Brown accepts plea deal

Former NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown plans to accept a plea deal on an attempted murder charge in Miami that avoids prison, his lawyer said Wednesday.

What Brown was accused of

Brown is accused of grabbing a handgun from a security staffer after a celebrity boxing match in Miami on May sixteen, twenty twenty-five, and firing two shots at a man he had gotten into a fistfight with earlier.

The victim's account

Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu told investigators that one of the bullets grazed his neck during the incident at the boxing match.

Brown's defence claim

Brown has said on social media that he was defending himself from an attack and that others were trying to steal jewelry from him.

Why Brown took the deal

Defense attorney Mark Eiglarsh said Brown believes in his innocence and Stand Your Ground defence but could not turn down an offer that transforms a potential decades-long prison sentence into a significantly reduced charge and probation.

“This was not an easy decision. Antonio believes in his innocence. He believes strongly in his Stand Your Ground defense, and he believes he would ultimately prevail at trial. But when prosecutors put an offer on the table that transforms a potential decades-long prison sentence into a significantly reduced charge and probation, there was simply no way he could reasonably turn it down.”

Court appearance next week

Brown is scheduled to appear in court next Wednesday to make the plea deal final. He could have faced up to thirty years in prison if convicted of the attempted murder charge.