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Ex- National Football League player Antonio Brown is returning to Miami to face an attempted murder accusation connected with a gunfire that occurred in May, with his lawyer entering a not guilty response on his behalf.

Jail documents in Essex County, New Jersey, show that Brown was released on Tuesday morning for his move to Florida. Brown, a highly popular athletes in the NFL, had relinquished transfer to Florida from New Jersey, where he was taken after being arrested in Dubai.

Brown’s counsel, Mark Eiglarsh, stated in an email that he has already submitted a written not guilty plea to the attempted murder charge. Brown could be in a Miami court as soon as Wednesday morning for a bond proceeding, Eiglarsh said.

Based on his detention order, Brown is accused of taking a firearm from a protection employee after a public figure fighting bout in May and shooting multiple shots at a individual he had clashed with before. The claimed target, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, stated to investigators that a bullet grazed his neck.

Eiglarsh asserted that Brown was simply defending himself from Nantambu.

“The measures he was forced to take were purely in self-defense against the alleged person’s hostile behavior. Brown was attacked that night and acted within his rightful right to protect himself,” Eiglarsh said.

Brown was not immediately arrested because initially officers did not identify Nantambu as a affected party. It not until afterward in May that Nantambu gave a full testimony about the incident to authorities and named Brown as the shooter, the affidavit says.

From his social media posts, Brown had been residing in the city of Dubai for a number of weeks. In a update after the incident, Brown said he was defending himself because he was “assaulted by several people who attempted to take my possessions and bring bodily injury to me.”

A second-degree attempted murder allegation in Florida carries a utmost 15-year incarceration penalty and up to a $10,000 fee in the event of a conviction.

Brown has encountered several judicial issues over the period. He previously had been accused of physical attack of a vehicle employee, several domestic violence charges, failure to pay child support and additional occurrences.

In a 2021 match with his team against the New York Jets, Brown stripped off his jersey, protective gear and gloves and ran off the field, causing his release by the team and virtually concluding his professional career.

Brown, who spent 12 years in the NFL, was an top-tier wide receiver who devoted the bulk of his time with the Steelers. For his professional life, Brown had 928 grabs for above 12,291 distance, the 28th highest of history. He was a seven-time all-star selection.