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One-time NFL star Antonio Brown is returning to Miami to address an attempted murder accusation related to a shooting that took place in May, as his lawyer filing a not guilty plea on his behalf.

Jail logs in Essex County, New Jersey, reveal that Brown was released on Tuesday morning for his move to Florida. Brown, one of the most popular athletes in the NFL, had relinquished extradition to Florida from New Jersey, where he was taken after being apprehended in Dubai.

Brown’s attorney, Mark Eiglarsh, stated in an communication that he has earlier lodged a documented not guilty response to the murder attempt charge. Brown could be in a Miami courtroom as soon as Wednesday morning for a bond session, Eiglarsh stated.

As per his apprehension warrant, Brown is alleged of seizing a handgun from a security employee after a star fighting event in May and shooting a couple of shots at a person he had clashed with before. The reported individual, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, informed police that a bullet grazed his neck.

Eiglarsh asserted that Brown was only protecting himself from Nantambu.

“The actions he was forced to take were solely in self-defense against the claimed individual’s hostile actions. Brown was attacked that night and acted within his rightful right to protect himself,” Eiglarsh commented.

Brown was not right away arrested because initially officers did not recognize Nantambu as a target. It wasn’t until later in May that Nantambu delivered a detailed testimony about the situation to officers and named Brown as the perpetrator, the document indicates.

According to his online content, Brown had been residing in the city of Dubai for a number of period. In a post after the altercation, Brown claimed he was protecting himself because he was “assaulted by multiple individuals who sought to rob my jewelry and inflict bodily harm to me.”

A second-degree attempted murder accusation in Florida carries a highest fifteen-year incarceration sentence and up to a $10,000 fine in the case of a conviction.

Brown has encountered several legal problems over the years. He previously had been accused of battery of a delivery employee, several domestic violence charges, inability to pay child support and other incidents.

Throughout a 2021 season contest with his team against the Jets, Brown took off his jersey, equipment and handwear and ran off the field, leading to his termination by the Buccaneers and practically ending his football career.

Brown, who had 12 years in the NFL, was an top-tier player who spent the bulk of his tenure with the Steelers. For his career, Brown had nine hundred twenty-eight catches for more than twelve thousand two hundred ninety-one yards, the 28th greatest of history. He was a multiple-time prestigious pick.