Former NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown avoided jail time after pleading guilty to aggravated assault with a firearm in connection with a 2025 shooting outside a celebrity boxing match in Miami. Judge Marisa Tinkler Mendez sentenced the 38-year-old to three years of probation, requiring weekly counselling and a firearm prohibition. Outside court, Brown expressed his desire to "get back to life" and focus on his family.
His lawyer, Mark Eiglarsh, stated Brown was facing 30 years with a 20-year minimum mandatory but accepted the favorable plea deal. The resolution allows the All-Pro wide receiver, who played for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 2010-2018 and won a Super Bowl with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2021, to avoid a criminal conviction. Initially charged with attempted murder, Brown claimed he acted in self-defense during a fistfight, insisting others attempted to steal his jewelry.
Prosecutor Howard Rosen noted the victim, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, who was grazed in the neck, publicly stated he did not wish to press charges, influencing the decision to reduce the charge.
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