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Former National Football League star Antonio Brown is returning to Miami to confront an murder attempt allegation related to a shooting that happened in May, with his lawyer submitting a innocent plea on his behalf.

Correctional records in Essex County, New Jersey, show that Brown was freed on Tuesday morning for his move to the state of Florida. Brown, a highly popular players in the NFL, had relinquished transfer to Florida from New Jersey, in which he was held after being taken into custody in the city of Dubai.

Brown’s counsel, Mark Eiglarsh, said in an message that he has already filed a documented innocent response to the attempted murder accusation. Brown could be in a Miami courtroom as soon as Wednesday morning for a release session, Eiglarsh stated.

Based on his arrest document, Brown is charged of seizing a pistol from a protection staffer after a star boxing bout in May and firing multiple rounds at a individual he had confronted with before. The alleged individual, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, informed police that one of the bullets scraped his throat.

Eiglarsh said that Brown was simply protecting himself from Nantambu.

“The measures he was compelled to take were purely in self-defense against the alleged individual’s aggressive behavior. Brown was assaulted that night and acted within his legal right to safeguard himself,” Eiglarsh said.

Brown was not right away detained because at first authorities did not recognize Nantambu as a target. It only afterward in May that Nantambu provided a full account about the incident to police and named Brown as the shooter, the affidavit states.

According to his online content, Brown had been staying in Dubai for a number of weeks. In a update after the altercation, Brown stated he was protecting himself because he was “jumped by numerous people who tried to take my possessions and inflict bodily harm to me.”

A category two murder attempt accusation in the state of Florida imposes a maximum 15-year prison sentence and up to a ten thousand dollar fine in the instance of a conviction.

Brown has encountered several court issues over the time. He previously had been accused of battery of a delivery operator, multiple domestic violence allegations, failure to pay child support and additional occurrences.

During a recent game with Tampa Bay against the Jets, Brown stripped off his jersey, equipment and accessories and exited the arena, leading to his dismissal by the franchise and virtually halting his professional tenure.

Brown, who spent a dozen years in the NFL, was an elite player who passed the bulk of his career with his team. For his time, Brown had 928 grabs for over twelve thousand two hundred ninety-one gains, the 28th most of history. He was a seven-time Pro Bowl choice.