Mark Sanchez’s Ex-Girlfriend Erin Campaneris Breaks Silence Following Former NFL Star’s Arrest

Erin Campaneris, the mother of Mark Sanchez’s 8-year-old son, has broken her silence following her ex-boyfriend’s arrest.

“I am aware of the serious criminal charges currently facing my son’s father, Mark Sanchez,” Companeris, who goes by Bobby T in the modeling industry, said in a statement shared via Instagram on Sunday, October 12. “My foremost priority has always been, and remains, our eight year old son, Daniel. I chose to remain silent publicly to protect Daniel.”

The statement continued, “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.”

Campaneris went on to say she learned about the event via news alerts on her phone, and that the only information she knows regarding her exes’ case is what has been made publicly available.

She then sent her “thoughts and empathy” to Sanchez’s alleged victim and everyone involved. She concluded the statement by reiterating her desire to protect her son, going on to thank those who have shown them compassion during her ex’s legal troubles.

The statement comes on the same day Sanchez was released from the hospital and subsequently arraigned at Marion County Community Justice Campus, where he was fingerprinted and his mugshot was taken.

The former NFL quarterback and current FOX Sports analyst was stabbed on October 4, then later arrested by the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police while recovering in the hospital. On October 5, Sanchez was charged with three misdemeanors – battery resulting in injury, public intoxication and unlawful entry of a motor vehicle — in relation to the incident, but on October 6, Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears announced Sanchez is also facing a level 5 felony charge.

The charge carries a penalty of one to five years in prison.

Perry Tole, the alleged victim, filed a lawsuit against Sanchez and the Fox Corporation on October 6, arguing he sustained “serious bodily injury” due to Sanchez’s “malicious, willful, wanton or grossly negligent conduct.”

According to the lawsuit, Tole suffered severe “permanent disfigurement, loss of function, other physical injuries, emotional distress and other damages.”

The lawsuit claims Fox has an obligation to ensure that its employees conduct themselves “in a reasonable manner.”

Tole also argued that Fox should have been aware of Sanchez’s alleged “unfitness” and his “propensity for drinking and/or harmful conduct.”

Tole has been released from Indianapolis’ Methodist Hospital and is currently recovering at home.

Sanchez was scheduled to be on the call for the game between the Indianapolis Colts and the Las Vegas Raiders for FOX Sports, but was replaced by Brady Quinn following his hospitalization and subsequent arrest.

Sanchez played in the NFL for eight seasons, most notably taking the New York Jets to back-to-back AFC Championship Games in his first two years in the league after he was drafted fifth overall in 2009. Sanchez also played for the Philadelphia Eagles, Dallas Cowboys and Washington Commanders before retiring from the league in 2019.

Sanchez’s wife, actress Perry Mattfeld, and mother of their twin newborn daughters, still hasn’t commented publicly.