{"id":22358,"date":"2025-11-13T02:23:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T02:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/ex-nfl-star-antonio-brown-pleads-not-guilty-to-second-degree-attempted-murder-over-shooting-incident\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T02:23:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T02:23:07","slug":"ex-nfl-star-antonio-brown-pleads-not-guilty-to-second-degree-attempted-murder-over-shooting-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/ex-nfl-star-antonio-brown-pleads-not-guilty-to-second-degree-attempted-murder-over-shooting-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-NFL star Antonio Brown pleads not guilty to second-degree attempted murder over shooting incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Former NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown has pleaded not guilty to second-degree attempted murder in relation to a shooting incident in May.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 2021 Super Bowl winner was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/american-football\/articles\/cq83gnlvz42o\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">extradited to the United States last week<\/a> after being arrested in Dubai and his plea was filed by his attorney Mark Eiglarsh in Miami on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Following an investigation into the incident in Miami on 17 May, police issued an arrest warrant in June which alleged Brown took a gun from a security guard and fired two shots at a man he had brawled with earlier on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">No arrests were made at the time and no injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Brown had been detained by police at the time of the incident before being released.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 37-year-old&#8217;s attorney Eiglarsh has requested a trial by jury. If Brown goes to trial and is convicted, he could serve as many as 15 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A statement issued by Eiglarsh has also been posted <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AB84\/status\/1988380125222891961\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">on Brown&#8217;s X account,<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/a> which reads: &#8220;The actions he was forced to take were solely in self-defence against the alleged victim&#8217;s violent behaviour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Brown was attacked that night and acted within his legal right to protect himself from an individual who previously committed criminal acts against him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Brown spent the first nine years of his 12-year career with the Pittsburgh Steelers and scored a touchdown as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers won the Super Bowl in 2021, before playing his final NFL game with the Bucs in January 2022.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/american-football\/articles\/c2emyl9xrd4o?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown has pleaded not guilty to second-degree attempted murder in relation to a shooting incident in May. The 2021 Super Bowl winner was extradited to the United States last week after being arrested in Dubai and his plea was filed by his attorney Mark Eiglarsh in Miami on Tuesday. 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