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One-time National Football League star Antonio Brown is heading to Miami to confront an murder attempt accusation related to a shooting that happened in May, as his counsel filing a innocent response on his behalf.

Jail documents in Essex, New Jersey, show that Brown was discharged on Tuesday morning for his transfer to the state of Florida. Brown, a highly popular athletes in the NFL, had waived extradition to Florida from New Jersey, in which he was detained after being arrested in Dubai.

Brown’s attorney, Mark Eiglarsh, stated in an communication that he has previously lodged a formal innocent declaration to the murder attempt allegation. Brown could be in a Miami courtroom as early as Wednesday morning for a bail hearing, Eiglarsh added.

As per his apprehension document, Brown is alleged of seizing a firearm from a protection employee after a star boxing event in May and firing two rounds at a person he had fought with before. The reported individual, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, informed authorities that a bullet grazed his throat.

Eiglarsh stated that Brown was simply safeguarding himself from Nantambu.

“The steps he was compelled to take were purely in defense against the reported victim’s violent conduct. Brown was attacked that night and acted within his lawful entitlement to safeguard himself,” Eiglarsh stated.

Brown was not promptly arrested because originally officers did not consider Nantambu as a victim. It not until subsequently in May that Nantambu gave a detailed testimony about the situation to officers and pointed out Brown as the gunman, the affidavit says.

From his digital content, Brown had been residing in the city of Dubai for several period. In a message after the confrontation, Brown stated he was safeguarding himself because he was “attacked by numerous individuals who tried to rob my valuables and bring physical damage to me.”

A level two attempted murder allegation in Florida bears a highest 15-year incarceration sentence and up to a $10,000 fee in the event of a guilty verdict.

Brown has dealt with multiple court challenges over the period. He before had been accused of physical attack of a truck driver, multiple abuse allegations, inability to pay parental support and other incidents.

In a recent contest with his team against the opponents, Brown stripped off his shirt, equipment and accessories and ran off the arena, resulting in his termination by the Buccaneers and practically ending his NFL tenure.

Brown, who spent 12 years in the NFL, was an All-Pro receiver who devoted the bulk of his time with the Steelers. During his professional life, Brown had nine hundred twenty-eight receptions for above 12,291 gains, the twenty-eighth greatest of history. He was a 7-time prestigious choice.