Former NFL star Antonio Brown was returning Tuesday to Miami to face an tried homicide cost stemming from a Could capturing, together with his lawyer submitting a not responsible plea on his behalf.
Jail information in Essex County, New Jersey, present Brown was launched late Tuesday morning for the switch to Florida. The previous All-Professional large receiver had waived extradition to Florida from New Jersey, the place he was introduced following his arrest in Dubai.
Brown’s lawyer, Mark Eiglarsh, mentioned in an e-mail that he has already filed a written not responsible plea to the tried homicide cost. Brown may very well be in a Miami courtroom as early as Wednesday morning for a bail listening to, Eiglarsh mentioned.
In response to an arrest warrant, Brown is accused of grabbing a handgun from a safety staffer after a star boxing match Could 16 and firing two pictures at a person he had gotten right into a fistfight with earlier. The sufferer, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, advised investigators that one of many bullets grazed his neck.
Eiglarsh mentioned Brown was merely defending himself from an individual he had issues with earlier than.
“The actions he was pressured to take have been solely in self-defense towards the alleged sufferer’s violent conduct. Brown was attacked that night time and acted inside his authorized proper to guard himself,” Eiglarsh mentioned.
Brown was not instantly arrested that night time as a result of initially police didn’t determine Nantambu as a sufferer. It wasn’t till Could 21 that Nantambu gave a full assertion concerning the incident to police and recognized Brown because the shooter, the affidavit says.
Based mostly on his social media posts, Brown had been dwelling in Dubai for a number of months. In a social media put up after the altercation, Brown mentioned he was defending himself as a result of he was “jumped by a number of people who tried to steal my jewellery and trigger bodily hurt to me.”
A second-degree tried homicide cost in Florida carries a most 15-year jail sentence and as much as a $10,000 superb within the occasion of a conviction.
Brown, who spent 12 years within the NFL, was an All-Professional large receiver who final performed in 2021 for Tampa Bay however spent most of his profession with Pittsburgh. For his profession, Brown had 928 receptions for greater than 12,000 yards and scored 88 complete touchdowns counting returns and one cross. He was a seven-time Professional Bowl choice.
Brown has handled a number of authorized issues through the years. He beforehand had been accused of battery of a moving-truck driver, a number of home violence expenses, failure to pay youngster assist and different incidents.
Throughout a 2021 sport with Tampa Bay towards the New York Jets, Brown took off his jersey, shoulder pads and gloves and ran off the sector, resulting in his launch by the Buccaneers and successfully ending his soccer profession.