Mark Sanchez ‘s family is speaking out after he was hospitalized with stab wounds and then arrested and charged with a felony crime .

The 38-year-old former New York Jets quarterback was allegedly the aggressor in a violent incident that happened over the weekend in Indianapolis, leading to his arrest while in the hospital.

Mark allegedly assaulted a 69-year-old delivery driver while in an alley by a bar. The fight reportedly broke out over a parking spot. The former football player is now facing a Level 5 battery charge.

The punishment for that type of charge is one to six years in jail. Originally, he was facing three misdemeanor charges of battery resulting in injury, public intoxication and unlawful entry of a motor vehicle.

Mark ‘s family released a statement to TMZ .

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