Ex- NFL Athlete Antonio Brown Enters Not Guilty Plea in Murder Attempt Case

One-time National Football League player Antonio Brown is returning to Miami to confront an attempted murder allegation stemming from a incident that occurred in May, as his counsel entering a innocent declaration on his behalf.

Detention documents in Essex County, New Jersey, indicate that Brown was released on Tuesday early for his move to Florida. Brown, a highly popular athletes in the NFL, had waived transfer to Florida from New Jersey, where he was held after being apprehended in the city of Dubai.

Brown’s attorney, Mark Eiglarsh, said in an communication that he has previously lodged a documented innocent declaration to the attempted murder accusation. Brown could be in a Miami hearing as early as Wednesday morning for a bond session, Eiglarsh stated.

According to his detention document, Brown is charged of grabbing a firearm from a security guard after a celebrity boxing contest in May and firing multiple rounds at a man he had clashed with previously. The reported target, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, stated to police that one shot grazed his throat.

Eiglarsh said that Brown was merely defending himself from Nantambu.

“The steps he was obliged to take were purely in self-protection against the reported victim’s violent conduct. Brown was assaulted that time and behaved within his rightful privilege to safeguard himself,” Eiglarsh stated.

Brown was not promptly apprehended because originally police did not recognize Nantambu as a target. It wasn’t until subsequently in May that Nantambu delivered a detailed account about the situation to authorities and identified Brown as the gunman, the document says.

Based on his social media content, Brown had been living in Dubai for several weeks. In a message after the incident, Brown said he was defending himself because he was “assaulted by multiple people who tried to take my possessions and bring physical damage to me.”

A category two murder attempt charge in Florida carries a highest 15-year incarceration sentence and up to a $10,000 penalty in the event of a guilty verdict.

Brown has dealt with multiple judicial problems over the time. He before had been charged of assault of a vehicle driver, various abuse accusations, neglect to pay family payments and additional occurrences.

In a 2021 season match with the Buccaneers against the opponents, Brown took off his jersey, shoulder pads and handwear and ran off the stadium, leading to his termination by the team and effectively halting his professional tenure.

Brown, who completed a dozen years in the NFL, was an elite player who spent most of his career with his team. During his professional life, Brown had nine hundred twenty-eight grabs for above 12,291 yards, the twenty-eighth greatest of record. He was a seven-time prestigious selection.