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Former National Football League wide receiver Antonio Brown is heading to Miami to address an murder attempt accusation connected with a incident that happened in May, with his counsel submitting a not guilty plea on his behalf.

Detention documents in Essex, New Jersey, show that Brown was discharged on Tuesday morning for his relocation to the state of Florida. Brown, one of the most popular figures in the NFL, had forgone extradition to Florida from New Jersey, in which he was detained after being arrested in the city of Dubai.

Brown’s counsel, Mark Eiglarsh, said in an communication that he has already lodged a written innocent plea to the murder attempt accusation. Brown could be in a Miami hearing as early as Wednesday early for a bond proceeding, Eiglarsh stated.

As per his apprehension warrant, Brown is accused of taking a pistol from a safety guard after a star match event in May and discharging multiple bullets at a man he had clashed with before. The alleged victim, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, informed investigators that one of the bullets touched his nape.

Eiglarsh stated that Brown was only defending himself from Nantambu.

“The measures he was forced to take were exclusively in defense against the reported victim’s hostile actions. Brown was targeted that evening and responded within his rightful privilege to defend himself,” Eiglarsh commented.

Brown was not immediately arrested because initially officers did not identify Nantambu as a target. It wasn’t until subsequently in May that Nantambu gave a detailed account about the incident to authorities and pointed out Brown as the shooter, the affidavit says.

From his social media content, Brown had been living in the city of Dubai for multiple months. In a message after the confrontation, Brown stated he was safeguarding himself because he was “jumped by numerous people who tried to take my possessions and inflict physical damage to me.”

A level two murder attempt charge in Florida carries a utmost 15-year incarceration penalty and up to a $10,000 fine in the case of a finding.

Brown has encountered multiple legal issues over the time. He previously had been alleged of physical attack of a delivery employee, several family violence allegations, neglect to pay child support and other occurrences.

In a 2021 game with Tampa Bay against the opponents, Brown removed his uniform, equipment and handwear and ran off the arena, resulting in his termination by the franchise and virtually concluding his NFL tenure.

Brown, who had twelve years in the NFL, was an top-tier player who passed the majority of his career with the Steelers. Throughout his professional life, Brown had nine hundred twenty-eight grabs for over 12,291 yards, the twenty-eighth highest of record. He was a multiple-time all-star choice.