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Ex- National Football League star Antonio Brown is returning to Miami to confront an murder attempt charge related to a shooting that took place in May, with his counsel entering a innocent plea on his behalf.

Jail documents in Essex, New Jersey, reveal that Brown was released on Tuesday early for his move to Florida. Brown, among the most famous players in the National Football League, had forgone transfer to Florida from New Jersey, where he was held after being taken into custody in the city of Dubai.

Brown’s counsel, Mark Eiglarsh, stated in an email that he has already lodged a written innocent declaration to the attempted murder charge. Brown could be in a Miami court as soon as Wednesday morning for a bond hearing, Eiglarsh said.

As per his detention document, Brown is charged of grabbing a handgun from a security employee after a public figure match event in May and discharging two bullets at a individual he had confronted with earlier. The alleged target, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, told authorities that a bullet touched his throat.

Eiglarsh stated that Brown was merely defending himself from Nantambu.

“The steps he was compelled to take were exclusively in defense against the claimed victim’s aggressive actions. Brown was assaulted that time and behaved within his lawful right to defend himself,” Eiglarsh stated.

Brown was not promptly arrested because at first police did not identify Nantambu as a victim. It only later in May that Nantambu gave a detailed testimony about the incident to police and identified Brown as the gunman, the document states.

From his online content, Brown had been staying in the city of Dubai for multiple weeks. In a update after the incident, Brown said he was defending himself because he was “jumped by numerous people who tried to rob my valuables and cause bodily damage to me.”

A category two attempted murder allegation in the state of Florida imposes a utmost 15-year incarceration sentence and up to a ten thousand dollar fee in the instance of a guilty verdict.

Brown has faced numerous judicial problems over the time. He earlier had been accused of physical attack of a truck employee, several abuse accusations, neglect to pay family payments and additional incidents.

In a 2021 game with Tampa Bay against the opponents, Brown took off his uniform, equipment and gloves and ran off the arena, leading to his release by the franchise and effectively concluding his football career.

Brown, who spent twelve years in the NFL, was an All-Pro wide receiver who devoted the majority of his time with the Steelers. During his career, Brown had 928 receptions for over twelve thousand two hundred ninety-one distance, the 28th most of history. He was a multiple-time Pro Bowl choice.