Ex-NFL WR Brown avoids jail time in 2025 shooting case — SkimNews
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- Antonio Brown pleaded guilty Friday to aggravated assault with a firearm in connection with a 2025 shooting outside a celebrity boxing match in Miami.
- Judge Marisa Tinkler Mendez sentenced Brown to three years of probation, with weekly counseling sessions, no firearm possession and other conditions.
- Brown's reduced plea leaves him without a criminal conviction and allows him to seek early termination of probation at about the halfway point if all terms are met.
- Brown faced up to 30 years in prison if convicted on the original attempted-murder charge; his attorney said that exposure included a 20-year mandatory minimum before prosecutors offered the reduced charge and probation.
- Brown's account said he acted in self-defense against an attack while others tried to steal his jewelry; police said he grabbed a handgun from a security staffer and fired two shots at a man he had previously fistfought.
- Florida's Stand Your Ground law permits people who believe they face death or serious injury to use deadly force without a duty to retreat.
- Brown was extradited from Dubai in November 2025 after an arrest warrant on the attempted-murder charge was issued in June; he had business interests there.
Why it matters: Brown avoids the 30-year exposure of the original attempted-murder charge, while prosecutors secure his guilty plea to aggravated assault with a firearm. His lawyer said the original charge carried a 20-year mandatory minimum; the deal leaves Brown on three years of probation, weekly counseling and a firearms ban, with early termination available at about halfway if he meets all terms.
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