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One-time National Football League star Antonio Brown is heading to Miami to confront an murder attempt charge connected with a incident that occurred in May, with his counsel submitting a innocent declaration on his behalf.

Detention records in Essex, New Jersey, indicate that Brown was discharged on Tuesday early for his relocation to the state of Florida. Brown, among the most famous figures in the National Football League, had waived transfer to Florida from New Jersey, where he was held after being apprehended in the city of Dubai.

Brown’s lawyer, Mark Eiglarsh, stated in an message that he has previously lodged a documented innocent declaration to the murder attempt accusation. Brown could be in a Miami courtroom as early as Wednesday morning for a release proceeding, Eiglarsh said.

As per his apprehension document, Brown is alleged of seizing a handgun from a safety staffer after a public figure fighting event in May and shooting multiple shots at a man he had clashed with previously. The claimed target, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, told authorities that one of the bullets touched his throat.

Eiglarsh asserted that Brown was merely protecting himself from Nantambu.

“The measures he was obliged to take were exclusively in self-protection against the reported victim’s aggressive conduct. Brown was assaulted that evening and acted within his lawful right to protect himself,” Eiglarsh said.

Brown was not immediately arrested because at first authorities did not identify Nantambu as a affected party. It wasn’t until subsequently in May that Nantambu gave a detailed account about the situation to police and named Brown as the gunman, the affidavit says.

From his social media updates, Brown had been staying in the city of Dubai for several weeks. In a message after the incident, Brown claimed he was protecting himself because he was “attacked by numerous persons who attempted to rob my jewelry and inflict bodily damage to me.”

A category two murder attempt charge in Florida carries a highest 15-year prison sentence and up to a $10,000 fine in the instance of a finding.

Brown has dealt with several legal problems over the period. He earlier had been charged of assault of a delivery operator, multiple family violence charges, failure to pay parental support and other incidents.

During a 2021 season contest with his team against the opponents, Brown stripped off his shirt, protective gear and accessories and exited the arena, leading to his termination by the team and effectively ending his professional career.

Brown, who had a dozen years in the NFL, was an All-Pro player who passed the majority of his career with Pittsburgh. Throughout his time, Brown had 928 grabs for above twelve thousand two hundred ninety-one yards, the twenty-eighth greatest of all time. He was a multiple-time all-star selection.