The parent company of St. Elmo's Steak House responded to a lawsuit alleging that its flagship restaurant overserved Mark Sanchez just before the events leading to the former NFL quarterback's arrest for battery .

On Oct. 4, 69-year-old Perry Tole was working the late shift for a cooking oil recycling company when an inebriated Sanchez confronted him near a downtown Indianapolis hotel's loading dock. Surveillance video from a neighboring hotel showed Sanchez grabbing and throwing Tole into an alleyway, who pepper-sprayed and then stabbed Sanchez to fend off the attack, according to court documents.

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