Antonio Brown, the former Super Bowl champion, has made headlines over time for all the wrong reasons. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers released him after he walked off the field mid-game in January 2022. He reportedly ripped off his jersey and pads and ran out of MetLife Stadium. In 2024, Brown also faced severe backlash for misleading the court after filing for bankruptcy. And now he’s back in the headlines with a new venture. 

Brown has now launched a new meme-coin, signaling a more direct crypto project push. Antonio Brown put out a now-deleted post on X, announcing the launch of ‘$AB84’.  “Just made the official Antonio Brown memecoin on #Solana. Lots of famous people are about to push this, get in while it’s low,” Brown said. 

According to the official presale page for $AB84, the token is backed by Brown and his “19.5M+ followers.” The site lists a total supply of 840 million tokens and describes a promotional model involving 24/7 promotion, celebrity tie-ins, coordinated “community raids,” media blitzes, and exchange listing ambitions. 

This comes after Antonio Brown made a quick move by endorsing $YZY, a phony token endorsed by Kanye. By uploading a photo of himself with Kanye. Brown informed his 2.3 million followers that Ye had officially released his “official” meme coin. But he deleted it after the money came in.

Although the current movement claims, “Don’t watch from the sidelines. Get in the game with AB and the $AB84 army.” Yet, the post was deleted after an hour, raising questions about the pattern and health of his financial trajectory.

This comes after Brown’s team, the Albany Empire, was kicked out of the National Arena League due to missed payments.

Antonio Brown’s $3M debt fallout after Chapter 11 filing

The Albany Empire was kicked out of the National Arena League after Anthony Brown missed payments related to the operating costs. Antonio Brown filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, a law that allows businesses and individuals to reorganize their finances while being protected from creditors. Brown declared bankruptcy in May 2024, citing debts over $3 million, even though he had made over $80 million during his football career.

Before filing, the team’s players and coach threatened to sue Brown, as he had pulled their paycheques. He also misled the court regarding his health to delay an important hearing about the bankruptcy case. He also listed debts to eight different creditors while claiming assets totaling $50,000 or less. Before declaring bankruptcy, Brown was accused of not disclosing the transfer of three properties. According to the trustee’s assertions, he has several social media accounts, and specific estate assets were not disclosed in his bankruptcy documents.

According to a report by Bloomberg, a bankruptcy trustee liquidating Antonio Brown’s estate sued the former NFL wide receiver to take over and sell an Odessa, Fla., residence purchased in 2021 for $3 million. 

As per a complaint filed in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida, Brown purchased the house located at 8609 Dolce Vita Lane through an LLC entity and used the Tampa Bay area home as a primary residence before filing for bankruptcy last year. The title over the property has been transferred several times among entities owned and controlled by Brown.

Additional debts include credit card liabilities, a $28,589 claim from Avanti Solutions tied to a concert appearance, and a minor $296 debt to a plumber. His bankruptcy filing was processed in the Southern District of Florida in May 2024. As he proceeds under Chapter 11, Brown aims to restructure debt rather than liquidate.