Ex- National Football League Athlete Antonio Brown Enters Innocent Plea in Murder Attempt Charges

Former NFL star Antonio Brown is returning to Miami to confront an attempted murder charge related to a incident that happened in May, as his attorney entering a not guilty plea on his behalf.

Jail documents in Essex County, New Jersey, show that Brown was released on Tuesday early for his relocation to the state of Florida. Brown, a highly popular players in the National Football League, had forgone extradition to Florida from New Jersey, in which he was taken after being arrested in Dubai.

Brown’s counsel, Mark Eiglarsh, stated in an email that he has already filed a formal innocent declaration to the murder attempt charge. Brown could be in a Miami court as soon as Wednesday early for a bond proceeding, Eiglarsh added.

Based on his apprehension order, Brown is alleged of taking a pistol from a protection employee after a public figure fighting bout in May and discharging a couple of bullets at a man he had fought with previously. The alleged target, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, informed authorities that a bullet scraped his throat.

Eiglarsh asserted that Brown was only safeguarding himself from Nantambu.

“The actions he was obliged to take were solely in defense against the alleged victim’s aggressive behavior. Brown was assaulted that time and acted within his rightful right to protect himself,” Eiglarsh stated.

Brown was not promptly detained because originally authorities did not recognize Nantambu as a affected party. It only afterward in May that Nantambu gave a detailed account about the situation to authorities and named Brown as the gunman, the report indicates.

According to his social media content, Brown had been staying in Dubai for several weeks. In a update after the confrontation, Brown stated he was protecting himself because he was “attacked by multiple persons who sought to rob my possessions and bring personal damage to me.”

A level two murder attempt accusation in the state of Florida imposes a highest 15-year jail penalty and up to a $10,000 fee in the instance of a conviction.

Brown has dealt with multiple judicial problems over the years. He before had been accused of physical attack of a vehicle driver, several abuse accusations, failure to pay family payments and further events.

During a recent game with his team against the New York Jets, Brown took off his uniform, equipment and accessories and exited the field, leading to his dismissal by the Buccaneers and effectively ending his football career.

Brown, who spent a dozen years in the National Football League, was an All-Pro player who spent the majority of his time with the Steelers. For his time, Brown had nine hundred twenty-eight grabs for more than 12,291 gains, the twenty-eighth highest of record. He was a seven-time Pro Bowl selection.