Former Nfl Star Antonio Brown Pleads Not Guilty To Attempted Murder Charge

Former NFL prima Antonio Brown is returning to Miami to look an attempted execution complaint stemming from a May shooting, pinch his lawyer filing a not blameworthy plea connected his behalf.

Jail records successful Essex county, New Jersey, show Brown was released connected Tuesday greeting for his transportation to Florida. Brown, 1 of nan astir celebrated players successful nan NFL, had waived extradition to Florida from New Jersey, wherever he was taken aft being arrested successful Dubai.

Brown’s lawyer, Mark Eiglarsh, said successful an email that he has already revenge a written not blameworthy plea to nan attempted execution charge. Brown could beryllium successful a Miami courtroom arsenic early arsenic Wednesday greeting for a enslaved hearing, Eiglarsh said.

According to his apprehension warrant, Brown is accused of grabbing a handgun from a information staffer aft a personage boxing lucifer successful May and firing 2 shots astatine a man he had fought pinch earlier. The alleged victim, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, told investigators that 1 of nan bullets grazed his neck.

Eiglarsh said Brown was simply protecting himself from Nantambu.

“The actions he was forced to return were solely successful self-defense against nan alleged victim’s convulsive behavior. Brown was attacked that nighttime and acted wrong his ineligible correct to protect himself,” Eiglarsh said.

Brown was not instantly arrested because initially constabulary did not place Nantambu arsenic a victim. It wasn’t until later successful May that Nantambu gave a afloat connection astir nan incident to constabulary and identified Brown arsenic nan shooter, nan affidavit says.

Based connected his societal media posts, Brown had been surviving successful Dubai for respective months. In a station aft nan altercation, Brown said he was defending himself because he was “jumped by aggregate individuals who tried to bargain my jewelry and origin beingness harm to me.”

A second-degree attempted execution complaint successful Florida carries a maximum 15-year situation condemnation and up to a $10,000 good successful nan arena of a conviction.

Brown has dealt pinch respective ineligible problems complete nan years. He antecedently had been accused of artillery of a motortruck driver, respective home unit charges, nonaccomplishment to salary kid support and different incidents.

During a 2021 crippled pinch Tampa Bay against nan New York Jets, Brown took disconnected his jersey, enarthrosis pads and gloves and ran disconnected nan field, starring to his merchandise by nan Buccaneers and efficaciously ending his shot career.

Brown, who spent 12 years successful nan NFL, was an All-Pro wide receiver spent astir of his profession pinch Pittsburgh. For his career, Brown had 928 receptions for much than 12,291 yards, nan 28th astir of each time. He was a seven-time Pro Bowl selection.