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One-time National Football League star Antonio Brown is returning to Miami to face an attempted murder allegation connected with a incident that occurred in May, as his attorney submitting a innocent declaration on his behalf.

Detention documents in Essex, New Jersey, show that Brown was released on Tuesday morning for his transfer to the state of Florida. Brown, among the most famous figures in the National Football League, had waived transfer to Florida from New Jersey, where he was detained after being arrested in Dubai.

Brown’s lawyer, Mark Eiglarsh, said in an message that he has already filed a written innocent response to the murder attempt charge. Brown could be in a Miami hearing as soon as Wednesday early for a bond session, Eiglarsh stated.

According to his detention document, Brown is alleged of taking a pistol from a safety employee after a celebrity match event in May and firing a couple of bullets at a individual he had clashed with previously. The alleged target, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, stated to investigators that one shot grazed his neck.

Eiglarsh stated that Brown was only protecting himself from Nantambu.

“The steps he was obliged to take were exclusively in defense against the reported individual’s hostile actions. Brown was assaulted that night and acted within his rightful right to protect himself,” Eiglarsh stated.

Brown was not promptly arrested because originally police did not recognize Nantambu as a affected party. It not until subsequently in May that Nantambu gave a detailed account about the incident to police and named Brown as the shooter, the report states.

Based on his online updates, Brown had been living in the city of Dubai for multiple months. In a post after the altercation, Brown said he was protecting himself because he was “jumped by several persons who tried to steal my possessions and bring personal damage to me.”

A second-degree attempted murder accusation in the state of Florida imposes a maximum 15-year incarceration term and up to a ten thousand dollar fine in the instance of a conviction.

Brown has encountered multiple legal challenges over the time. He before had been charged of assault of a vehicle driver, multiple domestic violence allegations, neglect to pay child support and additional occurrences.

In a recent match with the Buccaneers against the opponents, Brown took off his jersey, shoulder pads and gloves and exited the field, leading to his release by the franchise and virtually concluding his football journey.

Brown, who had twelve years in the NFL, was an elite wide receiver who devoted the majority of his tenure with his team. Throughout his time, Brown had over 900 receptions for more than twelve thousand two hundred ninety-one gains, the twenty-eighth greatest of record. He was a seven-time Pro Bowl pick.