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Ex- NFL star Antonio Brown is returning to Miami to confront an attempted murder accusation related to a incident that happened in May, as his lawyer entering a not guilty plea on his behalf.

Correctional records in Essex County, New Jersey, reveal that Brown was released on Tuesday morning for his relocation to the state of Florida. Brown, one of the most popular players in the NFL, had relinquished transfer to Florida from New Jersey, in which he was held after being apprehended in Dubai.

Brown’s lawyer, Mark Eiglarsh, said in an email that he has previously lodged a formal innocent declaration to the murder attempt accusation. Brown could be in a Miami hearing as early as Wednesday morning for a bail session, Eiglarsh stated.

According to his apprehension document, Brown is accused of grabbing a handgun from a protection staffer after a star match event in May and shooting multiple shots at a person he had confronted with previously. The reported individual, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, stated to investigators that one of the bullets scraped his neck.

Eiglarsh stated that Brown was merely defending himself from Nantambu.

“The measures he was forced to take were purely in self-defense against the reported victim’s aggressive conduct. Brown was assaulted that evening and behaved within his lawful privilege to defend himself,” Eiglarsh commented.

Brown was not immediately detained because at first officers did not recognize Nantambu as a target. It only subsequently in May that Nantambu delivered a detailed statement about the event to police and pointed out Brown as the gunman, the affidavit says.

According to his digital updates, Brown had been living in the city of Dubai for a number of period. In a message after the confrontation, Brown claimed he was defending himself because he was “attacked by multiple individuals who sought to rob my jewelry and cause physical harm to me.”

A level two attempted murder accusation in the state of Florida carries a utmost 15-year incarceration penalty and up to a ten thousand dollar penalty in the case of a guilty verdict.

Brown has encountered several court challenges over the period. He before had been alleged of battery of a delivery employee, multiple family violence accusations, failure to pay child support and additional occurrences.

Throughout a 2021 season game with the Buccaneers against the Jets, Brown took off his uniform, protective gear and handwear and ran off the stadium, leading to his dismissal by the team and virtually concluding his NFL tenure.

Brown, who spent 12 years in the league, was an elite wide receiver who devoted the majority of his career with his team. For his professional life, Brown had nine hundred twenty-eight grabs for over 12,291 distance, the twenty-eighth most of history. He was a 7-time Pro Bowl choice.