WNBA superstar Brittney Griner has been wrongfully detained in Russia since her February arrest. Her prison has a basketball hoop, but when her lawyers offered to bring her a ball, she refused. ESPN reports that Griner told her attorneys basketball is “too painful to think about” right now. Brittney Griner can’t bring herself to think about basketball right now. The …
The WNBA star’s lawyers tell PEOPLE they delivered “many” letters from family, friends and fans all over the world to her on Tuesday Lawyers representing Brittney Griner say the WNBA star’s birthday was “difficult” as she turned 32 years old while still in Russian confinement on Tuesday. “It was an unusual birthday today,” Maria Blagovolina, one of Griner’s lawyers and …
Griner’s attorneys delivered numerous messages from loved ones to the WNBA star on her 32nd birthday Brittney Griner released a statement from Russia on Tuesday, after receiving birthday messages from friends, family and fans around the world. Griner met with her attorneys, Maria Blagovolina and Alexander Boykov, on October 18, which was also the WNBA star’s 32nd birthday. In a …
The WNBA star’s lawyers are hoping to reduce her lengthy prison sentence Brittney Griner’s defense team has filed an appeal to her nine-year prison sentence, after the WNBA star was convicted of smuggling drugs into Russia. On Monday, Russian news agencies reported that the 31-year-old American athlete’s legal team has appealed the verdict sentencing her to nine years in a …
“How are we even supposed to approach the game and approach the court with a clear mind when the whole group is crying before the game?” Griner’s teammate Skylar Diggins-Smith said Across the WNBA Thursday night, players, coaches and fans shared a moment of silence in solidarity for Brittney Griner. The Phoenix Mercury star, 31, was sentenced to nine years …
“We need to use every legal opportunity that we have, and appeal is one of these opportunities,” Griner’s lawyer, Maria Blagovolina, tells PEOPLE Now that WNBA star Brittney Griner has a verdict in her drug smuggling trial, with a Russian court sentencing her Thursday to nine years in prison, her lawyers are looking ahead to an appeal, and a possible …
The White House, meanwhile, has said they are working on a potential prisoner exchange with Russia to bring Griner and another American imprisoned in the country back to the U.S. WNBA star Brittney Griner has been sentenced to 9 years in a Russian prison, on charges of smuggling drugs into the country. Griner’s lawyers said the verdict, just below the …
Last week, Brittney Griner got some good news. The basketball star has been held in Russia since March after she was arrested on drug charges. For months, dozens of public figures have spoken up for the Phoenix Mercury player, urging the government to help her obtain freedom. In response, the Biden administration announced that they would trade Griner for Russian …
Griner’s defense also submitted evidence that anti-doping tests didn’t detect any prohibited substances in her system Brittney Griner has a doctor’s note recommending she use cannabis to treat pain, lawyers for the imprisoned WNBA star told a Russian court Friday. The legal submission arrived a week after the Phoenix Mercury standout, 31, pleaded guilty to possessing vape canisters containing cannabis …
The WNBA star said that she was packing quickly and did not mean to break the law, saying she did so “inadvertently” Brittney Griner pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of smuggling drugs into Russia, NPR reported. The WNBA star, 31, said that she did bring cannabis products into the country — where it is considered illegal — but that she …
