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Former National Football League star Antonio Brown is traveling to Miami to address an murder attempt charge stemming from a incident that took place in May, as his attorney submitting a not guilty declaration on his behalf.

Detention records in Essex County, New Jersey, reveal that Brown was discharged on Tuesday early for his relocation to Florida. Brown, a highly popular athletes in the National Football League, had relinquished extradition to Florida from New Jersey, where he was held after being taken into custody in Dubai.

Brown’s counsel, Mark Eiglarsh, stated in an email that he has already submitted a written innocent plea to the attempted murder accusation. Brown could be in a Miami hearing as soon as Wednesday morning for a release proceeding, Eiglarsh said.

Based on his apprehension document, Brown is charged of seizing a pistol from a security staffer after a public figure fighting event in May and shooting two bullets at a individual he had confronted with earlier. The reported individual, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, informed investigators that a bullet grazed his neck.

Eiglarsh asserted that Brown was merely defending himself from Nantambu.

“The measures he was obliged to take were purely in defense against the alleged individual’s hostile conduct. Brown was attacked that time and behaved within his rightful privilege to safeguard himself,” Eiglarsh stated.

Brown was not promptly apprehended because initially police did not recognize Nantambu as a affected party. It not until afterward in May that Nantambu gave a complete statement about the event to authorities and named Brown as the shooter, the report indicates.

Based on his social media content, Brown had been residing in Dubai for multiple months. In a post after the altercation, Brown stated he was safeguarding himself because he was “assaulted by numerous people who attempted to take my jewelry and bring physical harm to me.”

A category two murder attempt accusation in Florida carries a utmost 15-year prison term and up to a $10,000 fee in the event of a finding.

Brown has encountered numerous judicial issues over the period. He previously had been charged of physical attack of a truck operator, several family violence charges, failure to pay child support and additional occurrences.

In a 2021 season contest with Tampa Bay against the Jets, Brown removed his shirt, equipment and accessories and ran off the field, causing his dismissal by the team and virtually ending his NFL tenure.

Brown, who had 12 years in the NFL, was an All-Pro player who spent the majority of his career with the Steelers. Throughout his time, Brown had nine hundred twenty-eight catches for above 12,291 distance, the 28th greatest of all time. He was a multiple-time prestigious pick.