Antonio Brown Warrant: Extradition, Plea, and Stand Your Ground

Former NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown is charged with second-degree attempted murder with a firearm in the Antonio Brown attempted murder case, which stems from a shooting outside a Miami celebrity boxing event in May 2025. He has pleaded not guilty, is free on $25,000 bond under house arrest at his Broward County home, and is asking a judge to throw the case out under Florida’s Stand Your Ground law at a hearing set for June 23, 2026. If the case survives, a jury trial is scheduled for January 11, 2027.

What Happened Outside the Boxing Event

The shooting took place around 3:00 a.m. on May 17, 2025, outside a warehouse at 221 NE 67th Street in Miami, where streamer Adin Ross had hosted a celebrity boxing card. Miami police responded after a ShotSpotter alert flagged gunfire at the location.¹

According to the arrest warrant, Brown got into a fistfight with Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, a jewelry designer and seller. Security broke up the altercation. Prosecutors allege that Brown then grabbed a handgun from a security staffer’s hip, chased Nantambu outside, and fired two shots, one of which grazed Nantambu’s neck. Surveillance and cellphone video reportedly captured Brown advancing on Nantambu and firing.² Social media footage from the scene showed Brown in a physical altercation and appearing to hold a black pistol while chasing someone, with gunshots audible shortly afterward.³

Officers questioned Brown at the scene but did not arrest him that night. No weapon was found on him during an initial search. Investigators recovered two spent shell casings and a damaged right-handed holster outside the venue.⁴ Brown posted on social media that he had been “jumped by multiple individuals who tried to steal my jewelry and cause physical harm to me.”³

Nantambu came forward on May 21 and gave detectives a full statement identifying Brown as the shooter.⁵ About a month after the shooting, Miami police issued a warrant for Brown’s arrest on a charge of second-degree attempted murder with a firearm.⁶

Flight to Dubai and Extradition

Brown did not surrender. He left the country, and Miami police said he posted videos from Dubai that officers interpreted as taunting.⁷ Detectives eventually pinpointed his location and notified U.S. Marshals, who apprehended him in Dubai on November 6, 2025.⁸

He was flown back to the United States through Newark, New Jersey, and booked into the Essex County Jail that same day. He waived extradition to Florida the next morning and was transferred to a Miami-Dade County correctional facility, where he was booked on November 11, 2025.⁹¹⁰

Not Guilty Plea, Bond, and House Arrest

On November 11, 2025, Brown’s attorney Mark Eiglarsh electronically entered a not guilty plea in Miami-Dade County circuit court and requested a jury trial.¹⁰

At the next day’s bond hearing, prosecutor Kimberly Rivera urged the court to keep Brown jailed with no bail, arguing that his months in Dubai showed he had the means and willingness to flee overseas. An attorney for Nantambu, Richard Cooper, told the court Brown had “no regard for the law” and had deliberately gone to a country he believed would not extradite him. Eleventh Judicial Circuit Judge Mindy Glazer denied the request, set bond at $25,000, and ordered Brown onto house arrest with a GPS ankle monitor. Eiglarsh told the court Brown had surrendered his passport and intended to live at his Broward County home and work to support his family.¹¹ Brown posted bond and was released that day.¹²

The house arrest is a low-level form that lets Brown work while wearing the monitor, and Judge Marisa Tinkler Mendez has granted at least one short-term travel request, allowing a week in Tampa in late January 2026 for business meetings and studio sessions, with a warning that the approval was not blanket.¹³

What Brown Faces if Convicted

Second-degree attempted murder in Florida normally carries up to 15 years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000. Because prosecutors allege Brown used a firearm, Assistant State Attorney Stephanie Cruz told the court a sentencing enhancement applies that doubles the maximum to 30 years and carries a 20-year mandatory minimum.⁶¹⁴

The Stand Your Ground Motion

On December 4, 2025, Eiglarsh filed a motion to dismiss the charge under Florida’s Stand Your Ground law, the 2005 statute that removes the duty to retreat before using deadly force when a person reasonably believes they face imminent death or serious bodily harm.¹⁵

The defense version of the night differs sharply from the warrant. Eiglarsh’s motion says Brown was attacked by Nantambu and suffered injuries to his eye, knee, and hands, then retreated to his vehicle, retrieved his own lawfully permitted firearm, and fired two “warning shots” aimed away from Nantambu, whom he believed to be armed. The defense denies that Brown took a security staffer’s gun, as the warrant alleges.¹⁶

The motion also attacks Nantambu’s credibility, alleging he was jailed in Dubai for 30 days in 2022 after stealing Brown’s jewelry, physically attacked Brown backstage at Rolling Loud in 2023, and publicly threatened Brown, including the statement “your days are numbered.” The defense describes Nantambu as having “multiple fraud convictions and a violent history.”¹⁷ Cooper, Nantambu’s attorney, called the defense’s account “a farcical reimagining.”¹⁶ The Miami Herald reported that the Dubai jewelry claim is itself disputed: court records cited by the paper indicate Brown falsely accused Nantambu of stealing $3 million in jewelry, and Nantambu spent a month in a Middle Eastern jail before proving the accusations false.⁴

The June 23, 2026 hearing will decide the motion. If the judge finds Brown’s use of force was justified, the charge is dismissed.

Trouble Deposing the Alleged Victim

Nantambu has so far not cooperated with the defense. Eiglarsh scheduled a Zoom deposition for May 13, 2026, and Nantambu did not appear; a court reporter filed a Certificate of Non-Attendance, and Eiglarsh asked the court to compel him to explain himself or face contempt or removal from the witness list.¹⁸

At a May 15, 2026 hearing, Judge Tinkler Mendez addressed Nantambu directly and ordered him to comply with the subpoena, warning that another no-show could mean contempt and jail time. She granted him another chance to sit for the deposition, with prosecutors to coordinate scheduling with his attorney. Eiglarsh said he wanted the deposition done before the Stand Your Ground hearing.¹⁹

Brown’s Prior Legal History

This is not Brown’s first run-in with the courts.

In 2019, former trainer Britney Taylor sued Brown, accusing him of sexual assault and rape. Brown denied the allegations and countersued for defamation; the case was eventually settled.²⁰
In January 2020, after a dispute with a moving truck driver, Brown was charged with burglary with assault, burglary of an unoccupied conveyance, and criminal mischief. He pleaded no contest and received two years of probation, 100 hours of community service, and a 13-week anger management program.²¹
The NFL suspended him for eight games in 2020 for personal conduct policy violations and three games in 2021 for faking his Covid-19 vaccination status.²⁰
Florida police issued a 2022 arrest warrant tied to domestic battery allegations, which were later dropped.²⁰
In October 2023, Brown was arrested in Florida on a warrant for failing to pay more than $30,000 in child support and was released on a $15,000 bond.²⁰

Key Dates Ahead

Brown’s defense team has described him as “fully compliant” with his pretrial conditions since release.²² The Stand Your Ground hearing is set for June 23, 2026, and could end the case. If the charge stands, Brown is scheduled to go to trial before Judge Tinkler Mendez on January 11, 2027.⁴

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