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Ex- NFL star Antonio Brown is returning to Miami to face an attempted murder charge connected with a incident that took place in May, with his lawyer entering a not guilty response on his behalf.

Correctional records in Essex County, New Jersey, show that Brown was released on Tuesday morning for his move to Florida. Brown, among the most famous players in the National Football League, had waived transfer to Florida from New Jersey, where he was detained after being arrested in Dubai.

Brown’s counsel, Mark Eiglarsh, mentioned in an communication that he has previously filed a documented not guilty response to the murder attempt allegation. Brown could be in a Miami court as early as Wednesday early for a bond session, Eiglarsh added.

According to his detention order, Brown is accused of taking a handgun from a security staffer after a star fighting event in May and discharging two rounds at a man he had fought with previously. The reported target, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, informed investigators that a bullet scraped his throat.

Eiglarsh said that Brown was merely defending himself from Nantambu.

“The steps he was forced to take were purely in defense against the alleged person’s violent conduct. Brown was attacked that time and behaved within his lawful privilege to defend himself,” Eiglarsh commented.

Brown was not immediately detained because initially authorities did not recognize Nantambu as a victim. It wasn’t until later in May that Nantambu gave a complete statement about the incident to authorities and identified Brown as the shooter, the affidavit states.

Based on his digital posts, Brown had been residing in Dubai for multiple period. In a update after the confrontation, Brown stated he was safeguarding himself because he was “assaulted by multiple people who sought to take my jewelry and cause bodily harm to me.”

A level two attempted murder charge in the state of Florida bears a highest 15-year prison sentence and up to a $10,000 fine in the case of a guilty verdict.

Brown has encountered several judicial challenges over the time. He earlier had been accused of physical attack of a vehicle driver, several abuse accusations, failure to pay family payments and additional incidents.

Throughout a 2021 season match with his team against the opponents, Brown removed his uniform, protective gear and accessories and exited the arena, leading to his dismissal by the team and effectively halting his professional career.

Brown, who spent a dozen years in the National Football League, was an All-Pro wide receiver who spent the majority of his career with the Steelers. For his career, Brown had over 900 receptions for more than twelve thousand two hundred ninety-one gains, the twenty-eighth highest of history. He was a multiple-time Pro Bowl pick.