Former NFL quarterback and USC star Mark Sanchez faces an upgraded Level 5 felony battery charge stemming from a weekend incident in Indianapolis , Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears said during a Monday press conference. Sanchez, briefly hospitalized with injuries from a stabbing, was initially arrested for battery with injury, unlawful entry of a motor vehicle and public intoxication .

A 69-year-old man stabbed Sanchez during the altercation, according to a probable cause affidavit obtained by CBS News .

"Certainly the thing that stands out to us is that this was a situation that did not need to occur," Mears said. "We're literally talking about people fighting over a parking space or a dispute about where people were parking and it resulted in a person with incredibly

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