Former NFL extensive receiver Antonio Brown is going through escalating authorized publicity after Miami authorities secured his extradition from Dubai to reply an tried homicide cost tied to a May capturing exterior a celeb boxing occasion. Miami Police confirmed Thursday that Brown, 37, was transferred to the United States and processed by Newark Liberty International Airport earlier than being booked into Essex County Jail.

According to the U.S. Marshals Service, Brown arrived in New Jersey earlier within the day after weeks of uncertainty surrounding his location. A Miami-Dade arrest warrant issued in June accuses Brown of tried homicide with a firearm in reference to a May 16 capturing close to Northeast 2nd Avenue and 67th Street.

The warrant states that an off-duty officer working the occasion heard gunfire and moved towards the car parking zone, the place he noticed Brown concerned in a bodily altercation. A video posted by the social media outlet Only in Dade captured components of the confrontation and confirmed a number of people surrounding Brown.

Several witnesses recognized Brown because the gunman, investigators stated. Officers who later detained Brown reported he didn’t have a firearm throughout a pat-down, although detectives recovered two spent shell casings and an empty holster close to the scene.

Brown publicly denied the allegation in a publish on X, claiming he was assaulted by a number of people making an attempt to steal his jewellery. He stated police detained him solely lengthy sufficient to acquire his account earlier than releasing him. Brown added that he intends to seek the advice of counsel and pursue prices towards these he accuses of attacking him.

Miami Police stated Brown will stay in New Jersey till authorities finalize his switch to Miami-Dade County Jail. In a ready assertion, the division credited its detectives, the State Attorney’s Office, and federal companions for coordinating the extradition.

The new cost extends a prolonged listing of authorized points for the former Pro Bowl receiver. Brown has beforehand confronted a number of allegations of sexual assault, together with a rape declare.

In 2020, he pleaded no contest to housebreaking and prison mischief prices arising from a dispute with a shifting truck driver and served an eight-game suspension for violating the NFL’s private conduct coverage. The league suspended him once more in 2021 for misrepresenting his COVID-19 vaccination standing.

Brown, who performed 12 NFL seasons, recorded 928 receptions, 12,291 yards, and 88 touchdowns earlier than his profession concluded.