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Former National Football League star Antonio Brown is returning to Miami to confront an attempted murder allegation connected with a incident that occurred in May, with his attorney filing a not guilty declaration on his behalf.

Correctional documents in Essex, New Jersey, show that Brown was released on Tuesday early for his move to the state of Florida. Brown, a highly popular figures in the NFL, had forgone extradition to Florida from New Jersey, where he was taken after being taken into custody in the city of Dubai.

Brown’s attorney, Mark Eiglarsh, said in an communication that he has previously submitted a documented not guilty declaration to the attempted murder accusation. Brown could be in a Miami courtroom as soon as Wednesday morning for a release proceeding, Eiglarsh stated.

According to his apprehension warrant, Brown is alleged of taking a handgun from a protection staffer after a celebrity boxing event in May and shooting two shots at a person he had clashed with earlier. The alleged victim, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, stated to authorities that one shot grazed his throat.

Eiglarsh asserted that Brown was simply defending himself from Nantambu.

“The actions he was forced to take were solely in defense against the alleged person’s aggressive behavior. Brown was assaulted that time and behaved within his legal privilege to protect himself,” Eiglarsh stated.

Brown was not right away arrested because initially officers did not consider Nantambu as a affected party. It only later in May that Nantambu delivered a detailed account about the incident to authorities and identified Brown as the perpetrator, the document states.

According to his social media updates, Brown had been staying in Dubai for a number of period. In a message after the incident, Brown claimed he was defending himself because he was “assaulted by multiple people who attempted to rob my possessions and bring personal damage to me.”

A second-degree murder attempt charge in Florida carries a maximum 15-year prison sentence and up to a $10,000 fine in the case of a finding.

Brown has encountered multiple court issues over the time. He before had been accused of assault of a vehicle operator, various family violence allegations, neglect to pay parental support and additional incidents.

Throughout a 2021 season contest with his team against the New York Jets, Brown stripped off his shirt, shoulder pads and accessories and left the arena, causing his termination by the Buccaneers and practically halting his football career.

Brown, who spent twelve years in the NFL, was an All-Pro wide receiver who spent the bulk of his tenure with the Steelers. For his time, Brown had nine hundred twenty-eight grabs for above twelve thousand two hundred ninety-one yards, the twenty-eighth highest of all time. He was a 7-time prestigious choice.