Former Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez is now facing felony charges as prosecutors upgraded the accusation against him Monday following his alleged fight with a 69-year-old grease truck driver.
After seeing the extent of the victim’s injuries, and factoring in the man’s age, Sanchez’s charges were upgraded from several misdemeanors to a Level 5 felony battery of causing serious injury, Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears told a press conference on Monday morning.
“This is by no means the end of this investigation,” Mears said.
Sanchez, who was in Indianapolis to cover Sunday’s Colts-Raiders game for Fox Sports, was stabbed several times in the chest and rushed to the hospital in a critical condition following the incident at around 12:30 a.m. on Saturday.
His condition has since been upgraded to stable.
Accounts from witnesses, the victim, and the police paint Sanchez as the aggressor, after he allegedly body-slammed the truck driver, who was collecting grease from nearby restaurants.
Sanchez is also accused of stabbing the man in the face.