MIAMI -- Former NFL star wide receiver Antonio Brown walked out of a Miami jail on Thursday, released on $25,000 bail after pleading not guilty to a second-degree attempted murder charge.
Brown, 37, embraced attorney Mark Eiglarsh outside the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in Miami. He held a bag of belongings as they walked to a nearby food truck, where Brown got a drink, and then they left in the lawyer’s vehicle.
Circuit Judge Mindy Glazer ordered Brown to wear a GPS ankle monitor as he awaits his trial. He faces a potential 15-year prison sentence and a fine up to $10,000 if convicted.
Prosecutors had sought pretrial detention, contending Brown is a high-paid former professional athlete with resources to flee. Eiglarsh told the judge Wednesday that Brown, who no longer has a passport, would return to his home in Broward County, Florida, while the case proceeds.
Brown is accused of grabbing a handgun from a security staffer after a celebrity boxing match in Miami on May 16 and firing two shots at a man he had gotten into a fistfight with earlier, according to an arrest warrant. Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu told investigators that one of the bullets grazed his neck.
Brown’s attorney said Wednesday that the affidavit is mistaken -- Brown actually used his personal firearm, and the shots were not aimed at anyone.
Brown spent 12 years in the NFL and was an All-Pro wide receiver who last played in 2021 for the [Tampa Bay Buccaneers](https://www.tsn.ca/nfl/team-page/tampa-bay-buccaneers/313). He spent much of his career with the [Pittsburgh Steelers](https://www.tsn.ca/nfl/team-page/pittsburgh-steelers/298). For his career, Brown had 928 receptions for more than 12,000 yards and 88 total touchdowns, counting punt returns and one pass.