Ex-NFL star Antonio Brown is looking for to have his tried homicide cost dismissed underneath Florida’s Stand Your Floor legislation, in keeping with courtroom paperwork.
The previous large receiver pleaded not responsible final month to at least one depend of second-degree tried homicide, after he was arrested and extradited from Dubai, the place he hid out following the capturing at a celeb boxing match in Miami.
On Might 16, Brown allegedly snatched a firearm off a safety guard working the occasion, then fired off two photographs at a person he’d gotten right into a scuffle with earlier within the day, in keeping with an arrest warrant.
In a movement to drop the cost, Brown’s lawyer, Mark Eiglarsh, claimed the four-time First Staff All-Professional choice really used his personal weapon, and that he wasn’t really aiming at anybody, the Miami Herald reported. He additional alleged Brown was totally inside his rights to fireside his legally owned gun as a result of he was in concern for his life
Florida’s Stand Your Floor legislation, handed in 2005, permits folks to make use of lethal drive in the event that they fairly consider they’re in peril of demise or nice bodily hurt.
The alleged sufferer, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, mentioned that one of many bullets fired by Brown grazed his neck.
Legal professional Mark Eiglarsh, representing former NFL star large receiver Antonio Brown, holds a photograph of sufferer Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu as he challenges the account of a capturing as he pleas for a bond for his shopper, who pleaded not responsible to an tried homicide cost, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, in Miami. (Carl Juste/Miami Herald by way of AP, Pool)
The previous footballer, in the meantime, suffered accidents to “his eye, knee and hands, leaving him with visible bleeding” after Nantambu attacked him, the movement mentioned. “The chaos created by Nantambu’s violent attack heightened Brown’s fear for his life.”
Previous to the capturing, Brown allegedly punched Nantambu, who additionally informed investigators he tried to go away after Brown attacked him. However Brown persevered, Nantambu alleged, and adopted him with a firearm.
In accordance with the latest courtroom submitting, Brown and Nantambu have a protracted and, at instances, violent historical past. In 2022, Nantambu was jailed in Dubai for 30 days after stealing Brown’s jewellery. And the next 12 months, Nantambu allegedly attacked Brown backstage at a Rolling Loud live performance.
