Antonio Brown is dragging the man accused of disrupting Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show months after he accused the NFL star of trying to kill him.
Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu of New Orleans was booked by Louisiana State Police on Thursday (June 26) on charges of resisting arrest and disturbing the peace.
The arrest stems from his unsanctioned protest during Lamar’s Super Bowl LIX performance at Caesars Superdome on February 9, where he ran across the field waving a Sudanese flag that read “Sudan and Free Gaza.”
Although he was initially cleared by the New Orleans police, state authorities reopened the case and issued a warrant. Nantambu turned himself in and, as of now, has not publicly confirmed whether he has legal representation.
The NFL responded by banning Nantambu from all future league events, citing the unauthorized nature of his protest despite his initial clearance to be on the field as a backup performer.
Antonio Brown weighed in on Nantambu’s arrest, calling him a fraud and doubled down on his own innocence.
“That guy is a fraud, liar, stalker & criminal,” Brown said after learning of Nantambu’s arrest.
That guy is a fraud, liar, stalker & criminal
He was arrested in 2022 for stealing 6 figures of jewelry from me
He then showed up at my show at rolling loud in 2023 trying to assault me
Then in May he snuck into a gate at the event and came right up to me trying to steal from… https://t.co/x6i3PkP50b
— AB (@AB84) June 27, 2025
The bizarre connection comes just weeks after Nantambu accused the former NFL wide receiver of shooting at him during a chaotic scene outside a celebrity boxing match in Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood on May 16.
According to police reports and surveillance footage, Brown allegedly punched Nantambu, grabbed a security guard’s firearm, and fired two shots while chasing him.
Nantambu, who was grazed by a bullet, later told investigators he feared for his life.
“He thought he would get a free kill… He plays gangster and plays the police at the same time, then he blames CTE,” Nantambu said, referencing Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law.
The two men have a long and bitter history. Nantambu previously accused Brown of stealing a custom pendant during a trip to Dubai in 2022. That dispute led to a lawsuit and a nearly $1 million judgment in Nantambu’s favor, though the case was eventually dismissed.
Brown, who is out on a $10,000 bond, faces an attempted murder charge.
“He snuck into a gate at the event and came right up to me trying to steal from me and threaten my life. Media hasn’t told this story yet, instead painting a false picture of me,” Antonio Brown said. “That night I was fighting for my life with his intentions.”
Nantambu’s arrest on June 26 has now tied both men to high-profile NFL-related incidents—one involving a halftime protest and the other a violent confrontation.
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