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Former National Football League wide receiver Antonio Brown is traveling to Miami to face an murder attempt accusation stemming from a gunfire that occurred in May, as his lawyer entering a innocent response on his behalf.

Detention records in Essex County, New Jersey, show that Brown was freed on Tuesday early for his transfer to Florida. Brown, a highly popular athletes in the National Football League, had relinquished extradition to Florida from New Jersey, in which he was held after being arrested in the city of Dubai.

Brown’s attorney, Mark Eiglarsh, said in an message that he has earlier lodged a documented innocent plea to the murder attempt allegation. Brown could be in a Miami courtroom as soon as Wednesday morning for a bond hearing, Eiglarsh said.

Based on his detention document, Brown is charged of taking a handgun from a safety staffer after a star boxing bout in May and firing multiple rounds at a person he had fought with before. The claimed victim, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, stated to authorities that one shot scraped his throat.

Eiglarsh stated that Brown was simply protecting himself from Nantambu.

“The measures he was obliged to take were purely in defense against the claimed victim’s violent actions. Brown was assaulted that evening and acted within his lawful right to protect himself,” Eiglarsh said.

Brown was not promptly apprehended because at first police did not identify Nantambu as a affected party. It wasn’t until later in May that Nantambu provided a detailed statement about the event to officers and pointed out Brown as the gunman, the affidavit indicates.

From his social media updates, Brown had been residing in the city of Dubai for a number of period. In a post after the confrontation, Brown claimed he was protecting himself because he was “assaulted by numerous persons who sought to steal my valuables and cause personal injury to me.”

A second-degree murder attempt accusation in Florida imposes a highest 15-year jail sentence and up to a $10,000 fee in the case of a finding.

Brown has encountered multiple court challenges over the period. He earlier had been accused of physical attack of a truck operator, several domestic violence allegations, inability to pay family payments and further incidents.

During a 2021 contest with Tampa Bay against the New York Jets, Brown removed his uniform, protective gear and gloves and exited the stadium, resulting in his termination by the team and virtually halting his professional career.

Brown, who spent a dozen years in the National Football League, was an All-Pro wide receiver who passed most of his time with the Steelers. For his career, Brown had over 900 catches for over 12,291 distance, the 28th highest of all time. He was a multiple-time Pro Bowl choice.