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One-time National Football League player Antonio Brown is heading to Miami to confront an murder attempt allegation stemming from a shooting that happened in May, as his counsel entering a not guilty response on his behalf.

Jail documents in Essex, New Jersey, indicate that Brown was released on Tuesday early for his relocation to the state of Florida. Brown, among the most famous figures in the NFL, had waived transfer to Florida from New Jersey, in which he was taken after being arrested in Dubai.

Brown’s attorney, Mark Eiglarsh, mentioned in an email that he has earlier submitted a documented not guilty plea to the murder attempt charge. Brown could be in a Miami court as soon as Wednesday morning for a bail hearing, Eiglarsh added.

As per his apprehension document, Brown is charged of grabbing a pistol from a security guard after a celebrity boxing event in May and discharging multiple shots at a person he had fought with earlier. The alleged target, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, informed police that a bullet scraped his throat.

Eiglarsh said that Brown was simply protecting himself from Nantambu.

“The steps he was obliged to take were solely in defense against the claimed person’s aggressive actions. Brown was attacked that evening and acted within his rightful privilege to safeguard himself,” Eiglarsh said.

Brown was not promptly detained because at first officers did not consider Nantambu as a affected party. It only later in May that Nantambu gave a complete statement about the situation to officers and pointed out Brown as the gunman, the document indicates.

Based on his online updates, Brown had been staying in Dubai for several weeks. In a message after the altercation, Brown stated he was defending himself because he was “assaulted by several people who tried to rob my valuables and bring physical injury to me.”

A category two murder attempt accusation in the state of Florida bears a highest fifteen-year prison sentence and up to a $10,000 fee in the event of a conviction.

Brown has dealt with several judicial problems over the period. He earlier had been charged of battery of a truck employee, multiple family violence allegations, neglect to pay family payments and additional occurrences.

Throughout a recent match with Tampa Bay against the Jets, Brown removed his uniform, shoulder pads and accessories and left the stadium, causing his dismissal by the Buccaneers and effectively concluding his NFL journey.

Brown, who completed 12 years in the NFL, was an top-tier wide receiver who devoted the majority of his time with his team. Throughout his career, Brown had 928 catches for above twelve thousand two hundred ninety-one distance, the twenty-eighth highest of record. He was a multiple-time Pro Bowl pick.