{"id":1993,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/1993","headline":"Antonio Brown pleads guilty, gets probation in Miami shooting case","dek":"The former NFL receiver avoided prison time after a 2025 shooting outside a Miami celebrity boxing match.","body":"Antonio Brown pleaded guilty Friday to aggravated assault with a firearm, a reduced charge from the second-degree attempted murder he originally faced after a May 2025 shooting outside a celebrity boxing match in Miami. A judge sentenced him to three years probation.\n\nThe terms bar Brown from possessing a firearm and require him to attend weekly counseling sessions. There is no prison time and no house arrest attached to the deal. If Brown meets all the conditions, his probation could wrap up in roughly 18 months, and the felony guilty plea would not appear on his official record.\n\nThe plea deal had reportedly been in the works since late September. Brown's attorney, Mark Eiglarsh, said his client had been facing up to 30 years in prison with a 20-year mandatory minimum before prosecutors offered the reduced charge. \"Probation was too good to turn down, and we're both very excited about the outcome,\" Eiglarsh said.\n\nThe case closes out one of the more serious legal threats Brown has faced since his turbulent exit from the NFL, though the conditions of his probation mean his situation will stay under watch for the next year and a half.","published_at":"2026-11-06T22:50:22.005201+00:00","source_count":5,"written_from":[{"outlet":"Pro Football Talk","publisher":"NBC Sports","title":"Antonio Brown pleads guilty to aggravated assault with a firearm","url":"https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/antonio-brown-pleads-guilty-to-aggravated-assault-with-a-firearm"},{"outlet":"ESPN","publisher":"ESPN","title":"Ex-NFL WR Brown avoids jail time in 2025 shooting case","url":"https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/50400733/antonio-brown-pleads-guilty-lesser-charge-shooting-case"},{"outlet":"New York Post","publisher":"New York Post","title":"Antonio Brown punishment revealed after he pleads guilty in celebrity boxing match shooting","url":"https://nypost.com/2026/11/06/sports/antonio-brown-punishment-revealed-after-he-pleads-guilty-in-celebrity-boxing-match-shooting/"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Antonio Brown gets 3 years probation after judge accepts his guilty plea in Miami shooting case","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/article/antonio-brown-gets-3-years-probation-after-judge-accepts-his-guilty-plea-in-miami-shooting-case-181853602.html"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Antonio Brown pleads guilty to aggravated assault with a firearm","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/antonio-brown-pleads-guilty-aggravated-191032791.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Antonio Brown learns his fate in attempted murder case","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/antonio-brown-learns-fate-attempted-200144572.html"},{"outlet":"CBS Sports","publisher":"CBS Sports","title":"Antonio Brown avoids jail time, receives punishment after plea deal in Miami shooting","url":"https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/steelers-bucs-antonio-brown-takes-plea-deal-in-miami-shooting/"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Ex-Buc Antonio Brown pleads guilty to reduced charge in 2025 shooting","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/ex-buc-antonio-brown-pleads-205947375.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Ex-NFL All-Pro Antonio Brown escapes prison sentence in attempted murder case","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/ex-nfl-pro-antonio-brown-205138807.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"'It was an offer we couldn't refuse': NFL star Antonio Brown avoids prison with plea deal","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/offer-couldnt-refuse-nfl-star-222033385.html"}],"image":{"url":"https://nbcsports.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a648daf/2147483647/strip/false/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/1920x1080!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhdliveextra-a.akamaihd.net%2FHD%2Fimage_sports%2FNBCU_Sports_Group_-_nbcsports%2F720%2F1014%2Fnbc_pft_brandonaiyuk_261105.jpg","credit":"Pro Football Talk","width":1920},"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}