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Former National Football League player Antonio Brown is returning to Miami to confront an attempted murder accusation stemming from a gunfire that occurred in May, as his lawyer submitting a not guilty response on his behalf.

Correctional records in Essex, New Jersey, indicate that Brown was freed on Tuesday morning for his move to Florida. Brown, among the most famous athletes in the National Football League, had relinquished extradition to Florida from New Jersey, where he was held after being arrested in Dubai.

Brown’s counsel, Mark Eiglarsh, said in an communication that he has previously filed a written innocent plea to the murder attempt accusation. Brown could be in a Miami courtroom as soon as Wednesday morning for a bond proceeding, Eiglarsh stated.

According to his detention order, Brown is accused of taking a pistol from a security guard after a star boxing event in May and discharging two rounds at a man he had clashed with before. The alleged individual, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, stated to investigators that one of the bullets touched his throat.

Eiglarsh asserted that Brown was simply protecting himself from Nantambu.

“The actions he was forced to take were exclusively in defense against the reported victim’s violent conduct. Brown was targeted that night and responded within his legal entitlement to protect himself,” Eiglarsh stated.

Brown was not immediately detained because at first officers did not recognize Nantambu as a affected party. It not until subsequently in May that Nantambu provided a detailed testimony about the event to officers and identified Brown as the perpetrator, the document says.

Based on his online updates, Brown had been staying in the city of Dubai for several period. In a update after the incident, Brown claimed he was defending himself because he was “attacked by multiple people who tried to rob my jewelry and cause physical harm to me.”

A second-degree attempted murder charge in the state of Florida bears a maximum 15-year prison penalty and up to a ten thousand dollar penalty in the event of a finding.

Brown has encountered multiple court issues over the period. He before had been accused of battery of a vehicle employee, several domestic violence accusations, neglect to pay parental support and further events.

Throughout a recent contest with Tampa Bay against the New York Jets, Brown took off his jersey, equipment and handwear and exited the stadium, causing his dismissal by the team and practically ending his professional tenure.

Brown, who spent 12 years in the league, was an top-tier wide receiver who spent the majority of his career with his team. During his professional life, Brown had 928 grabs for more than twelve thousand two hundred ninety-one yards, the twenty-eighth most of history. He was a multiple-time prestigious choice.