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One-time National Football League player Antonio Brown is traveling to Miami to address an murder attempt allegation connected with a shooting that happened in May, with his lawyer entering a innocent plea on his behalf.

Detention logs in Essex County, New Jersey, show that Brown was discharged on Tuesday early for his relocation to the state of Florida. Brown, among the most famous players in the NFL, had forgone extradition to Florida from New Jersey, where he was held after being apprehended in the city of Dubai.

Brown’s attorney, Mark Eiglarsh, said in an email that he has earlier submitted a formal not guilty plea to the murder attempt accusation. Brown could be in a Miami courtroom as soon as Wednesday early for a bail session, Eiglarsh stated.

As per his apprehension document, Brown is accused of taking a handgun from a protection employee after a public figure match bout in May and shooting multiple bullets at a person he had confronted with previously. The claimed target, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, told police that one shot scraped his nape.

Eiglarsh stated that Brown was simply defending himself from Nantambu.

“The measures he was forced to take were solely in self-protection against the alleged person’s aggressive conduct. Brown was targeted that time and acted within his legal right to protect himself,” Eiglarsh said.

Brown was not right away arrested because originally police did not recognize Nantambu as a affected party. It only afterward in May that Nantambu gave a full statement about the event to police and identified Brown as the perpetrator, the document states.

According to his social media posts, Brown had been residing in the city of Dubai for several period. In a update after the altercation, Brown claimed he was defending himself because he was “jumped by numerous individuals who attempted to take my possessions and inflict bodily damage to me.”

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

Brown has encountered multiple judicial problems over the time. He previously had been charged of physical attack of a delivery driver, several abuse accusations, failure to pay parental support and further occurrences.

During a 2021 match with the Buccaneers against the Jets, Brown stripped off his shirt, equipment and handwear and left the stadium, leading to his release by the franchise and practically halting his football career.

Brown, who completed a dozen years in the league, was an All-Pro receiver who passed the bulk of his tenure with the Steelers. For his career, Brown had nine hundred twenty-eight catches for over twelve thousand two hundred ninety-one gains, the 28th greatest of all time. He was a 7-time Pro Bowl pick.