The criminal case against former NFL quarterback and current Fox broadcaster Mark Sanchez is moving quickly. The civil case against Sanchez and Fox is not.

Via Lauren Conlin of Los Angeles Magazine , Fox has exercised an automatic right to extend by 30 days its deadline for responding to the complaint filed by Perry Toles, a 69-year-old truck driver whom Sanchez allegedly assaulted earlier this month.

Fox has been sued for negligent hiring, supervision, and retention of Sanchez. Basically, Tole will argue that Fox knew or should have known that Sanchez had a propensity to do the things he allegedly did in Indianapolis — basically, become extremely inebriated (allegedly) and assault a stranger (allegedly). The evidence developed during discovery will become critical to proving wheth

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