Ex-NFL star Antonio Brown pleads not guilty to attempted murder charge after shooting

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

Jail records successful Essex County, New Jersey, amusement Brown was released precocious Tuesday greeting for the transportation to Florida. The erstwhile All-Pro wide receiver had waived extradition to Florida from New Jersey, wherever helium was brought pursuing his apprehension successful Dubai.

Brown's lawyer, Mark Eiglarsh, said successful an email that helium has already filed a written not blameworthy plea to the attempted execution charge. Brown could beryllium successful a Miami courtroom arsenic aboriginal arsenic Wednesday greeting for a enslaved hearing, Eiglarsh said.

According to an apprehension warrant, Brown is accused of grabbing a handgun from a information staffer after a personage boxing match connected May 16 and firing 2 shots astatine a antheral helium had gotten into a fistfight with earlier. The victim, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, told investigators that 1 of the bullets grazed his neck.

Eiglarsh said Brown was simply protecting himself from a idiosyncratic helium had problems with before.

“The actions helium was forced to instrumentality were solely successful self-defense against the alleged victim’s convulsive behavior. Brown was attacked that nighttime and acted wrong his ineligible close to support himself,” Eiglarsh said.

Brown was not instantly arrested that nighttime due to the fact that initially constabulary did not place Nantambu arsenic a victim. It wasn’t until May 21 that Nantambu gave a afloat connection astir the incidental to constabulary and identified Brown arsenic the shooter, the affidavit says.

Based connected his societal media posts, Brown had been surviving successful Dubai for respective months. In a societal media station aft the altercation, Brown said helium was defending himself due to the fact that helium was “jumped by aggregate individuals who tried to bargain my jewelry and origin carnal 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 the lawsuit of a conviction.

Brown, who spent 12 years successful the NFL, was an All-Pro wide receiver who past played successful 2021 for Tampa Bay but spent astir of his vocation with Pittsburgh. For his career, Brown had 928 receptions for much than 12,000 yards and scored 88 full touchdowns counting returns and 1 pass. He was a seven-time Pro Bowl selection.

Brown has dealt with respective ineligible problems implicit the years. He antecedently had been accused of battery of a moving motortruck driver, respective home unit charges, nonaccomplishment to wage kid enactment and different incidents.

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