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Former NFL star Antonio Brown is traveling to Miami to confront an murder attempt allegation stemming from a shooting that occurred in May, as his counsel entering a innocent declaration on his behalf.

Correctional documents in Essex, New Jersey, show that Brown was released on Tuesday early for his relocation to the state of Florida. Brown, one of the most popular players in the NFL, had waived extradition to Florida from New Jersey, in which he was held after being taken into custody in Dubai.

Brown’s attorney, Mark Eiglarsh, said in an message that he has already submitted a formal not guilty response to the attempted murder allegation. Brown could be in a Miami hearing as early as Wednesday morning for a release proceeding, Eiglarsh added.

According to his apprehension document, Brown is charged of grabbing a firearm from a safety employee after a star match bout in May and discharging multiple rounds at a person he had confronted with previously. The reported individual, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, stated to police that a bullet scraped his throat.

Eiglarsh asserted that Brown was only safeguarding himself from Nantambu.

“The steps he was compelled to take were exclusively in defense against the reported individual’s aggressive conduct. Brown was assaulted that time and behaved within his rightful entitlement to safeguard himself,” Eiglarsh stated.

Brown was not immediately arrested because at first authorities did not recognize Nantambu as a affected party. It wasn’t until later in May that Nantambu delivered a complete testimony about the incident to authorities and named Brown as the gunman, the document states.

From his social media updates, Brown had been staying in Dubai for several period. In a message after the confrontation, Brown claimed he was safeguarding himself because he was “attacked by multiple people who attempted to take my possessions and cause personal injury to me.”

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

Brown has faced multiple court problems over the period. He previously had been charged of battery of a delivery driver, several family violence allegations, inability to pay child support and other occurrences.

Throughout a 2021 match with Tampa Bay against the Jets, Brown removed his uniform, shoulder pads and gloves and left the stadium, resulting in his dismissal by the Buccaneers and practically ending his NFL career.

Brown, who spent twelve years in the league, was an top-tier player who spent the majority of his career with the Steelers. For his professional life, Brown had nine hundred twenty-eight grabs for above twelve thousand two hundred ninety-one gains, the twenty-eighth most of record. He was a seven-time all-star pick.