The Indiana judge to whom the Mark Sanchez criminal prosecution was assigned has stepped away from the case.

Via the Indianapolis Star , Judge Jennifer Prinz signed an order on Tuesday recusing herself .

No reason was given for the recusal. It can happen if the judge personally knows one of the parties or one of their close family members.

The case has been reassigned to Judge James Osborn. He has set a pretrial conference for October 22, with a jury trial tentatively scheduled for December.

Sanchez faces a felony battery count and three misdemeanors — battery resulting in injury, public intoxication, and unlawful entry of a motor vehicle. Sanchez has pleaded not guilty to all charges.

Sanchez was stabbed in Indianapolis on October 4, during an altercation with Perry Tole, a 69-

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