Ex-NFL QB Mark Sanchez faces a battery load for crime, which leads to 1 to 6 years of trouble

The former quarter-back of the NFL, Mark Sanchez, is now faced with a battery charge for crime for what the authorities declared that Monday was a fight against a parking dispute, in addition to the charges of offense that Sports Fox analyst was already confronted with the weekend incident in Indianapolis.

Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears announced the new battery accusation involving serious bodily injuries, which bear a potential sentence of one to six years in prison, during a press conference with the head of the Indianapolis metropolitan police department, Chris Bailey. Mears said the investigation was underway and that additional costs are possible.

“We are literally talking about people who fight for a parking lot and or a dispute in the place where people park, and that made someone received incredibly important injuries,” the prosecutor told journalists.

A police affidavit alleys that Sanchez, 38 years old, feeling alcohol, accosted a 69-year-old truck driver who fell back into the loading quays of a hotel in downtown Indianapolis, leading to a confrontation early Saturday outside the vehicle which prompted the driver to remove a knife to defend himself.

The former pivot of the New York Jets was pulverized with pepper and stabbed several times during the altercation, according to the judicial archives deposited on Sunday.

He became clear after the investigators learned more about the victim’s medical state that the accusation of more serious crime was justified, Mears said.

“It was a situation that didn’t need to happen,” said the prosecutor. “The allegations imply that a 38 -year -old man is involved in an altercation with a 69 -year -old man who suffered significant and very serious injuries because of this altercation.”

Sanchez was hospitalized with stab wounds in his upper right chest, said the affidavit signed by a police detective. The truck driver, identified as PT, had a break on the left cheek, he said.

Reprogrammed hearing until November 4

The authorities did not say if the truck driver could also face accusations, but Mears noted that Indiana “has some of the country’s most robust self -defense laws”.

Sanchez had been planned for an audience on Tuesday on the charges of original offense, but it was postponed to November 4. Sanchez remained hospitalized and was listed in a stable state on Monday morning.

One of the lawyers in Sanchez, James Voyles, refused to comment on the case.

Sanchez was in Indianapolis for the coverage by the Sunday match network between the colts and the Las Vegas raiders.

The prosecutor said the police were still collecting information and had several pending searches. He also said that the surveillance video had captured the incident from several angles.

“I don’t care who you are. I don’t care what you do in life. I don’t care about where you live,” said the police chief. “If you come to our city, commit violence, we will use all the tools available to us to keep you responsible.”

Sanchez had a 10 -year NFL career before retiring in 2019. He spent four seasons with the jets and also appeared in matches with Philadelphia, Dallas and Washington.

He appeared on ABC and ESPN for two years before joining Fox Sports as a game analyst in 2021.