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Brittney Griner’s wife says the WNBA star is at her “absolute weakest moment in life right now” in Cherelle Griner’s first televised interview since Griner was sentenced to nine years for bringing vape cartridges into Russia. “She’s very afraid about being left and forgotten in Russia, or just completely used …

An appeal hearing for Brittney Griner has been set for October 25, according to theAssociated Press. The detained WNBA star is set to fight her 9-year prison sentence after being convicted of smuggling drugs into the country. Griner was convicted in August after Russian authorities found vape pens with cannabis …

Joe Biden met with the wife of Brittney Griner on Friday at the White House, marking the first time the president has had a face-to-face conversation with the WNBA star’s family since she was detained in Russia on drug charges in February. Griner was found guilty of smuggling illegal narcotics …

The White House does not want former NBA star and self-styled diplomat Dennis Rodman to travel to Russia to advocate for the release of Brittney Griner. Over the weekend, as NBC News reports, Rodman told reporters that he had “got permission to go to Russia to help that girl” and …

Brittney Griner‘s defense team has filed an appeal against the verdict that has sentenced the WNBA player to nine years in prison after she was found guilty of smuggling illegal narcotics into Russia, Griner’s lawyer Maria Blagovolina told CNN. In addition to the nine-year sentence, Griner was also fined $16,400. …

Brittney Griner has been found guilty of smuggling illegal narcotics into Russia, the New York Times reports. The judge sentenced the WNBA star to nine years in prison and issued a fine of 1 million rubles, or about $16,300. While the guilty verdict was expected, as the Russian legal system …

Brittney Griner was found guilty of smuggling illegal narcotics into Russia and sentenced to nine years in prison on Thursday. Griner had told the court she used marijuana for medicinal purposes, as is legal in the United States and other countries. She was caught with less than a gram of …

Initially anticipated to continue for weeks, or even months, Brittney Griner’s high-profile drug possession trial is expected to come to a close in Russia “very soon,” the WNBA star’s lawyer Maria Blagovolina told Reuters. Closing arguments are scheduled for Thursday, with a sentencing decision following sometime this month. Appearing in …

Former President Donald Trump sounds like he wants WNBA player Brittney Griner to stay in a Russian prison. During a podcast appearance on the Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show, the former president voiced his opposition to the U.S. government’s reported offer to swap Griner and U.S. Marine Paul Whelan …

In a rare move, the State Department has offered Russia a deal in hopes of securing the release of WNBA player Brittney Griner and another imprisoned American, U.S. Marine Corps veteran and former security executive Paul Whelan, the U.S. government claims are “wrongly detained” in the country. Although Secretary of …