Former NFL star Antonio Brown struck a plea deal that will spare him from prison time in his attempted-murder case, his attorney said in a statement Wednesday.

Brown, 38, will accept the plea agreement on Sept. 30 before Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Marisa Tinkler Mendez. In the statement, attorney Mark Eiglarsh said the deal was offered by prosecutors and will “dramatically reduce the criminal charge against him and result in probation rather than a prison sentence.”

“They made him an offer he couldn’t refuse,” Eiglarsh said in a statement.

Brown, 37, is accused of shooting at Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu outside a Miami boxing event in May 2025. He is charged with attempted murder and could face decades in prison if he were convicted at trial, Eiglarsh said.

Brown has claimed self-defense under Florida’s Stand Your Ground law. That law allows people to take up to deadly action if they feel their lives are threatened.

In the statement, Eiglarsh said Brown believes strongly in his Stand Your Ground defense but “made the difficult decision to bring this chapter to a close” after almost a year of “uncertainty.”

“When prosecutors put an offer on the table that transforms a potential decades-long prison sentence into a significantly reduced charge and probation, there was simply no way he could reasonably turn it down,” Eiglarsh said.

Nantambu’s attorney, Richard Cooper, told the Miami Herald that his client is glad to put the incident behind him. He said they believe “justice is properly served with this plea bargain.”

Brown, Eiglarsh said, wants to move on and focus on his eight children and rebuilding his professional opportunities, including endorsement deals.

“He has spent more than 10 1/2 months living under the cloud of a case with no realistic end in sight,” Eiglarsh said in the statement. “At some point, closure has tremendous value.”

Last November, Brown was extradited from Dubai in the United Arab Emirates to Miami in connection with the May 16, 2025, shooting. The former All-Pro wide receiver, who was released by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2022 following his mid-game walkout, was wanted on an attempted-murder charge stemming from a dispute at the boxing event hosted by influencer Adin Ross.

Despite prosecutors claiming that the Miami-born Brown was a flight risk, Brown was granted a $25,000 bond. Since posting bail, he has been on a low-level house arrest, which allows him to work while wearing an ankle monitor.

Gunfire outside boxing match

Outside the boxing venue in Little Haiti, Brown was accused of punching Nantambu during a scuffle outside a warehouse at 221 NE 67th St. Detectives interviewed Nantambu, who said he tried to leave after Brown attacked him. But Brown, he asserted, chased him with a gun and fired at him — possibly grazing his neck.

Video of the incident showed Brown appearing to hold a gun and running out of frame. Seconds later, gunshots were heard.

At the scene, Brown, according to his arrest warrant, was detained and searched. No firearm was found on him, although police found two spent shell casings and a damaged right-handed holster outside the venue.

He was released because the man who was shot at, later identified as Nantambu, was no longer at the venue.

Brown and Nantambu had a history, court records show.

More than three years ago, Brown falsely accused Nantambu, who designs and sells jewelry, of stealing $3 million in jewelry from him, the documents say. The man spent a month in a Middle Eastern jail before proving that Brown lied.

A Broward judge awarded Nantambu just under $970,000 in damages after Brown failed to respond to the lawsuit. That judgment, however, was overturned after a procedural issue. Brown filed for bankruptcy in May 2024, barring a retrial of Nantambu’s lawsuit.

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