Brittney Griner

A month later she was sentenced to nine years in prison and ultimately transferred to the notorious womens. 8 hours agoThe basketball player Brittney Griner has returned to the US after she was freed from a Russian prison in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange for the notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout the so.

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Brittney Griner an eight-time WNBA All-Star and two-time WNBA Defensive Player of the Year was found guilty of drug charges in Russia and sentenced to nine and a half years in prison in August.

. A Russian musician who spent 2 years in a penal colony told MSNBC what Griner should expect. 1 day agoWNBA star Brittney Griner has been released from Russian detention President Joe Biden said Thursday. Griner claimed she had been prescribed the drug for pain and had no criminal intent. WNBA star Brittney Griner may be most known for her current imprisonment in a Russian jail.

The basketball star was taken into custody at a Moscow area airport in February in possession of vaping cartridges containing hashish oil an illegal substance in Russia. Griner was jailed for carrying cannabis oil at a Moscow airport. The WNBA superstar will likely face slave-like conditions and daily torture at the facility. Brittney Yevette Griner born October 18 1990 is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the Womens National Basketball Association WNBA.

But the basketball legend has more to her story. Her dominance on the court is palpable but our outrage is not. Griner was released in a prisoner swap that involved Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. 1 She played college basketball for the Baylor Lady Bears in Waco Texas.

Ten months after she left the US to play basketball in Russia WNBA star Brittney Griner has landed in her home state of Texas. Its been 288 days since Griner one of the most accomplished active athletes in the world was wrongfully detained in Russia. Brittney Griner has been moved to a Russian penal colony where shell serve her 9-year prison sentence. 2 3 She is the only NCAA basketball player to both score 2000 points and block 500 shots.

Has swapped WNBA star Brittney Griner for convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout according to a senior US.