Former NFL star Antonio Brown has pleaded not responsible to tried homicide as he prepares to face trial on fees stemming from a taking pictures in Miami earlier this yr.
Brown, who was arrested in Dubai final week and extradited to New Jersey, was launched from the Essex County Jail late Tuesday morning and transferred to south Florida. He arrived in Miami Tuesday afternoon and was shortly booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Middle.
Brown’s lawyer, Mark Eiglarsh, stated he’d filed a written not responsible plea previous to the previous All-Professional vast receiver touching down within the Sunshine State. He advised The Related Press that Brown may very well be in court docket for a bond listening to as quickly as Wednesday morning.
Brown is accused of grabbing a safety guard’s handgun following a star boxing occasion on Could 16 and firing two pictures at a person he’d gotten right into a fistfight with earlier that evening. The sufferer, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, advised investigators that one of many bullets grazed his neck.
“The actions he was pressured to take had been solely in self-defense towards the alleged sufferer’s violent conduct,” Eiglarsh stated. “Brown was attacked that evening and acted inside his authorized proper to guard himself.”
In a social media submit the day after the taking pictures, Brown claimed he was jumped by individuals making an attempt to steal his jewellery. He stated he’d been “briefly detained” and questioned by Miami police, however had not been arrested.
A warrant for his arrest was later issued in June, at which level it appeared that he’d already fled to Dubai whereas allegedly trying to evade U.S. legislation enforcement. Throughout his time on the run, Miami police stated he posted social media movies from Dubai.
“He was form of taunting us, saying, I’m protected right here, and that’s what we interpreted from these movies, however what, he was laughing then, we’re getting the final snort,” a Miami police spokesperson advised WTVJ. “Regardless of who you’re, what energy or what cash you might have, if you happen to commit against the law within the metropolis of Miami, we’re going to establish and find you and convey you to justice.”
If convicted of second-degree tried homicide, Brown faces as much as 15 years in jail and fines of as much as $10,000.
Brown performed 12 seasons within the NFL with the Pittsburgh Steelers, New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He final performed in 2022 when he took off his jersey and shoulder pads and walked off the sector in the course of a sport versus the New York Jets, main the Bucs to launch him.
Brown has beforehand been accused of home violence, failure to pay youngster assist, assaulting the motive force of a transferring truck and different crimes.
