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Ex- NFL star Antonio Brown is heading to Miami to confront an murder attempt accusation related to a incident that occurred in May, as his attorney submitting a innocent plea on his behalf.

Jail records in Essex, New Jersey, reveal that Brown was released on Tuesday early for his move to the state of Florida. Brown, among the most famous players in the NFL, had forgone extradition to Florida from New Jersey, in which he was taken after being apprehended in the city of Dubai.

Brown’s lawyer, Mark Eiglarsh, stated in an message that he has already lodged a documented not guilty response to the murder attempt charge. Brown could be in a Miami courtroom as soon as Wednesday morning for a bond hearing, Eiglarsh said.

According to his detention document, Brown is accused of taking a firearm from a protection guard after a public figure fighting bout in May and firing a couple of rounds at a individual he had confronted with before. The alleged individual, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, stated to authorities that one shot grazed his neck.

Eiglarsh stated that Brown was only protecting himself from Nantambu.

“The measures he was obliged to take were exclusively in self-defense against the reported person’s hostile behavior. Brown was assaulted that time and responded within his legal privilege to safeguard himself,” Eiglarsh stated.

Brown was not promptly detained because at first officers did not consider Nantambu as a target. It not until later in May that Nantambu delivered a full statement about the situation to officers and identified Brown as the gunman, the affidavit indicates.

According to his online content, Brown had been staying in Dubai for multiple months. In a message after the altercation, Brown stated he was defending himself because he was “jumped by multiple people who sought to take my possessions and inflict personal injury to me.”

A level two murder attempt accusation in Florida bears a utmost 15-year jail sentence and up to a $10,000 fine in the case of a finding.

Brown has encountered numerous judicial problems over the years. He earlier had been charged of physical attack of a truck operator, several family violence charges, failure to pay family payments and additional incidents.

Throughout a recent contest with the Buccaneers against the opponents, Brown took off his jersey, equipment and gloves and left the arena, resulting in his release by the franchise and practically ending his professional tenure.

Brown, who completed a dozen years in the league, was an elite player who devoted the majority of his tenure with his team. Throughout his professional life, Brown had over 900 catches for more than twelve thousand two hundred ninety-one gains, the 28th greatest of record. He was a seven-time all-star pick.