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Ex- NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown is traveling to Miami to face an attempted murder accusation stemming from a shooting that took place in May, with his lawyer filing a not guilty declaration on his behalf.

Correctional documents in Essex County, New Jersey, reveal that Brown was discharged on Tuesday morning for his relocation to Florida. Brown, a highly popular players in the National Football League, had waived transfer to Florida from New Jersey, where he was detained after being arrested in the city of Dubai.

Brown’s lawyer, Mark Eiglarsh, said in an message that he has already submitted a written not guilty plea to the murder attempt charge. Brown could be in a Miami courtroom as soon as Wednesday morning for a bail session, Eiglarsh said.

As per his detention order, Brown is accused of taking a firearm from a security employee after a star boxing contest in May and shooting two bullets at a man he had clashed with earlier. The alleged victim, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, stated to police that a bullet scraped his throat.

Eiglarsh said that Brown was simply safeguarding himself from Nantambu.

“The steps he was obliged to take were purely in self-protection against the claimed individual’s hostile behavior. Brown was attacked that evening and behaved within his rightful right to safeguard himself,” Eiglarsh stated.

Brown was not immediately apprehended because originally authorities did not consider Nantambu as a target. It only afterward in May that Nantambu delivered a complete account about the event to authorities and named Brown as the perpetrator, the document indicates.

Based on his social media content, Brown had been living in Dubai for several period. In a post after the confrontation, Brown claimed he was defending himself because he was “attacked by several individuals who sought to take my valuables and cause physical damage to me.”

A level two attempted murder accusation in the state of Florida imposes a utmost 15-year jail sentence and up to a ten thousand dollar fee in the instance of a conviction.

Brown has faced numerous legal problems over the period. He earlier had been accused of battery of a truck employee, multiple abuse charges, failure to pay parental support and other occurrences.

In a recent match with Tampa Bay against the Jets, Brown stripped off his shirt, protective gear and handwear and ran off the field, resulting in his termination by the Buccaneers and effectively concluding his NFL tenure.

Brown, who completed 12 years in the National Football League, was an top-tier player who spent the majority of his career with Pittsburgh. For his career, Brown had 928 receptions for over twelve thousand two hundred ninety-one gains, the 28th highest of record. He was a 7-time prestigious selection.