MIAMI (WSVN) - Former NFL star wide receiver Antonio Brown bonded out of jail after he was extradited to South Florida over a tense confrontation in Miami that led to an alleged shooting and an attempted murder charge.
7News cameras captured Brown, seen wearing a black and light turquoise green jacket, as he walked out of the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in West Miami-Dade, at around 9:30 a.m. on Thursday.
The 37-year-old was greeted by his attorney, Mark Eiglarsh, who embraced his client, and together they walked down toward reporters.
Brown, who posted a $25,000 bond, declined to address his Oct. 2 arrest in Dubai earlier this fall or the second-degree attempted murder charge he faces. Instead, the former football star made a beeline for a nearby food truck, where he ordered a conch salad.
His lawyer, however, did speak with reporters about all the days his client has spent in and out of jail.
“We’re extremely grateful that he’s out after over 40 days of incarceration,” said Eiglarsh. “He’s extremely eager to rejoin his family, who he loves dearly.”
Brown’s release comes a day after he stood before Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Mindy S. Glazer.
“You were arrested pursuant to an arrest warrant charging you with one count of attempted second-degree murder with a firearm.” said Glazer.
Brown later left in Eiglarsh’s car.
Brown’s arrest stems from a tense May 16 confrontation outside of an underground boxing match in Miami‘s Little Haiti neighborhood hosted by streamer Adin Ross.
Brown is accused of grabbing a security guard’s handgun and firing two shots at a man with whom he had gotten into a fistfight with earlier that night. That man told police he was grazed by a bullet.
Brown then flew to Dubai before he was extradited to the U.S.
“He didn’t flee to Dubai; he has business in Dubai,” Eiglarsh told Glazer during Wednesday’s bond hearing.
But Miami Police Officer Michael Vega said videos Brown posted on social media appeared to tell a different story.
“He was posting videos, riding a bike, kind of like laughing at the City of Miami,” said Vega. “‘Hey, hey, I’m in Dubai.’ Maybe he thought that we couldn’t extradite from there.”
Jail records in Essex County, New Jersey, show Brown was released on Tuesday for his transfer to South Florida.
In court Wednesday Glazer ordered Brown to wear a GPS ankle monitor and remain under house arrest at his Broward County home as he awaits trial. He was also issued a stay away order from the victim in the May shooting.
Brown faces up to 15 years in prison and a fine up to $10,000 if he is convicted.
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