A Detroit native and former Ball State football star is on his way back to the United States after spending three years in a Chinese prison.
Wendell Brown, a former Detroit King and Ball State linebacker, is flying home after his release from prison Tuesday, according to social media posts from family and friends.
Brown was imprisoned in Chongqing, China, in September 2016 after he was caught in a bar fight. The former CFL player was teaching football in China when he was charged with intentional assault in the fight, which he disputed.
in prison for nearly two years before he received a sentence of four years in June 2018. Based on good behavior and restitution to the bar fight victim (funded by a GoFundMe and Ball State alums), Brown's sentence was knocked down to three years last November.
Matt Liston, a documentary filmmaker who has been telling Brown's story and corresponding with the former football player during his prison sentence, announced in Tuesday Instagram posts that Brown had boarded a plane and was heading home.
Brown's supporters announced in July via a "Justice for Wendell Brown" Facebook page that he would be released Sept. 24. Tuesday posts from the page and from Brown's mother confirmed that the former football star was out of prison and on his way back to the United States.
Wendell Brown returning to Detroit after release from Chinese prison
Wendell Brown, a former Detroit King and Ball State linebacker, is flying home after his release from prison Tuesday, according to social media posts from family and friends.
Brown was imprisoned in Chongqing, China, in September 2016 after he was caught in a bar fight. The former CFL player was teaching football in China when he was charged with intentional assault in the fight, which he disputed.
in prison for nearly two years before he received a sentence of four years in June 2018. Based on good behavior and restitution to the bar fight victim (funded by a GoFundMe and Ball State alums), Brown's sentence was knocked down to three years last November.
Matt Liston, a documentary filmmaker who has been telling Brown's story and corresponding with the former football player during his prison sentence, announced in Tuesday Instagram posts that Brown had boarded a plane and was heading home.
Brown's supporters announced in July via a "Justice for Wendell Brown" Facebook page that he would be released Sept. 24. Tuesday posts from the page and from Brown's mother confirmed that the former football star was out of prison and on his way back to the United States.
Wendell Brown returning to Detroit after release from Chinese prison
