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Ex- NFL star Antonio Brown is returning to Miami to address an murder attempt allegation related to a gunfire that occurred in May, as his lawyer entering a innocent declaration on his behalf.

Correctional documents in Essex County, New Jersey, show that Brown was discharged on Tuesday early for his move to Florida. Brown, a highly popular players in the NFL, had forgone transfer to Florida from New Jersey, where he was held after being taken into custody in Dubai.

Brown’s attorney, Mark Eiglarsh, mentioned in an message that he has previously submitted a documented not guilty declaration to the murder attempt allegation. Brown could be in a Miami hearing as soon as Wednesday morning for a bail proceeding, Eiglarsh added.

Based on his apprehension warrant, Brown is charged of grabbing a firearm from a protection staffer after a star fighting bout in May and discharging multiple shots at a man he had clashed with before. The alleged victim, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, told investigators that one shot grazed his nape.

Eiglarsh asserted that Brown was simply defending himself from Nantambu.

“The steps he was forced to take were purely in self-protection against the claimed victim’s violent actions. Brown was assaulted that time and behaved within his rightful right to safeguard himself,” Eiglarsh said.

Brown was not right away arrested because at first authorities did not identify Nantambu as a victim. It only afterward in May that Nantambu delivered a detailed account about the event to police and named Brown as the shooter, the report states.

According to his social media content, Brown had been living in the city of Dubai for multiple period. In a update after the altercation, Brown claimed he was defending himself because he was “attacked by numerous people who tried to steal my valuables and bring bodily damage to me.”

A second-degree murder attempt allegation in Florida imposes a maximum fifteen-year prison sentence and up to a $10,000 fee in the instance of a guilty verdict.

Brown has encountered several court challenges over the years. He before had been charged of physical attack of a delivery operator, several abuse allegations, failure to pay family payments and further incidents.

Throughout a 2021 game with Tampa Bay against the opponents, Brown stripped off his jersey, equipment and gloves and left the stadium, resulting in his dismissal by the Buccaneers and effectively halting his professional tenure.

Brown, who completed twelve years in the NFL, was an All-Pro wide receiver who devoted the majority of his time with Pittsburgh. For his professional life, Brown had nine hundred twenty-eight grabs for above 12,291 distance, the twenty-eighth highest of history. He was a multiple-time prestigious selection.