🔗 Share this article

One-time National Football League player Antonio Brown is traveling to Miami to confront an murder attempt accusation related to a shooting that took place in May, with his counsel submitting a innocent declaration on his behalf.

Detention documents in Essex County, New Jersey, reveal that Brown was released on Tuesday morning for his transfer to the state of Florida. Brown, one of the most popular athletes in the National Football League, had forgone transfer to Florida from New Jersey, where he was detained after being taken into custody in the city of Dubai.

Brown’s lawyer, Mark Eiglarsh, said in an communication that he has already submitted a documented innocent declaration to the attempted murder allegation. Brown could be in a Miami courtroom as early as Wednesday morning for a bail proceeding, Eiglarsh said.

As per his arrest warrant, Brown is accused of taking a pistol from a security guard after a star boxing event in May and shooting multiple rounds at a man he had fought with before. The claimed individual, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, informed authorities that a bullet scraped his neck.

Eiglarsh asserted that Brown was merely defending himself from Nantambu.

“The actions he was compelled to take were purely in self-defense against the claimed victim’s hostile behavior. Brown was targeted that time and behaved within his rightful entitlement to defend himself,” Eiglarsh said.

Brown was not immediately arrested because initially officers did not identify Nantambu as a victim. It wasn’t until later in May that Nantambu delivered a full statement about the event to officers and named Brown as the shooter, the report says.

According to his digital updates, Brown had been living in the city of Dubai for multiple period. In a update after the altercation, Brown said he was defending himself because he was “assaulted by numerous individuals who tried to take my valuables and bring bodily damage to me.”

A second-degree murder attempt charge in Florida bears a maximum 15-year jail term and up to a $10,000 fee in the instance of a conviction.

Brown has dealt with several judicial challenges over the time. He before had been charged of assault of a delivery driver, several domestic violence charges, failure to pay parental support and further incidents.

Throughout a recent contest with his team against the New York Jets, Brown took off his jersey, equipment and handwear and exited the field, leading to his dismissal by the franchise and virtually concluding his NFL tenure.

Brown, who spent twelve years in the league, was an top-tier wide receiver who passed the bulk of his time with the Steelers. For his career, Brown had nine hundred twenty-eight receptions for over 12,291 gains, the twenty-eighth greatest of history. He was a multiple-time all-star choice.