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Former National Football League star Antonio Brown is returning to Miami to confront an murder attempt charge stemming from a incident that happened in May, with his counsel filing a innocent declaration on his behalf.

Correctional logs in Essex County, New Jersey, show that Brown was released on Tuesday morning for his move to the state of Florida. Brown, a highly popular players in the NFL, had relinquished extradition to Florida from New Jersey, in which he was detained after being arrested in Dubai.

Brown’s lawyer, Mark Eiglarsh, said in an message that he has previously filed a formal innocent declaration to the murder attempt charge. Brown could be in a Miami courtroom as early as Wednesday morning for a bond proceeding, Eiglarsh stated.

Based on his arrest order, Brown is accused of taking a pistol from a security staffer after a public figure boxing bout in May and discharging two bullets at a person he had fought with earlier. The claimed victim, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, told authorities that a bullet scraped his nape.

Eiglarsh said that Brown was only safeguarding himself from Nantambu.

“The actions he was forced to take were solely in self-protection against the reported victim’s hostile behavior. Brown was attacked that time and acted within his lawful right to defend himself,” Eiglarsh stated.

Brown was not right away apprehended because at first officers did not recognize Nantambu as a victim. It wasn’t until afterward in May that Nantambu provided a complete account about the incident to officers and pointed out Brown as the gunman, the report indicates.

From his social media updates, Brown had been staying in Dubai for multiple weeks. In a post after the altercation, Brown stated he was protecting himself because he was “attacked by several persons who sought to rob my possessions and bring bodily damage to me.”

A second-degree murder attempt charge in the state of Florida imposes a maximum fifteen-year prison sentence and up to a $10,000 penalty in the instance of a guilty verdict.

Brown has dealt with numerous judicial challenges over the years. He before had been alleged of assault of a truck driver, various abuse charges, neglect to pay child support and further occurrences.

In a recent game with the Buccaneers against the opponents, Brown took off his shirt, equipment and gloves and exited the field, causing his release by the franchise and virtually halting his NFL career.

Brown, who had a dozen years in the National Football League, was an top-tier receiver who spent most of his career with the Steelers. Throughout his professional life, Brown had nine hundred twenty-eight receptions for above 12,291 gains, the twenty-eighth highest of history. He was a 7-time Pro Bowl selection.