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One-time National Football League wide receiver Antonio Brown is heading to Miami to address an murder attempt accusation related to a incident that took place in May, with his attorney submitting a innocent declaration on his behalf.

Detention records in Essex, New Jersey, reveal that Brown was freed on Tuesday early for his relocation to Florida. Brown, a highly popular figures in the NFL, had forgone extradition to Florida from New Jersey, where he was taken after being taken into custody in the city of Dubai.

Brown’s counsel, Mark Eiglarsh, mentioned in an email that he has already submitted a documented innocent declaration to the murder attempt charge. Brown could be in a Miami hearing as early as Wednesday morning for a release proceeding, Eiglarsh said.

According to his arrest warrant, Brown is alleged of grabbing a firearm from a protection staffer after a star fighting contest in May and shooting two shots at a man he had confronted with previously. The reported target, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, told investigators that one of the bullets grazed his throat.

Eiglarsh said that Brown was simply defending himself from Nantambu.

“The steps he was forced to take were solely in self-defense against the claimed person’s violent actions. Brown was assaulted that time and responded within his rightful entitlement to defend himself,” Eiglarsh said.

Brown was not immediately detained because at first authorities did not recognize Nantambu as a affected party. It not until subsequently in May that Nantambu gave a full testimony about the incident to police and identified Brown as the gunman, the document indicates.

From his social media posts, Brown had been staying in the city of Dubai for multiple weeks. In a post after the confrontation, Brown stated he was defending himself because he was “assaulted by multiple individuals who attempted to take my possessions and cause bodily harm to me.”

A level two murder attempt charge in Florida imposes a maximum fifteen-year jail sentence and up to a $10,000 fine in the event of a finding.

Brown has encountered multiple court issues over the time. He earlier had been charged of battery of a delivery driver, various domestic violence accusations, neglect to pay parental support and other incidents.

During a recent match with Tampa Bay against the opponents, Brown stripped off his uniform, protective gear and accessories and ran off the field, resulting in his dismissal by the franchise and practically concluding his NFL tenure.

Brown, who had a dozen years in the league, was an elite wide receiver who spent the bulk of his tenure with the Steelers. For his career, Brown had 928 grabs for more than twelve thousand two hundred ninety-one gains, the twenty-eighth greatest of record. He was a seven-time all-star choice.