Ex-NFL star Antonio Brown gets $25K bail and GPS monitor on Miami attempted murder charge

Former NFL star wide receiver Antonio Brown will be circulated on bail and must wear a GPS ankle monitor on an attempted murder charge in Florida a judge ordered Wednesday Brown has pleaded not guilty to the second-degree attempted murder charge which carries a foreseen -year prison sentence and a fine up to if he is convicted His lawyer Mark Eiglarsh disclosed Brown would return to his home in Broward County Florida while the circumstance proceeds He no longer has a passport He ll be living at his home I look forward to working with him zealously on this occurrence Eiglarsh recounted Circuit Judge Mindy Glazer at a bond hearing Brown appeared at the hearing via video wearing a red jail shirt and spoke only to answer questions from the judge Prosecutors had sought pretrial detention contending Brown is a high-paid former professional athlete with the tools to flee According to an arrest warrant Brown is accused of grabbing a handgun from a measure staffer after a celebrity boxing match in Miami on May and firing two shots at a man he had gotten into a fistfight with earlier The victim Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu advised investigators that one of the bullets grazed his neck Brown s attorney stated Wednesday that the affidavit is mistaken and that Brown authentically used his personal firearm and that the shots were not aimed at anyone It was my client s own gun Eiglarsh commented Based on his social media posts Brown had been living in Dubai for several months In a social media post after the altercation Brown mentioned he was defending himself because he was jumped by multiple individuals who tried to steal my jewelry and cause physical harm to me Eiglarsh commented Brown has unspecified business interests in Dubai and unfailingly intended to turn himself in on the attempted murder charge He didn t flee to Dubai the lawyer explained He constantly had a desire and intention to answer this event Brown who spent years in the NFL was an All-Pro wide receiver who last played in for Tampa Bay but spent preponderance of his career with Pittsburgh For his career Brown had receptions for more than yards and accounted for total touchdowns counting punt returns and one pass