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Ex- NFL player Antonio Brown is returning to Miami to confront an murder attempt allegation connected with a incident that occurred in May, as his counsel submitting a not guilty plea on his behalf.

Detention documents in Essex County, New Jersey, show that Brown was freed on Tuesday early for his move to Florida. Brown, among the most famous players in the National Football League, had forgone extradition to Florida from New Jersey, where he was detained after being arrested in the city of Dubai.

Brown’s counsel, Mark Eiglarsh, mentioned in an message that he has already submitted a written innocent response to the attempted murder charge. Brown could be in a Miami hearing as soon as Wednesday morning for a bail proceeding, Eiglarsh stated.

According to his detention order, Brown is charged of taking a firearm from a security employee after a star match contest in May and shooting a couple of bullets at a person he had clashed with previously. The alleged victim, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, stated to police that one shot scraped his neck.

Eiglarsh asserted that Brown was merely safeguarding himself from Nantambu.

“The measures he was forced to take were exclusively in defense against the claimed person’s violent actions. Brown was targeted that time and acted within his rightful privilege to defend himself,” Eiglarsh stated.

Brown was not immediately detained because initially authorities did not consider Nantambu as a affected party. It wasn’t until later in May that Nantambu gave a full account about the event to authorities and identified Brown as the shooter, the report says.

Based on his online updates, Brown had been living in the city of Dubai for a number of weeks. In a message after the altercation, Brown claimed he was defending himself because he was “attacked by several persons who attempted to rob my jewelry and inflict physical damage to me.”

A second-degree attempted murder allegation in the state of Florida carries a maximum fifteen-year prison term and up to a ten thousand dollar fee in the event of a finding.

Brown has faced multiple judicial issues over the period. He previously had been charged of assault of a truck operator, multiple family violence allegations, failure to pay child support and further incidents.

Throughout a 2021 season game with the Buccaneers against the opponents, Brown took off his uniform, protective gear and gloves and exited the arena, leading to his dismissal by the Buccaneers and effectively concluding his professional journey.

Brown, who spent 12 years in the NFL, was an top-tier receiver who passed the majority of his time with his team. Throughout his professional life, Brown had nine hundred twenty-eight grabs for above 12,291 yards, the 28th most of history. He was a seven-time all-star choice.