By ALEX RASKIN, US SPORTS NEWS EDITOR
Published: 16:15 EST, 6 November 2025 | Updated: 16:25 EST, 6 November 2025
Former NFL star Antonio Brown is reportedly in US Marshals custody after being extradited from Dubai on an attempted murder charge.
Brown was accused of trying to shoot and kill a man at a boxing event in Florida last May, but has since been in Dubai, as seen in several social media posts.
Brown was accompanied by federal agents to New York City, where he was turned over to local police, according to TMZ and Fox’s Andy Slater. Next he will reportedly be sent to South Florida.
Daily Mail has reached out to US Marshals and authorities in Florida for confirmation.
Miami-Dade County police have wanted the Super Bowl winner onan attempted second-degree murder charge since June. If convicted, the Super Bowl winner could face up to 15 years in prison.
Antonio Brown is reportedly in US Marshals custody after being extradited from Dubai
Although he initially claimed self defense, Brown was actually the instigator, one combatant told Daily Mail back in May.
That man, Zül-Qarnaįn Nantambu, claimed the troubled former NFL star shot at him, possibly in response to a legal battle between the two in federal bankruptcy court.
As seen in court files obtained by Daily Mail, Nantambu claimed during a 2022 encounter with Brown in Dubai that the Super Bowl winner stole a valuable pendant he had designed and produced. Nantambu further said Brown lied to police in the United Arab Emirates, accusing him of theft and resulting in Nantambu's brief imprisonment.
Nantambu sued Brown in Florida in 2022 and ultimately won a $968,960 verdict that was later vacated in 2024 before the case was dismissed. However, Nantambu is now pursuing a partial reduced judgement of $123,600 in federal bankruptcy court as Brown has continued to deny his allegations, as seen those filings.
So it came as a tremendous surprise to Nantambu on Friday when he noticed Brown had 'locked eyes' with him at a Miami boxing event. Rather than discussing their dispute or ignoring his legal rival entirely, Brown immediately called over to security to falsely claim he was being jumped, Nantambu said.
'He plays gangster and plays the police at the same time, then he blames CTE,' Nantambu told Daily Mail, referencing Brown's frequent claims of traumatic brain injuries.
As Nantambu told Daily Mail, he now wonders if the retired Pittsburgh Steelers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers star called security on him to create a false pretense for Friday's shooting.