When casting to JBCefBrowser, a casting exception is returned

I have a tool window which contains only one content. As of now, the content is a JBCefBrowser. The code I am using to set the content of the tool window is the following:

class TaskDescriptionPanel(private val project: Project) : SimpleToolWindowPanel(true, true), Disposable {

    var jbCefBrowser = JBCefBrowser(WELCOME_URL)

    init {
        initBrowser()
    }

    private fun initBrowser(){
        val divPanel = JPanel(BorderLayout())
        divPanel.border = IdeBorderFactory.createBorder(UIUtil.getBoundsColor(), SideBorder.ALL)
        divPanel.add(jbCefBrowser.component, BorderLayout.CENTER)
        setContent(divPanel)
    }

...

Up to there all is working fine; the browser appears and works as expected.

Now, I want to implement a feature so that, depending on the file the user opens in the editor, I programmatically load a new URL to the browser.

The strategy I want to take in order to implement that feature is to access the content of the Tool Windows and then look for the JBCeFBrowser component and once I have that component, I can call the loadUrl() method to load the new URL.

Here is the code that tries to accomplish that strategy:

// Get the tool window
val myToolWindow = ToolWindowManager.getInstance(project).getToolWindow(ID)

// Access the (only) content in the tool window
val content = myToolWindow.contentManager.contents.first()

// Access the panel
val panel: JPanel = content?.component as JPanel

// Access the JBCefBrowser <-- Not working ok
val browser: JBCefBrowser = panel.components?.first() as JBCefBrowser

After executing the last line above, I get the following error:

java.lang.ClassCastException : com.intellij.ui.jcef.JBCefBrowser$3 cannot be cast to com.intellij.ui.jcef.JBCefBrowser

I do not understand what com.intellij.ui.jcef.JBCefBrowser$3 is. If use a JTextField or JButton, instead of a JBCefBrowser, I can execute the code above (with the appropriate casting) and I can access the properties of such component. 

As mentioned before, my end goal is to programmatically load a new URL into the JBCefBrowser based on user behavior. I am trying to achieve that by accessing the content of the tool window and doing a casting to find the browser and then access its properties. However, that method is not working.

I would appreciate some assistance by either helping me do the appropriate casting so that I get access of the browser component or indicate a different direction to accomplish my goal.

Thank you in advance