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Ex- National Football League star Antonio Brown is traveling to Miami to address an attempted murder charge related to a shooting that took place in May, as his attorney filing a innocent plea on his behalf.

Jail logs in Essex, New Jersey, reveal that Brown was released on Tuesday early for his transfer to the state of Florida. Brown, one of the most popular athletes in the NFL, had waived extradition to Florida from New Jersey, where he was detained after being apprehended in the city of Dubai.

Brown’s lawyer, Mark Eiglarsh, said in an communication that he has previously submitted a written innocent response to the murder attempt charge. Brown could be in a Miami courtroom as soon as Wednesday early for a bond proceeding, Eiglarsh said.

Based on his arrest warrant, Brown is charged of seizing a pistol from a safety employee after a public figure fighting bout in May and shooting a couple of bullets at a person he had confronted with earlier. The alleged individual, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, stated to authorities that a bullet scraped his nape.

Eiglarsh stated that Brown was simply protecting himself from Nantambu.

“The steps he was forced to take were purely in self-defense against the claimed victim’s hostile behavior. Brown was assaulted that night and responded within his rightful right to defend himself,” Eiglarsh said.

Brown was not promptly detained because initially police did not consider Nantambu as a affected party. It wasn’t until subsequently in May that Nantambu delivered a full account about the event to officers and named Brown as the perpetrator, the report says.

Based on his social media updates, Brown had been living in the city of Dubai for multiple months. In a post after the incident, Brown claimed he was defending himself because he was “attacked by numerous people who tried to rob my valuables and bring personal injury to me.”

A category two attempted murder allegation in Florida imposes a utmost fifteen-year prison penalty and up to a $10,000 fee in the case of a finding.

Brown has encountered multiple legal challenges over the time. He earlier had been alleged of battery of a delivery employee, several family violence charges, inability to pay parental support and other incidents.

During a 2021 contest with his team against the Jets, Brown removed his uniform, protective gear and gloves and ran off the arena, resulting in his dismissal by the franchise and practically concluding his football tenure.

Brown, who had a dozen years in the NFL, was an top-tier receiver who spent the majority of his career with the Steelers. Throughout his career, Brown had nine hundred twenty-eight grabs for over 12,291 gains, the 28th greatest of all time. He was a seven-time Pro Bowl pick.