Former NFL quarterback and current Fox Sports analyst Mark Sanchez was formally charged on Sunday for his role in an incident which took place in Indianapolis. Sanchez was initially charged with three misdemeanors, but his case will now include at least one felony count. 
Marion County prosecutor Ryan Mears announced Monday morning that Sanchez now faces a felony battery charge involving serious bodily injury (h/t Fox 59’s Angela Ganote). That Level 5 charge carries a prison sentence of one to five years. Mears added the case is still being investigated, so further charges could be forthcoming.
A $300 bond was posted yesterday, as detailed by Mark Maske and Ben Strauss of the Washington Post. An initial court hearing had been scheduled for tomorrow, but Ganote notes Sanchez’s attorneys have now filed a motion to waive that proceeding. Instead, they are seeking a pre-trial conference. The judge overseeing this case has granted the motion, per Ganote. As a result, the first proceeding in this case will be a conference on November 4.
Sanchez – whose NFL career lasted from 2009-18 and included time spent with six different franchises – is alleged to have instigated an altercation with a 69-year-old man this past weekend. The alleged victim was sent to hospital with “serious injuries.” Sanchez was stabbed multiple times and also hospitalized. As of Monday morning, the 38-year-old is in stable condition but still in hospital (h/t Ganote).
Sanchez was in Indianapolis to work as FOX’s color analyst for the Raiders-Colts Week 5 game. The network has yet to comment on the situation aside from its statement issued Saturday afternoon following Sanchez’s hospitalization and arrest. Per Maske, Sanchez’s attorneys have no comment at this time.
How to kill a career with just a few beers. Sanchize has always been a dumbass.
Yeah? What else has he done to make him a “dumbass”?
The Butt Fumble
That makes someone clumsy.
If running into someone makes you a “dumbass” then every time you bump into someone you’re a “dumbass” yourself.
Well maybe Sanchez is Dumas from Shawshank Redemption
The Butt Fumble doesn’t make him a “dumbass.” That was an inadvertent and unfortunate moment on a football field. Making jokes about someone who foolishly makes their life dramatically worse, does.
I mean, it was a long time ago (2006) but he was accused of SA and suspended for it. Details even at the time were scant, though, and Sanchez until now hasn’t really done anything that anyone would consider “dumbass” behavior since.
He can still do his podcast if people consider that a job.
Can he do that from Jail?
Probably heard people in jail still do TikTok so he can get a phone.
Not only that but that victims family are going to sue him for a boat load of money.
The more facts leak daily the more bizarre it gets.
His wife is free game now lmao
Shoot your shot, young man.
Lol
Wait, the altercation was with a senior citizen? When 350 pound Ben Cleveland got charged with DUI I wondered how much he must have had to drink for that to happen, but I think Mark Sanchez may have had even more.
Sucked as a player. Sucked as a commentator. Now we’ll see how he does as the “victim”.
Victim? Maybe once he goes to prison he will be a victim.
Way to butt fumble another career.
Look on the bright side Raiders, it could have been worse.
From Butt Fumble to fumble butt. 😕
This is stunning…really he was an awful quarterback…but got a second chance for a successful career and now he throws it away for no apparent reason
I hope he and the other individual recover and fix their ills. All are welcome to give themselves to Christ and find forgiveness.
Thanks for putting up the photo of him in an Eagles uniform. Kick us when we’re down.
That photo represents the Jets’ kit from when Sanchez was playing.
The Jets have wings on their helmets?
The picture is clearly of him in a Jets uniform.
There’s two different pictures for me. On the PFR homepage, he’s in an Eagles uniform but once you click on the article, the picture is of him in a Jets uniform.