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One-time National Football League player Antonio Brown is heading to Miami to face an attempted murder charge stemming from a shooting that took place in May, as his counsel filing a innocent response on his behalf.

Correctional documents in Essex, New Jersey, show that Brown was discharged on Tuesday early for his transfer to the state of Florida. Brown, a highly popular athletes in the National Football League, had forgone extradition to Florida from New Jersey, in which he was detained after being apprehended in the city of Dubai.

Brown’s lawyer, Mark Eiglarsh, mentioned in an message that he has previously lodged a documented not guilty response to the attempted murder accusation. Brown could be in a Miami hearing as soon as Wednesday early for a release proceeding, Eiglarsh added.

As per his arrest document, Brown is alleged of grabbing a handgun from a security employee after a celebrity fighting bout in May and firing two shots at a man he had clashed with before. The claimed target, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, informed police that a bullet touched his nape.

Eiglarsh stated that Brown was merely defending himself from Nantambu.

“The measures he was compelled to take were purely in defense against the claimed person’s hostile conduct. Brown was targeted that night and responded within his legal right to defend himself,” Eiglarsh said.

Brown was not promptly detained because at first authorities did not identify Nantambu as a victim. It only subsequently in May that Nantambu gave a full account about the situation to officers and named Brown as the perpetrator, the report says.

Based on his online posts, Brown had been residing in the city of Dubai for a number of weeks. In a message after the confrontation, Brown said he was defending himself because he was “attacked by several persons who tried to steal my jewelry and cause physical harm to me.”

A second-degree murder attempt charge in Florida imposes a utmost 15-year prison penalty and up to a ten thousand dollar fee in the event of a finding.

Brown has encountered multiple court issues over the time. He before had been accused of assault of a delivery operator, several abuse allegations, inability to pay family payments and other incidents.

In a 2021 season match with the Buccaneers against the New York Jets, Brown took off his uniform, equipment and accessories and left the arena, resulting in his dismissal by the Buccaneers and effectively ending his NFL tenure.

Brown, who spent a dozen years in the National Football League, was an top-tier receiver who devoted the bulk of his tenure with Pittsburgh. During his time, Brown had nine hundred twenty-eight catches for above twelve thousand two hundred ninety-one gains, the 28th most of all time. He was a seven-time Pro Bowl selection.