DETROIT - A man who spent nearly three years in a Chinese prison after getting caught up in a bar fight while working overseas as a football coach is now back home in Detroit. Brown won his freedom from a Chinese prison after being held for three years for a bar fight he said he didn't start and wasn't responsible for. He said he was throwing up his hands in self-defense, but the Chinese government charged him with what amounts to criminal assault. Brown said after pleas from family members, friends, the State Department and the state of Michigan, he was released a year early. The hardest part of the last three years was not having any verbal contact with his family, Brown said.

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DETROIT - Here's what's coming up on Local 4 News at Noon:Wendell Brown spent 3 years in Chinese prison for bar fightDetroit native Wendell Brown returned home Wednesday morning after spending three years in a Chinese prison. Rough transcript released: Trump prodded Ukraine leader on Biden claimsThe rough transcript of the call between President Donald Trump and Ukraine has been released. Metro Detroit weather: Showers could affect your WednesdayWe are not in any severe storm risk, and the wet weather will begin to dry out as it moves into Metro Detroit around lunchtime. UAW-GM strike: Bernie Sanders expected to join picket in DetroitDemocratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders plans to join striking United Autoworkers (UAW) union members Wednesday when they picket at the GM Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant. Copyright 2019 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.

DETROIT - Here's what's coming up on Local 4 News at Noon:Wendell Brown spent 3 years in Chinese prison for bar fightDetroit native Wendell Brown returned home Wednesday morning after spending three years in a Chinese prison. Rough transcript released: Trump prodded Ukraine leader on Biden claimsThe rough transcript of the call between President Donald Trump and Ukraine has been released. Metro Detroit weather: Showers could affect your WednesdayWe are not in any severe storm risk, and the wet weather will begin to dry out as it moves into Metro Detroit around lunchtime. UAW-GM strike: Bernie Sanders expected to join picket in DetroitDemocratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders plans to join striking United Autoworkers (UAW) union members Wednesday when they picket at the GM Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant. Copyright 2019 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.

DETROIT - Detroit native Wendell Brown returned home Wednesday morning after spending three years in a Chinese prison. Brown is a former Ball State University and Canadian Football League player who was coaching American football in Chongqing, China when he was arrested after a bar fight in September 2016. Brown claimed self-defense but was sentenced to four years in prison. "I got to know Wendell's family, and as you can see they are lovely people, and I became very passionate about Wendell and his family, and about his cause. I'm documenting not only Wendell's story but also the story of the team of people who helped bring him home."