MIAMI — Former NFL star large receiver Antonio Brown walked out of a Miami jail on Thursday, launched on $25,000 bail after pleading not responsible to a second-degree tried homicide cost.
Brown, 37, embraced lawyer Mark Eiglarsh outdoors the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Heart in Miami. He held a bag of belongings as they walked to a close-by meals truck, the place Brown bought a drink, after which they left within the lawyer's car.
Circuit Choose Mindy Glazer ordered Brown to put on a GPS ankle monitor as he awaits his trial. He faces a possible 15-year jail sentence and a superb as much as $10,000 if convicted.
Prosecutors had sought pretrial detention, contending Brown is a former skilled athlete with assets to flee. Eiglarsh instructed the decide Wednesday that Brown, who not has a passport, would return to his dwelling in Broward County, Florida, whereas the case proceeds.
Brown is accused of grabbing a handgun from a safety staffer after a celeb boxing match in Miami on Could 16 and firing two photographs at a person he had gotten right into a fistfight with earlier, in accordance with an arrest warrant. Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu instructed investigators that one of many bullets grazed his neck.
Brown's lawyer mentioned Wednesday that the affidavit is mistaken — Brown truly used his private firearm, and the photographs weren't aimed toward anybody.
Brown spent 12 years within the NFL and was an All-Professional large receiver who final performed in 2021 for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He spent a lot of his profession with the Pittsburgh Steelers. For his profession, Brown had 928 receptions for greater than 12,000 yards and 88 complete touchdowns, counting punt returns and one move.
