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One-time National Football League player Antonio Brown is heading to Miami to confront an attempted murder allegation stemming from a incident that occurred in May, as his lawyer filing a innocent response on his behalf.

Detention documents in Essex, New Jersey, reveal that Brown was released on Tuesday morning for his move to the state of Florida. Brown, a highly popular athletes in the National Football League, had relinquished transfer to Florida from New Jersey, where he was held after being apprehended in Dubai.

Brown’s counsel, Mark Eiglarsh, said in an email that he has already submitted a documented not guilty plea to the murder attempt accusation. Brown could be in a Miami hearing as early as Wednesday morning for a bail proceeding, Eiglarsh stated.

According to his apprehension warrant, Brown is charged of seizing a pistol from a security staffer after a public figure fighting contest in May and discharging two shots at a person he had clashed with previously. The alleged target, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, informed authorities that a bullet touched his throat.

Eiglarsh said that Brown was only safeguarding himself from Nantambu.

“The steps he was forced to take were purely in self-defense against the reported person’s violent actions. Brown was targeted that evening and responded within his lawful entitlement to safeguard himself,” Eiglarsh commented.

Brown was not promptly detained because at first officers did not identify Nantambu as a affected party. It not until later in May that Nantambu gave a complete testimony about the incident to authorities and named Brown as the shooter, the report states.

Based on his digital posts, Brown had been staying in the city of Dubai for several months. In a update after the incident, Brown stated he was defending himself because he was “jumped by numerous people who sought to steal my jewelry and inflict bodily harm to me.”

A category two murder attempt allegation in the state of Florida bears a highest 15-year prison sentence and up to a $10,000 penalty in the event of a guilty verdict.

Brown has encountered numerous court challenges over the time. He earlier had been accused of physical attack of a delivery employee, multiple abuse accusations, failure to pay child support and other events.

In a recent contest with his team against the Jets, Brown took off his jersey, equipment and gloves and left the stadium, leading to his dismissal by the team and virtually halting his NFL career.

Brown, who had 12 years in the NFL, was an All-Pro receiver who devoted the majority of his time with the Steelers. Throughout his time, Brown had 928 grabs for above 12,291 yards, the 28th greatest of all time. He was a multiple-time prestigious pick.