WATCH: Video shows Mark Sanchez’s strange behavior moments before alleged assault on elderly truck driver

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WATCH: Video shows Mark Sanchez’s strange behavior moments before alleged assault on elderly truck driver (Credit: IMAGN)

TMZ released a video on Friday showing former NFL quarterback Mark Sanchez acting erratically moments before he got into a fight with a truck driver. Sanchez made the headlines over the weekend after he was stabbed multiple times and then criminally charged in Indianapolis.

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Sanchez, who played for the New York Jets, Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys in the NFL, allegedly confronted a truck driver before getting into a physical altercation with them. The driver then pepper-sprayed and stabbed the Fox Sports analyst.

In the video, Sanchez spent around 20 minutes walking through the streets of Indianapolis, prior to his encounter with the truck driver. The video shows that at 12:05 am, Tole drove his service truck down an alley. Seven minutes later, Sanchez walked out of the alley, but didn't present injuries at this point. At 12:14, Sanchez was seen on the sidewalk. He returned in the opposite direction about 90 seconds later. TMZ said that's when things "got weird."

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After wandering around in the alley, talking with a bystander and leaning on a wall for a couple of minutes, the quarterback got physical with truck driver Perry Tole.

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Between 12:25 am and 12:30 am, Sanchez allegedly pulled Tole out of the truck, prompting the driver to pepper-spray and stab him. The former NFL player allegedly slammed the driver to the ground, causing a severe facial laceration. Sanchez was seen running out of the alley at 12:30 am, visibly injured and with a blood stain on his shirt.

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Sanchez was charged with felony battery and three misdemeanors, which could result in up to six years in prison if convicted.

Mark Sanchez enters not guilty plea

There have been few updates provided on Mark Sanchez's health since the incident. Until Thursday, the former No. 5 pick appeared to be in the hospital after being stabbed several times in his torso.

Meanwhile, his lawyer waived a pretrial hearing and entered a not guilty plea on Thursday. Sanchez's next court date is Nov. 4. He will be absent from Fox Sports' NFL broadcast this weekend.

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