Former NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown sparked outrage on Tuesday night after making a shocking remark about the assassination of Charlie Kirk during a livestream.
The incident occurred less than a day after Brown entered a not-guilty plea to a second-degree attempted-murder charge. Brown had joined streamer Adin Ross and rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine for a broadcast that featured a mock lie-detector session and later a casual game of touch football.
While the group was outside playing, an unfamiliar vehicle pulled up near the home, prompting Ross to warn, “Hey, there’s another car here,” which startled everyone. As they retreated indoors, Brown asked, “Nobody is going to Charlie Kirk me, right?” He repeated the comment, drawing shocked reactions from the rest of the group. Ross could only respond with, “Oh my God.”
According to the account you provided, Kirk—a conservative media figure and founder of Turning Point USA—was killed on September 10, 2025, after being shot in the neck while delivering a lecture to an audience of roughly 3,000 at Utah Valley University. He had been known as an ally of former President Donald Trump.
Meanwhile, Brown faces up to 30 years behind bars for allegedly firing two shots at a man during a chaotic confrontation outside a Miami boxing event hosted by Ross back in May. His attorney, Mark Eiglarsh, demanded a jury trial and submitted Brown’s not-guilty plea via Zoom during Monday’s formal arraignment. A status hearing was scheduled for December 22.
Brown, 37, was granted a $25,000 bond after a judge declined prosecutors’ request to keep him detained before trial. He is currently on level-three house arrest—permitted to work but required to wear an electronic monitor and prohibited from removing it. Prior to his release, he had been placed in protective isolation at Miami’s Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.
Eiglarsh has maintained that Brown acted in self-defense, asserting that the alleged victim had a history of aggression toward him. In a statement, he said Brown was “forced to protect himself” during the confrontation at Ross’s Miami event, held at the Brand Risk Warehouse. Video from the night shows Brown in a scuffle with several men, claiming they attempted to steal his jewelry and cause harm. Moments later, he appears to draw a firearm before shots are heard.
Brown also participated in a lie-detector segment during Ross’s livestream the night he made the controversial joke.
