Ex-Jets QB Mark Sanchez faces more serious charges over fight where he was stabbed

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.