Mark Sanchez’s ex-girlfriend broke her silence after the former NFL quarterback and sports analyst was stabbed and later arrested in Indiana.
Bobby T, a model whose real name is Erin Campaneris, said the incident is “not surprising” to her. She took to social media to share her thoughts.
I am aware of the serious criminal charges currently facing my son’s father, Mark Sanchez. My foremost priority has always been, and remains, our eight year old son, Daniel. I chose to remain silent publically to protect Daniel,” she wrote in an Instagram story on Sunday.
Now that everything is out in the open, my focus hasn’t changed. I have always been concerned for his safety and for what he is exposed to. Sadly, none of this is surprising to me,” she added.
She went on to say she learned about “the horrific event” through a news alert on her phone while sitting next to her son, adding that her thoughts are with the other man involved in the attack.
Sanchez was released from custody Sunday, which was a little more than a week after the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said he was stabbed during a fight with a truck driver outside an Indiana hotel.
Police on October 4 said officers arrested Sanchez while he was being treated for stab wounds in the hospital. He was charged with battery with injury, unlawful entry of a motor vehicle, and public intoxication.
According to a police affidavit, Sanchez, who reeked of alcohol, accosted 69-year-old Perry Tole after Tole backed his truck into a hotel’s loading docks in downtown Indianapolis on October 4.
In a lawsuit that was later filed, Tole said Sanchez entered the truck without permission, then physically blocked and shoved Tole, who then doused Sanchez with pepper spray.
When Sanchez advanced after being sprayed, Tole pulled a knife to defend himself, authorities said.
As more information about the incident became public, Bobby T said her goal is to protect her son’s peace.
“I understand that we live in a very public world, but my hope is that as my son grows, he can be seen and understood apart from this story,” she wrote. “At the end of the day, I simply a mama to a very sweet young boy doing my best to protect his peace. Thank you for the compassion so many have shown toward me.”
Sanchez, who is 38, was previously drafted to the New York Jets in 2009, where he played through 2013. He then played for the Philadelphia Eagles from 2014 to 2015; the Denver Broncos, as well as the Dallas Cowboys, in 2016; the Chicago Bears in 2017; and the Washington Commanders in 2018.
He retired from the NFL in 2019 and later became a sports analyst.
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EDITOR’S NOTE: The Associated Press contributed to this report.
