Former Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez stabbed multiple times in altercation leading to charges against him

"Based on hotel video footage of the altercation early Saturday and the driver's statement to police, a police affidavit alleges that Sanchez, smelling of alcohol, accosted the driver of a box truck that backed into a hotel's loading docks, leading to a confrontation outside the vehicle that prompted the driver to defensively pull out a knife. Sanchez was hospitalized with stab wounds to his upper right torso, the affidavit signed by a police detective said."

"As the altercation escalated, the driver feared "'this guy is trying to kill me'" and pulled his knife as Sanchez came at him, the affidavit said. Sanchez was initially stabbed two or three times, then stabbed again when he went at the driver again, it said. "The next thing P.T. knew was Mr. Sanchez looked at him with a look of shock, he slowly turned around, and Mr. Sanchez took off northbound in the alley," the document said."

"Sanchez was in Indianapolis to call Sunday's Raiders-Colts game. Instead, he was charged with battery resulting in injury, unauthorized entry of a motor vehicle and public intoxication - all misdemeanors. Police got a warrant to obtain Sanchez's phone and clothes from the hospital, the document said. There were no immediate court records indicating whether Sanchez had legal representation yet. Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears said Sunday that his office would "follow the"

Former Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez was pepper-sprayed and stabbed multiple times during a late-night confrontation with a 69-year-old box-truck driver in a downtown Indianapolis alley. Hotel video footage and the driver's police statement allege Sanchez, smelling of alcohol, accosted the driver after the truck backed into a hotel's loading docks, prompting a defensive knife response. Sanchez suffered stab wounds to his upper right torso and remained hospitalized; the driver had a cut to his left cheek. Sanchez was charged with battery resulting in injury, unauthorized entry of a motor vehicle and public intoxication, all misdemeanors. A warrant was obtained for Sanchez's phone and clothes. His initial hearing was set for Tuesday.

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