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Ex- National Football League player Antonio Brown is heading to Miami to confront an attempted murder charge related to a incident that occurred in May, with his counsel submitting a innocent plea on his behalf.

Correctional records in Essex, New Jersey, reveal that Brown was freed on Tuesday early for his relocation to the state of Florida. Brown, a highly popular athletes in the NFL, had relinquished extradition to Florida from New Jersey, in which he was held after being taken into custody in the city of Dubai.

Brown’s attorney, Mark Eiglarsh, said in an communication that he has already lodged a written not guilty plea to the murder attempt accusation. Brown could be in a Miami hearing as soon as Wednesday morning for a bond hearing, Eiglarsh said.

Based on his apprehension warrant, Brown is alleged of grabbing a firearm from a safety staffer after a star fighting bout in May and shooting a couple of shots at a man he had clashed with before. The claimed individual, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, informed police that one shot touched his throat.

Eiglarsh asserted that Brown was simply defending himself from Nantambu.

“The measures he was forced to take were exclusively in defense against the claimed victim’s violent conduct. Brown was assaulted that time and acted within his lawful entitlement to safeguard himself,” Eiglarsh stated.

Brown was not promptly detained because at first authorities did not recognize Nantambu as a target. It only subsequently in May that Nantambu provided a full account about the incident to officers and identified Brown as the shooter, 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 altercation, Brown said he was safeguarding himself because he was “assaulted by multiple individuals who sought to steal my valuables and inflict bodily harm to me.”

A category two murder attempt accusation in the state of Florida bears a utmost 15-year jail term and up to a $10,000 fine in the event of a finding.

Brown has encountered multiple legal problems over the period. He before had been charged of assault of a vehicle employee, multiple domestic violence charges, neglect to pay parental support and other incidents.

In a 2021 match with the Buccaneers against the Jets, Brown took off his shirt, protective gear and gloves and ran off the field, leading to his release by the team and virtually ending his football tenure.

Brown, who had twelve years in the league, was an All-Pro receiver who passed most of his career with Pittsburgh. During his professional life, Brown had 928 receptions for above 12,291 gains, the twenty-eighth greatest of history. He was a 7-time all-star choice.