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Former National Football League star Antonio Brown is traveling to Miami to address an attempted murder accusation stemming from a gunfire that occurred in May, with his counsel submitting a innocent declaration on his behalf.

Jail records in Essex County, New Jersey, reveal that Brown was discharged on Tuesday morning for his transfer to Florida. Brown, one of the most popular figures in the National Football League, had relinquished extradition to Florida from New Jersey, in which he was held after being taken into custody in the city of Dubai.

Brown’s lawyer, Mark Eiglarsh, mentioned in an message that he has already submitted a formal not guilty declaration to the murder attempt allegation. Brown could be in a Miami hearing as early as Wednesday morning for a bond proceeding, Eiglarsh added.

Based on his arrest document, Brown is charged of seizing a firearm from a protection employee after a celebrity match event in May and discharging multiple shots at a individual he had confronted with earlier. The claimed target, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, informed authorities that one shot grazed his nape.

Eiglarsh said that Brown was simply defending himself from Nantambu.

“The measures he was compelled to take were solely in self-defense against the claimed person’s violent behavior. Brown was targeted that night and responded within his legal right to protect himself,” Eiglarsh stated.

Brown was not immediately detained because initially authorities did not identify Nantambu as a victim. It only subsequently in May that Nantambu provided a full testimony about the event to authorities and pointed out Brown as the gunman, the document says.

According to his online content, Brown had been residing in the city of Dubai for a number of weeks. In a update after the confrontation, Brown stated he was safeguarding himself because he was “attacked by several people who sought to take my possessions and bring bodily harm to me.”

A category two murder attempt allegation in the state of Florida bears a maximum 15-year incarceration term and up to a $10,000 fee in the event of a conviction.

Brown has encountered numerous legal problems over the period. He previously had been accused of physical attack of a truck operator, various abuse charges, neglect to pay family payments and other incidents.

In a 2021 season game with the Buccaneers against the Jets, Brown stripped off his jersey, shoulder pads and handwear and ran off the field, leading to his release by the franchise and practically halting his NFL career.

Brown, who completed a dozen years in the NFL, was an top-tier wide receiver who devoted most of his time with his team. Throughout his professional life, Brown had nine hundred twenty-eight receptions for more than twelve thousand two hundred ninety-one yards, the 28th highest of all time. He was a seven-time Pro Bowl choice.