Antonio Brown pleads guilty to aggravated assault, gets probation

Antonio Brown pleaded guilty on Friday, Nov. 6, to aggravated assault with a firearm. Judge Marisa Tinkler Mendez then sentenced him to three years of probation, according to Yahoo Sports and Fox News' OutKick. The charge stems from a 2025 shooting outside a celebrity boxing match in South Florida. Neither report gives a time for the hearing; both say only that the plea came 'earlier Friday.'

Who says what

Yahoo Sports and OutKick carry the same account, and no other outlet's report of today's hearing was in the material read. Per that account, Brown must attend weekly counseling sessions and may not possess a firearm, 'among other conditions.' The full list of conditions has not been published in the reports read. Both outlets say the deal lets Brown avoid any prison time and any criminal conviction.

The charge is a long way down from where this started. Miami police said Brown grabbed a security guard's gun and fired two shots at a man he had fought moments earlier, per OutKick. He was charged with attempted murder, which carried up to 30 years in prison if he was convicted, per OutKick and ESPN. ESPN reported a mandatory minimum of 20 years under Florida law.

The response

No statement from Brown or his lawyer about today's sentence was found in the reports read. The most recent word on record is from September. Attorney Mark Eiglarsh told ESPN then that 'They made [Brown] an offer he couldn't refuse.'

"should not be interpreted as a retreat from his position that he acted lawfully."

Eiglarsh on Brown's decision to take the deal, as reported by ESPN, Sept. 23, 2026

Brown has claimed self-defense throughout. A motion filed under Florida's 'stand your ground' law, as described by ESPN, said he feared for his life and fired two warning shots aimed away from the other man. That man, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, told investigators a bullet grazed his neck, per ESPN. In September his attorney, Richard L. Cooper, said Nantambu forgave Brown and called the deal fair, per ESPN.

What happens next

The reports state one forward-looking item: Brown could seek an early end to probation at about the halfway mark of the three-year term, provided every condition is met. No hearing date, filing or other next step is stated in the reports read. Nor do they say whether the court will publish a written order.

The backstory

This is not Brown's first probation sheet. In June 2020 he pleaded no contest to burglary and battery charges over an altercation with a moving company. A Broward County court ordered two years of probation, 100 hours of community service and an anger management program, per NFL.com. A 2022 judgment ordered him to pay $1.2 million in damages to a delivery driver, per Yahoo Sports.

The money side is on the record too. In May 2024 Brown filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, listing $2,931,158.51 owed to eight creditors and estimated assets of $50,000 or less, per The Athletic. That is against NFL earnings of more than $80 million, per the same report citing Spotrac. In 2025 he spent nearly six months in Dubai before U.S. marshals extradited him, per ESPN. He was released on $25,000 bail with a GPS ankle monitor.

As of Nov 6, 3:39 PM ET, the plea and the three-year probation sentence are confirmed in two outlets' reports (Yahoo Sports and Fox News' OutKick), which carry the same text. The full conditions, any court document and any comment from Brown or his lawyer on today's hearing are still pending or unseen. Mr Scandal has read no filing for the sentence itself.