The family of Mark Sanchez has addressed his abrupt firing from Fox Sports, stemming from his arrest in Indianapolis last month.

On Oct. 4, Mark Sanchez was involved in an altercation with a 69-year-old truck driver who was delivering cooking oil to an Indianapolis hotel. Sanchez began attacking the man, who told police that he stabbed the former NFL quarterback in self-defense, fearing that Sanchez was trying to kill him.

Sanchez was treated at a local hospital and released soon after. He has been charged with a felony count of battery involving serious bodily injury and three misdemeanors, losing his job at Fox Sports following the incident. The network later announced that they hired New Orleans Saints legend Drew Brees as Sanchez’s replacement in the booth.

Mark Sanchez’s brother, N

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