim here, that Mark Sanchez initiated this attack, but you see him being wheeled off there in a stretcher.
00:26He had been in the hospital since Friday night.
00:29In case you haven't heard, so what happened was over the weekend, Perry was driving his truck up to the hotel.
00:36Making a delivery?
00:37That apparently Mark Sanchez was staying at.
00:39For whatever reason, Mark Sanchez had issues with where he was parking, even though Mark Sanchez was a guest in the hotel.
00:48Right.
00:48Apparently he was just out of it, and he pulled this guy out of the cab of the truck.
00:55The truck driver was alarmed.
00:57Tried to pepper spray him.
00:58That didn't work, and then the truck driver stabbed him.
01:01And Mark Sanchez is the one who got arrested now because the cops looked at the surveillance video and said it was very clear that Sanchez was the aggressor.
01:10Now, Perry Toll also suffered some really horrific injuries during this incident.
01:15And as expected, although I certainly thought it was expected, I was a little surprised at how quickly, but he has filed a lawsuit against Mark Sanchez and his employer, Fox.
01:27Remember, Sanchez was actually in town to cover the Colts game against the Raiders.
01:33And the lawsuit against Fox is predicated on the lawyer saying that they should have known he had a huge drinking problem.
01:40Well, here is what Perry Toll's attorneys said to us yesterday.
01:45Not only are they talking about the lawsuit, but they're talking about Perry Toll trying to recover at a very critical time for his family.
01:54He's released from the hospital, recovering, and hopeful that he'll regain function to his ability to speak.
02:03Right now, he's having a real difficult time communicating because of the large gash on his face that affected his jaw, tongue, and mouth.
02:10So, he's just at home resting, but we expect further medical treatment and ongoing treatment for him well into the future.
02:20He has a son who's getting married here in the next week.
02:24We just found out, too, that because of the nature and extent of his injuries, he won't be able to attend his son's wedding within the next week.
02:35So, he's pretty upset and torn up about that as well.
02:38I mean, this guy is clearly going through a lot of this with the injuries, but his story is so, it's just sad, the timing of all of this.
02:48Sanchez is in trouble.
02:50We keep learning a lot more about Perry Toll as a person, and it turns out he was, you know, the model employee at this company.
02:57He just loved doing his job.
02:58He just got his citizenship.
03:00Just got his citizenship.
03:01He was actually employee of the quarter, and then, you know, they're talking about, okay, well, why did he feel like he feared for his life?
03:06And he's 5'6", 165 pounds.
03:08And then here's a full, you know, former pro athlete approaching him in that hand.
03:1238 years old.
03:13And so, yes, we keep talking about this cell phone video that both sides took of each other.
03:17Yeah, they were both apparently recording each other on their phones.
03:21Correct.
03:21And, you know, prosecutors and law enforcement have that footage, so we'll see how that plays out, what was actually said in a moment like that.
03:28But they keep saying, you know, this whole family is shaken by this because you don't expect this ever to happen.
03:34I get that the family is shaken.
03:35I still, something is missing in this story.
03:39Not Perry's reaction.
03:42You may be right, but this, to me, is such a case of Candace Moss Macho.
03:46It is just Mark Sanchez telling the guy something that the guy didn't, that the guy responded Mark didn't like, and Mark's going to say, I'm going to show you who's boss.
03:55I don't know that there's something that's going to come out that's necessarily going to help Mark Sanchez legally, but I'm just, for the general public looking at what happened here, we need to, it doesn't make any sense.
04:06It makes no sense whatsoever.
04:08Put alcohol in the equation.
04:10Free Mattson calling in from Bellingham, Washington.
04:14You know, it's a long road to recovery for this victim, and it's incredibly devastating that he won't be well enough to attend his son's wedding.
04:24Unfortunately, you've got family on both sides of the story that are hurting, and regardless of celebrity status, actions have consequences.
04:31We really need to see some of this video so that we can completely understand what happened.
04:37Without that, we really don't have enough context.
04:40Yeah, I mean, I still keep waiting to hear something from him.
04:43I know Mark Sanchez's brother released a statement where he didn't really say much.
04:48He said that they're, you know, hoping for Mark's recovery, but I want to know, what's the missing element here?
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