Russia extends drug detention of US basketball star Griner Brittney Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medallist receives a drug pre-trial detention extension in Moscow for carrying drugs in her luggage
Photo taken on 06 August, 2021 USA’s Brittney Griner reacts after a point in the women’s semi-final basketball match between USA and Serbia during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama.
– A Russian court on 13 May, 2022 extended the pre-trial detention on drug charges of US basketball star Brittney Griner, state media reported. Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medallist and WNBA champion, was detained at Moscow airport in February on charges of carrying in her luggage vape cartridges with cannabis oil, which could carry a 10-year prison sentence. Photo: Aris MESSINIS / AFP
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