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Former NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown is returning to Miami to confront an attempted murder accusation connected with a gunfire that happened in May, as his attorney entering a innocent plea on his behalf.

Detention documents in Essex County, New Jersey, indicate that Brown was discharged on Tuesday early for his move to Florida. Brown, among the most famous figures in the NFL, had waived transfer to Florida from New Jersey, where he was detained after being apprehended in the city of Dubai.

Brown’s lawyer, Mark Eiglarsh, mentioned in an message that he has previously lodged a written innocent declaration to the murder attempt accusation. Brown could be in a Miami courtroom as early as Wednesday morning for a bond proceeding, Eiglarsh added.

As per his arrest warrant, Brown is alleged of taking a pistol from a security employee after a celebrity match contest in May and shooting a couple of rounds at a individual he had clashed with previously. The claimed victim, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, told police that a bullet scraped his nape.

Eiglarsh stated that Brown was simply protecting himself from Nantambu.

“The actions he was forced to take were exclusively in self-protection against the claimed victim’s aggressive actions. Brown was assaulted that evening and responded within his legal entitlement to protect himself,” Eiglarsh stated.

Brown was not immediately arrested because at first authorities did not identify Nantambu as a victim. It only later in May that Nantambu delivered a full testimony about the event to police and identified Brown as the gunman, the affidavit states.

According to his social media posts, Brown had been staying in Dubai for multiple weeks. In a update after the confrontation, Brown said he was safeguarding himself because he was “jumped by multiple people who attempted to take my jewelry and inflict physical harm to me.”

A second-degree murder attempt charge in the state of Florida bears a maximum fifteen-year jail term and up to a ten thousand dollar fine in the instance of a conviction.

Brown has dealt with numerous judicial challenges over the period. He earlier had been charged of assault of a truck employee, several abuse accusations, inability to pay parental support and additional incidents.

Throughout a 2021 season game with the Buccaneers against the Jets, Brown took off his uniform, protective gear and gloves and ran off the stadium, leading to his release by the Buccaneers and effectively concluding his football career.

Brown, who completed twelve years in the league, was an top-tier player who passed the majority of his tenure with Pittsburgh. For his time, Brown had over 900 receptions for above 12,291 yards, the 28th greatest of history. He was a seven-time Pro Bowl choice.