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Friday night at an influencer boxing event in Miami, former NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown was taken into custody by police after a fight ensued and shots were fired. The incident was caught on video by several bystanders and appears to show Brown brandishing a gun, but they do not show who actually fired the shots.
Antonio Brown claimed that he was the victim of an attempted robbery and he was only defending himself. Now, the man who claims to have been one of the people involved in the scuffle with Brown, Zul-Qarnain Nantambu, is sharing his side of the story and he claims that he was the victim, not Brown.
“His story is a half-truth,” Nantambu told TMZ. “His story is a non-truth. He’s a liar. I’ve been knowing AB since 2021. I have a judgment against AB for 180 and why would I want to even damage that? … He’s a liar. If you watch the video, everybody was attacking me. It was a 3v1. Three dudes. The dude with the green hoodie was with AB. The other little Puerto Rican-looking dude that was swinging the bat was with AB. And the rest was Adin [Ross’] security. The guy that he kicked was aiding security. All he was doing was pulling him away. So, you know, I saw him, I was in there for like a minute. I came to go support one of the Muslim boxers.”
Nantambu went on to say that Antonio Brown shot at him twice and that there were children around when he did.
“They got children out there selling candy, bro,” he said. “He could have hit one of them kids. He runs into me after he shoot at me. We hustling for the gun, fighting for the gun all over the ground. I get up, there’s police. There’s police here. Police out there, bro. We holding on the gun for dear life. We both get up off the ground and then when I look up the police is pointing a gun at us. The sheriff is pointing a gun at us. That’s when I throw my hands up. He runs inside and that’s when they run after him.”
He said it was the kids that pointed out Antonio Brown as being the one who shot the gun. Nantambu also said that he left the scene before police took Antonio Brown into custody.
“But I wasn’t there to give a statement,” he continued. “So I guess he lied to them and said whatever, somebody tried to rob him. But if you look at the footage, you saw he swung first. Nobody reached for no chain. I didn’t have no weapon. It’s just falsehood. You feel what I’m saying? And he’s out here slandering my name.”
After he was released from police custody, Antonio Brown wrote on social media, “Regarding the boxing event that happened last night. I was jumped by multiple individuals who tried to steal my jewelry and cause physical harm to me. Contrary to some video circulating, Police temporarily detained me until they received my side of the story and then released me. I WENT HOME THAT NIGHT AND WAS NOT ARRESTED. I will be talking to my legal council and attorneys on pressing charges on the individuals that jumped me. I will keep you all posted step-by-step on the process.”