🔗 Share this article

Former NFL star Antonio Brown is returning to Miami to address an murder attempt charge related to a incident that occurred in May, as his attorney filing a innocent response on his behalf.

Jail records in Essex County, New Jersey, show that Brown was freed on Tuesday early for his move to the state of Florida. Brown, among the most famous players in the National Football League, had waived transfer to Florida from New Jersey, where he was detained after being apprehended in the city of Dubai.

Brown’s attorney, Mark Eiglarsh, stated in an email that he has previously filed a written not guilty response to the murder attempt accusation. Brown could be in a Miami courtroom as early as Wednesday early for a bond session, Eiglarsh added.

According to his apprehension order, Brown is alleged of taking a pistol from a safety guard after a star fighting bout in May and shooting two shots at a individual he had clashed with earlier. The reported victim, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, stated to police that one shot scraped his neck.

Eiglarsh said that Brown was merely safeguarding himself from Nantambu.

“The measures he was compelled to take were exclusively in defense against the claimed victim’s aggressive actions. Brown was targeted that night and behaved within his legal privilege to protect himself,” Eiglarsh stated.

Brown was not immediately detained because at first officers did not identify Nantambu as a affected party. It not until subsequently in May that Nantambu delivered a complete statement about the incident to officers and named Brown as the perpetrator, the affidavit says.

According to his social media updates, Brown had been living in Dubai for a number of months. In a message after the incident, Brown claimed he was defending himself because he was “assaulted by several persons who sought to rob my valuables and cause physical harm to me.”

A category two murder attempt charge in the state of Florida carries a maximum 15-year incarceration penalty and up to a $10,000 fine in the instance of a finding.

Brown has faced numerous court problems over the years. He before had been charged of assault of a vehicle operator, multiple domestic violence allegations, inability to pay parental support and additional events.

Throughout a 2021 season contest with his team against the New York Jets, Brown stripped off his uniform, shoulder pads and gloves and left the field, resulting in his dismissal by the franchise and effectively ending his NFL tenure.

Brown, who had a dozen years in the NFL, was an elite receiver who passed most of his time with his team. Throughout his professional life, Brown had nine hundred twenty-eight catches for above 12,291 distance, the 28th most of all time. He was a 7-time all-star selection.