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Former NFL player Antonio Brown is returning to Miami to confront an murder attempt charge related to a incident that happened in May, as his lawyer entering a innocent declaration on his behalf.

Correctional logs in Essex County, New Jersey, reveal that Brown was released on Tuesday morning for his move to Florida. Brown, a highly popular athletes in the NFL, had relinquished extradition to Florida from New Jersey, in which he was taken after being taken into custody in Dubai.

Brown’s lawyer, Mark Eiglarsh, said in an communication that he has previously submitted a written innocent plea to the murder attempt charge. Brown could be in a Miami court as soon as Wednesday early for a bond hearing, Eiglarsh said.

As per his apprehension warrant, Brown is charged of taking a handgun from a protection guard after a celebrity boxing bout in May and discharging multiple shots at a individual he had confronted with before. The alleged victim, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, stated to police that a bullet grazed his throat.

Eiglarsh stated that Brown was merely safeguarding himself from Nantambu.

“The measures he was compelled to take were exclusively in self-protection against the alleged individual’s hostile behavior. Brown was attacked that time and responded within his rightful right to safeguard himself,” Eiglarsh said.

Brown was not immediately detained because initially authorities did not identify Nantambu as a target. It not until afterward in May that Nantambu delivered a complete account about the event to police and identified Brown as the shooter, the affidavit says.

Based on his online updates, Brown had been residing in the city of Dubai for multiple months. In a post after the altercation, Brown claimed he was protecting himself because he was “assaulted by several individuals who tried to take my jewelry and inflict physical damage to me.”

A level two murder attempt accusation in Florida bears a utmost 15-year prison penalty and up to a $10,000 penalty in the instance of a guilty verdict.

Brown has faced several court challenges over the period. He before had been accused of battery of a delivery operator, several domestic violence accusations, inability to pay family payments and additional incidents.

Throughout a recent contest with the Buccaneers against the Jets, Brown stripped off his shirt, equipment and gloves and left the field, resulting in his dismissal by the Buccaneers and effectively ending his football tenure.

Brown, who completed 12 years in the National Football League, was an All-Pro receiver who passed most of his career with the Steelers. During his professional life, Brown had over 900 catches for above 12,291 distance, the twenty-eighth most of record. He was a multiple-time all-star choice.