Former NFL quarterback Mark Sanchez is facing three criminal misdemeanor charges, including battery with injury, after an altercation in Indianapolis in which he was pepper sprayed and stabbed, court documents showed on Sunday.

Sanchez, now a commentator with Fox Sports who was in Indianapolis to cover the Colts' NFL game, was also charged with public intoxication and unlawful entry of a vehicle by the Marion County Prosecutor's Office on Sunday in the wake of an incident in the early hours of Saturday morning.

"This incident should never have happened," Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears said in a statement.

"What began as a disagreement between a 38-year-old former professional athlete and a 69-year-old man should not have escalated into violence or left anyone seriously injured.

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