The Brief Former NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown is scheduled to accept a plea deal in a Miami courtroom Wednesday to avoid prison time on a reduced charge in an attempted murder case. Under the agreement, Brown will plead no contest to aggravated assault and receive probation, avoiding a felony conviction after facing up to 30 years in prison. The charges stem from a May 2025 incident outside a Miami boxing match where Brown allegedly grabbed a handgun and fired shots at a man after a fight.



Former NFL star wide receiver Antonio Brown is expected in a Miami courtroom Wednesday to accept a plea deal that avoids prison time in an attempted murder case.

Antonio Brown plea agreement

What we know:

Defense attorney Mark Eiglarsh said Brown will plead no contest to aggravated assault and receive probation. Adjudication will be withheld, meaning Brown will not be considered a convicted felon.

Brown could have faced up to 30 years in prison if convicted of the original charge. Eiglarsh called the deal too good to turn down, while the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office said details would be clarified at the hearing.

Miami shooting case details

What we don't know:

Authorities have not specified the exact length of probation or all terms of the final sentence prior to Wednesday's hearing.

Shooting timeline

Timeline:

An arrest warrant states that on May 16, 2025, Brown grabbed a handgun from a security staffer after a celebrity boxing match in Miami. He then fired two shots at Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, a man he had been in a fistfight with earlier.

Nantambu told investigators that one bullet grazed his neck. An arrest warrant was issued in June 2025, and Brown was extradited in November 2025 from Dubai, where he has business interests.

Stand your ground claim

The backstory:

Brown posted on social media that he was defending himself from an attack and that people were trying to steal jewelry from him. Florida law allows people to use deadly force to defend themselves without a duty to retreat if they face death or serious injury.

Richard Cooper, an attorney for Nantambu, c

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