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Ex- National Football League star Antonio Brown is traveling to Miami to confront an attempted murder accusation connected with a gunfire that happened in May, as his counsel submitting a innocent declaration on his behalf.

Jail documents in Essex, New Jersey, show that Brown was released on Tuesday morning for his transfer to the state of Florida. Brown, a highly popular athletes in the National Football League, had waived transfer to Florida from New Jersey, in which he was held after being arrested in the city of Dubai.

Brown’s lawyer, Mark Eiglarsh, said in an message that he has previously submitted a documented innocent declaration to the attempted murder charge. Brown could be in a Miami courtroom as early as Wednesday morning for a release hearing, Eiglarsh said.

According to his apprehension document, Brown is accused of grabbing a handgun from a protection employee after a celebrity fighting contest in May and shooting a couple of bullets at a individual he had fought with previously. The claimed victim, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, stated to authorities that one of the bullets touched his throat.

Eiglarsh asserted that Brown was merely safeguarding himself from Nantambu.

“The measures he was forced to take were purely in self-protection against the alleged individual’s aggressive behavior. Brown was assaulted that evening and acted within his lawful right to safeguard himself,” Eiglarsh stated.

Brown was not promptly apprehended because initially authorities did not identify Nantambu as a affected party. It not until afterward in May that Nantambu gave a detailed account about the situation to police and named Brown as the shooter, the affidavit states.

Based on his digital updates, Brown had been residing in the city of Dubai for a number of weeks. In a message after the altercation, Brown claimed he was protecting himself because he was “jumped by multiple individuals who sought to steal my jewelry and inflict physical injury to me.”

A level two murder attempt accusation in Florida carries a utmost fifteen-year prison sentence and up to a $10,000 fine in the instance of a finding.

Brown has dealt with multiple judicial problems over the years. He previously had been accused of physical attack of a vehicle operator, several family violence charges, failure to pay child support and additional events.

During a recent contest with his team against the opponents, Brown stripped off his shirt, shoulder pads and gloves and left the arena, resulting in his dismissal by the franchise and practically halting his football career.

Brown, who had twelve years in the National Football League, was an top-tier player who spent the bulk of his career with his team. Throughout his professional life, Brown had nine hundred twenty-eight receptions for more than twelve thousand two hundred ninety-one gains, the 28th highest of all time. He was a seven-time prestigious selection.