Former NFL star Mark Sanchez could face six years in jail after being stabbed by 69-year-old

Mark Sanchez has worked as a TV analyst since his retirement from playing. Photograph: Brooke Sutton/Getty Images

Former NFL quarterback Mark Sanchez could face jail time after he was charged with felony battery on Monday.

The charge is in addition to three others he was handed on Sunday after a violent confrontation earlier in the weekend. Those charges were for battery with injury, public intoxication and unlawful entry of a vehicle during the incident early on Saturday morning that left Sanchez, who has worked as a Fox Sports analyst since his retirement from playing, hospitalized with stab wounds.

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Monday's charge is for level-five felony battery involving serious bodily injury", which can result in a jail sentence of up to six years and a $10,000 fine.

I don't care who you are. I don't care what you do for a living. I don't care where you live. If you come in to our city, commit violence, we will use all the tools at our disposal to hold you accountable," Indianapolis police chief Chris Bailey said on Monday.

Sanchez was stabbed and pepper sprayed by a 69-year-old truck driver during the incident in Indianapolis, where the former New York Jets star was due to cover an NFL game between the Colts and Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday. Sanchez allegedly confronted the driver, known only as PT" in the police affidavit, at a loading bay outside a hotel. PT says he was picking up used cooking oil from the hotel when Sanchez, who he claims smelled of alcohol, attempted to enter the truck. PT says Sanchez told him the manager of the hotel said he did not want the oil picked up.

PT said he believed Sanchez was trying to kill me" and used pepper spray to protect himself. When the spray did not stop Sanchez advancing on him, PT said he stabbed the former quarterback two or three times". Sanchez then allegedly threw PT against a dumpster before a look of shock" came across his face and he took off". Detectives have reviewed video footage of the incident. Witnesses said Sanchez and PT filmed each other with the cellphones during the incident.

According to the affidavit, Sanchez told police all he could remember was grabbing for a window." He did not remember who stabbed him or where the incident occurred.

The incident left Sanchez with stab wounds to his torso while PT suffered deep cuts to his face. On Monday, Marion county prosecutor Ryan Mears described PT's injuries as very severe". Sanchez was treated in hospital for his injuries, which were not life-threatening, before he was arrested on Saturday. He is due to appear at a hearing on Tuesday morning.

We're literally talking about people fighting over a parking space," said Mears. He added that a number of witnesses as well as security cameras had given police a clear picture of the incident.

Another former NFL quarterback, Brady Quinn, replaced Sanchez in the Fox booth for Sunday's game. Fox acknowledged the incident briefly on Sunday's pregame show, with host Curt Menefee saying: we are all still trying to wrap our heads around it ... our thoughts and prayers are with Mark, his family and all those involved".

Sanchez joined Fox in 2021 and also contributes to FS1 studio programming.

Before his broadcasting career, Sanchez played 10 seasons in the NFL with several teams, including the New York Jets, who took him with the fifth overall pick of the 2009 draft. He later played for the Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys. He retired in July 2019 and soon after began working with ESPN's college football coverage before transitioning to Fox.