Former NFL receiver Antonio Brown, who was charged with attempted murder after a May 2025 shooting in Miami, has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge.
Via ESPN, Brown pleaded guilty to aggravated assault with a firearm on Friday. He was sentenced to three years probation.
Conditions include attending weekly counseling sessions and not possessing a firearm.
If all terms are met, the probation could end in roughly 18 months. Also, the guilty plea to a felony charge would not be on his official record.
“Antonio and I are extremely grateful that this matter has finally been resolved. He faced a thirty-year prison sentence, including a twenty-year mandatory minimum,” Brown’s attorney, Mark Eiglarsh, said in a statement issued to ESPN. “The prosecutors offered to reduce the charge and allow him to serve probation without a conviction. Given the stakes, it was an offer we couldn’t refuse.”
The case would have hinged on the application of Florida’s “stand your ground” law, given that Brown claimed he fired a weapon at another man in self-defense. The facts would have made it difficult for Brown to show that he believed he was facing death or serious injury; he allegedly grabbed a gun from a security guard and fired at a man after an alleged assault on Brown had ended and the target of the bullets had disengaged from Brown.
Brown spent 12 years in the NFL, playing for the Steelers, Raiders (although he never appeared in a regular-season game), the Patriots, and the Buccaneers.