Mark Sanchez stabbing: Hearing date set, police affidavit revealed in former NFL QB incident

The Marion County (Ind.) prosecutor released the scathing probable cause affidavit Sunday to explain Saturday’s arrest of FOX Sports analyst and former NFL quarterback Mark Sanchez, according to Indianapolis FOX 59 anchor Angela Ganote. The document reveals a violent physical altercation between Sanchez and a victim identified only by his initials “P.T.” in downtown Indianapolis early Saturday morning.

Sanchez, who was stabbed multiple times in the altercation, was arrested Saturday morning inside Eskenazi Hospital on three charges for battery with injury, unlawful entry into a motor vehicle and public intoxication. Sanchez was in town ahead of Sunday’s NFL game between the Las Vegas Raiders and Indianapolis Colts, though he’s since been replaced by Brady Quinn in the FOX booth. Sanchez is scheduled to appear in a Marion County court Tuesday.

The charging document details the altercation between Sanchez and “P.T.” based on a combination of first-hand accounts and video provided by both parties and surveillance video from the nearby Indianapolis Marriott Downtown hotel. Surveillance video showed Sanchez appeared to be the aggressor, approaching P.T., a delivery driver who was parked in a loading dock connected to the neighboring Westin Hotel. Sanchez and P.T. appear to exchange words, with Sanchez repeatedly pursuing the delivery driver even as he attempts to walk away from the former NFL quarterback.

Here are screenshots of the first 4 pages of the Mark Sanchez probable cause.

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— Angela Ganote (@angelaganote) October 5, 2025

Surveillance video then shows “Mr. Sanchez grabbing and throwing P.T. towards the wall of the Westin” before the two begin fighting beside a nearby dumpster, according to the affidavit. In his statement to police, P.T. revealed Sanchez approached him and told the delivery driver he couldn’t park in the loading dock area. The victim then said Sanchez “smelled of alcohol and his speech was slurred,” per the affidavit. P.T. told police he didn’t initially know who Sanchez was but assumed he was a manager of one of the hotels because he was “well dressed and groomed.” At this point, Sanchez entered the delivery truck but exited after another exchange of words.

The interactions began to escalate when Sanchez blocked P.T. from retrieving his cell phone from the truck, according to the affidavit, and then shoved P.T. Realizing he was in “physical danger,” P.T. reportedly pepper sprayed Sanchez, but it only impacted the FOX Sports analyst momentarily, and then pulled his knife because he told police he thought “this guy (Sanchez) is trying to kill me,” per the affidavit. P.T. then stabbed Sanchez “two or three times” before the delivery driver was thrown into the side of the dumpster by the former NFL QB. Sanchez reportedly continued to assault the victim on the ground, but P.T. eventually made it to his feet, at which point he stabbed Sanchez again.

Sanchez, looking shocked at being stabbed again, then fled on foot before meeting police outside a nearby pub, where he revealed “several stab wounds to his upper right torso area.” Both Sanchez and P.T. were taken and treated at local hospitals with police later arresting Sanchez on three charges.