Mark Sanchez stabbing incident 'well covered' by video: Prosecutor

(NewsNation) — A prosecuting lawyer successful the Mark Sanchez lawsuit says the country wherever the stabbing incidental occurred had surveillance video from each angles.

"You person surveillance footage from aggregate businesses that are successful the area," Marion County, Indiana, Chief Trial Deputy Ryan Mears told "Elizabeth Vargas Reports." "It took spot successful an alley betwixt 2 abstracted hotels that besides had beauteous robust surveillance systems. And past there's really surveillance footage from the motortruck itself."

The erstwhile NFL backmost is facing a felony complaint aft helium allegedly attacked a 69-year-old motortruck operator successful downtown Indianapolis past weekend.

Sanchez allegedly appeared intoxicated and tried getting into the driver's truck. When Sanchez wouldn't backmost down, the operator pepper-sprayed him earlier stabbing him successful what helium says was self-defense.

"We had a fig of antithetic camera angles which captured astir of what took spot connected this peculiar day," Mears added.

Police haven't had accidental to talk with Sanchez

Sanchez was deed with a civil lawsuit Monday aft helium was criminally charged with 1 number of artillery resulting successful a serious, convulsive injury. The operator suffered a “severe laceration to the broadside of his face, penetrating each the mode done his near cheek,” per tribunal documents.

Mears acknowledged that constabulary person yet to talk to Sanchez since the incident, stating they are "legally prohibited" from doing so.

"Certainly he's got an implicit close against self-incrimination," helium said. "It's important to retrieve helium was importantly injured successful this peculiar incident, truthful erstwhile aesculapian unit arrived connected scene, their absorption was trying to connection help."

Mears said that his squad is looking into whether drugs played a relation successful the stabbing. Witnesses had reported that Sanchez was moving upwind sprints successful the alley astir midnight.

"It's protected wellness information," stated Mears. "It's not thing we tin conscionable spell to the doctor's bureau and get that information. There's a process for that information."

Mark Sanchez's household speaks retired aft stabbing

Sanchez's household Monday issued a statement aft helium was charged with a felony implicit the incident.

“This has been a profoundly distressing clip for everyone involved. Mark and our household are incredibly grateful for the concern, love, and enactment we’ve received implicit the past fewer days,” Sanchez’s household said successful a connection Monday night.

“Mark remains nether aesculapian attraction for the superior injuries helium sustained and is focused connected his betterment arsenic the ineligible process continues. We would similar to widen our heartfelt acknowledgment to the archetypal responders and aesculapian staff.”