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One-time NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown is heading to Miami to face an murder attempt allegation connected with a incident that happened in May, with his attorney filing a not guilty response on his behalf.

Correctional records in Essex, New Jersey, show that Brown was discharged on Tuesday morning for his transfer to Florida. Brown, among the most famous figures in the National Football League, had forgone extradition to Florida from New Jersey, where he was detained after being apprehended in Dubai.

Brown’s lawyer, Mark Eiglarsh, stated in an communication that he has previously submitted a written not guilty declaration to the murder attempt charge. Brown could be in a Miami hearing as early as Wednesday early for a bond hearing, Eiglarsh added.

As per his apprehension warrant, Brown is alleged of seizing a handgun from a security guard after a public figure fighting event in May and discharging a couple of shots at a individual he had clashed with before. The claimed victim, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, informed authorities that one of the bullets touched his throat.

Eiglarsh stated that Brown was merely defending himself from Nantambu.

“The actions he was obliged to take were purely in self-defense against the claimed victim’s aggressive conduct. Brown was attacked that time and responded within his legal privilege to protect himself,” Eiglarsh stated.

Brown was not promptly apprehended because at first police did not consider Nantambu as a affected party. It not until afterward in May that Nantambu delivered a full statement about the event to authorities and named Brown as the shooter, the document states.

According to his social media updates, Brown had been staying in the city of Dubai for a number of weeks. In a update after the confrontation, Brown claimed he was defending himself because he was “assaulted by numerous persons who sought to steal my possessions and inflict physical harm to me.”

A level two murder attempt accusation in Florida bears a highest fifteen-year incarceration sentence and up to a ten thousand dollar penalty in the event of a finding.

Brown has encountered multiple judicial problems over the years. He earlier had been accused of battery of a vehicle driver, multiple domestic violence allegations, inability to pay family payments and other incidents.

Throughout a recent game with Tampa Bay against the opponents, Brown removed his uniform, shoulder pads and accessories and left the arena, leading to his release by the franchise and effectively ending his professional journey.

Brown, who spent a dozen years in the league, was an All-Pro receiver who passed the bulk of his time with the Steelers. Throughout his professional life, Brown had nine hundred twenty-eight receptions for above twelve thousand two hundred ninety-one gains, the twenty-eighth highest of record. He was a seven-time all-star choice.