Ex-Jets QB Mark Sanchez to plead guilty in 2025 attack on grease truck driver that left him badly injured

Former Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez has agreed to plead guilty to charges stemming from his alleged boozy brawl with a grease truck driver in the alley behind an Indianapolis hotel last year.

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Sanchez’s attorneys and prosecutors filed a joint motion on Wednesday asking that a judge vacate a Sept. 8 trial date and “set this matter for a guilty plea and sentencing hearing.”

The ex-Fox Sports analyst got into a fight with truck driver Perry Tole outside an Indianapolis hotel in early October 2025.

The former football pro was stabbed during the melee, but authorities alleged he was the instigator.

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The 69-year-old truck driver, Perry Tole, was body-slammed by Sanchez, who police said reeked of booze.

Tole was also hospitalized and claimed he was left “permanently disfigured” from the attack.

It’s unclear to which charges Sanchez intends to plead guilty.

But he was hit with a slew of charges, including battery resulting in serious bodily injury, battery resulting in bodily injury, unauthorized entry of a motor vehicle, and public intoxication.

A judge still needs to accept Sanchez’s guilty plea.

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