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Former NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown was extradited from Dubai to the United States on Thursday to face trial for attempted murder earlier this year. The Miami Police Department confirmed Brown’s extradition.
Several videos on social media showed Brown getting into fights with several people after fights at an Adin Ross boxing event in May. The popular streamer hosted a 10-fight card sponsored by Stake, Kick and Brand Risk Promotions.
A video showed Brown appears to be fighting in a parking lot as a crowd moved toward an alley. Then a shot seemed to ring out, sending onlookers running in the opposite direction.
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Antonio Brown (81) of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers looks on before the game against the New Orleans Saints at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida on November 8, 2020. (Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
Brown admitted to “beating” someone’s security guard. He said he told one of the officers he hadn’t done anything. The Washington Post reported the next month that a warrant was out for Brown’s arrest.
A representative for Brown did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The alleged victim in the shooting was Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, who waving a Palestinian flag during Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime in February.
Nantambu was arrested in June on charges of resisting an officer and disturbing the peace by disrupting a lawful assembly, revealing a connection between the incidents.
Antonio Brown on stage during his single release party at Sins of Sapphire on January 9, 2022 in New York City. (Johnny Nunez/Getty Images)
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When Nantambu’s link to the incidents surfaced online, Brown responded.
“That guy is a fraud, liar, stalker and criminal. He was arrested in 2022 for stealing 6 figures of jewelry from me. He then showed up at my show and highrolled in 2023 and tried to assault me.” Brown signed X.
“Then in May he snuck into a gate at the event and came right up to me and tried to steal from me and threaten my life, the Media hasn’t told this story yet… instead of painting a false picture of me. That night I was fighting for my life with his intentions.”
Antonio Brown attends the Friday Party at Red Martini Restaurant and Lounge on February 3, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Prince Williams/Wireimage)
The former NFL star has had several legal problems in the past. He was sued in 2019 over allegations of rape and sexual misconduct, which he eventually settled with his accuser. He pleaded no contest to felony and burglary charges in June 2020. Brown was arrested again in 2023 on charges of unpaid child support.
