"Former NFL star Antonio Brown filed a motion this week to dismiss the second-degree murder charge against him in Miami based on Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law. The motion was filed Monday but shared with ESPN by his lawyer, Mark Eiglarsh, on Saturday. The incident involved gunfire outside an amateur boxing match. Brown, 37, spent nearly six months in Dubai, to where he traveled after the incident, before being extradited by U.S. marshals. Shortly after he arrived in Miami last month, he pleaded not guilty."
""Brown's use of force on May 16, 2025, was fully justified," the motion read. "Brown reasonably believed that the alleged victim intended to cause him serious harm." Richard L. Cooper, attorney for alleged victim Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, labeled the defense motion "a farcical reimagining" of what happened. The motion cited Florida's 2005 law that removed "the duty to retreat" before using "deadly force in certain circumstances" and provides immunity from prosecution. Brown faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted."
Antonio Brown filed a motion to dismiss a Miami second-degree murder charge under Florida's Stand Your Ground law, asserting he reasonably believed the alleged victim intended to cause him serious harm. The motion was filed Monday and circulated by Brown's lawyer Mark Eiglarsh. The shooting occurred outside an amateur boxing match on May 16, 2025; Brown, 37, spent nearly six months in Dubai after the incident, was extradited by U.S. marshals, and pleaded not guilty upon returning to Miami. The motion cites Florida's 2005 law removing the duty to retreat and alleges prior violence by the accused victim, including an alleged jewelry-theft incident in Dubai that led to 30 days in jail.
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