Mark Sanchez was pepper-sprayed and stabbed multiple times in an altercation with a 69-year-old truck driver that could send him to jail | Fortune

"Former NFL quarterback Mark Sanchez was pepper-sprayed and stabbed multiple times during a late-night altercation with a 69-year-old truck driver in a downtown Indianapolis alley, which resulted in criminal charges against the Fox Sports analyst, according to court records filed Sunday. 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."

"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 hospitalized with stab wounds to his upper right torso, the affidavit signed by a police detective said. Sanchez remained hospitalized early Sunday, according to police. The truck driver, identified as P.T., had a cut to his left cheek, it said. Sanchez was in stable condition, Fox Sports said Saturday. There was no immediate update Sunday. 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."

A late-night confrontation in a downtown Indianapolis alley left Mark Sanchez pepper-sprayed and stabbed multiple times and resulted in misdemeanor criminal charges. Hotel video footage and the truck driver's statement indicate Sanchez, smelling of alcohol, accosted a 69-year-old driver whose box truck had backed into a hotel loading dock, prompting a confrontation outside the vehicle. The driver pulled a knife defensively and stabbed Sanchez multiple times; Sanchez suffered stab wounds to his upper right torso and was hospitalized. The driver sustained a cut to his left cheek. Charges include battery resulting in injury, unauthorized entry of a motor vehicle, and public intoxication; police obtained a warrant for Sanchez's phone and clothes.

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