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One-time National Football League player Antonio Brown is traveling to Miami to face an murder attempt allegation related to a shooting that took place in May, with his lawyer filing a innocent plea on his behalf.

Jail documents in Essex, New Jersey, show that Brown was discharged on Tuesday early for his transfer to the state of Florida. Brown, a highly popular players in the NFL, had forgone transfer to Florida from New Jersey, in which he was detained after being taken into custody in the city of Dubai.

Brown’s attorney, Mark Eiglarsh, mentioned in an message that he has previously lodged a formal innocent response to the murder attempt accusation. Brown could be in a Miami court as soon as Wednesday morning for a bond hearing, Eiglarsh said.

According to his arrest order, Brown is charged of seizing a pistol from a security guard after a star boxing bout in May and discharging two bullets at a person he had fought with before. The reported individual, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, stated to investigators that a bullet scraped his neck.

Eiglarsh said that Brown was simply defending himself from Nantambu.

“The measures he was compelled to take were purely in self-defense against the reported victim’s aggressive behavior. Brown was assaulted that night and responded within his legal entitlement to safeguard himself,” Eiglarsh stated.

Brown was not promptly detained because originally police did not consider Nantambu as a target. It only subsequently in May that Nantambu delivered a full statement about the situation to officers and pointed out Brown as the gunman, the affidavit indicates.

According to his social media posts, Brown had been residing in the city of Dubai for a number of months. In a message after the incident, Brown stated he was defending himself because he was “attacked by several persons who attempted to take my valuables and cause physical damage to me.”

A category two murder attempt charge in Florida carries a utmost 15-year prison penalty and up to a $10,000 fine in the event of a guilty verdict.

Brown has dealt with numerous legal issues over the period. He previously had been charged of battery of a truck operator, multiple domestic violence allegations, failure to pay family payments and additional occurrences.

Throughout a 2021 season contest with the Buccaneers against the Jets, Brown removed his jersey, shoulder pads and gloves and ran off the field, causing his release by the team and effectively concluding his professional journey.

Brown, who completed twelve years in the NFL, was an elite receiver who passed the bulk of his career with Pittsburgh. For his career, Brown had over 900 catches for above 12,291 yards, the twenty-eighth most of history. He was a seven-time all-star pick.