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One-time National Football League player Antonio Brown is traveling to Miami to confront an murder attempt charge stemming from a incident that took place in May, with his attorney submitting a innocent declaration on his behalf.

Correctional records in Essex County, New Jersey, show that Brown was freed on Tuesday morning for his transfer to the state of Florida. Brown, one of the most popular players in the NFL, had forgone extradition to Florida from New Jersey, in which he was taken after being apprehended in the city of Dubai.

Brown’s counsel, Mark Eiglarsh, stated in an email that he has previously submitted a formal not guilty plea to the murder attempt charge. Brown could be in a Miami court as early as Wednesday early for a release session, Eiglarsh added.

According to his apprehension order, Brown is alleged of taking a handgun from a security employee after a celebrity boxing contest in May and discharging two bullets at a person he had confronted with previously. The alleged individual, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, stated to investigators that one shot scraped his throat.

Eiglarsh said that Brown was merely defending himself from Nantambu.

“The steps he was compelled to take were solely in defense against the claimed person’s hostile actions. Brown was assaulted that evening and acted within his legal privilege to protect himself,” Eiglarsh stated.

Brown was not immediately detained because initially police did not identify Nantambu as a affected party. It not until subsequently in May that Nantambu provided a full account about the situation to authorities and pointed out Brown as the gunman, the affidavit states.

Based on his social media content, Brown had been living in Dubai for multiple period. In a post after the confrontation, Brown said he was safeguarding himself because he was “attacked by several persons who attempted to rob my jewelry and inflict personal harm to me.”

A category two murder attempt accusation in Florida bears a highest fifteen-year prison sentence and up to a $10,000 fee in the event of a guilty verdict.

Brown has encountered multiple legal challenges over the time. He previously had been alleged of assault of a truck driver, multiple abuse allegations, neglect to pay child support and other occurrences.

Throughout a 2021 game with the Buccaneers against the Jets, Brown stripped off his uniform, equipment and accessories and exited the stadium, leading to his release by the team and virtually halting his NFL tenure.

Brown, who had twelve years in the National Football League, was an top-tier receiver who devoted the majority of his career with his team. During his career, Brown had nine hundred twenty-eight receptions for more than 12,291 distance, the twenty-eighth highest of all time. He was a 7-time all-star selection.