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WNBA star and former political prisoner Brittney Griner has called on the Biden administration to help free American reporter Evan Gershkovich following his detainment in Russia. “Our hearts are filled with great concern for Evan Gershkovitch and his family since Van’s detainment in Russia,” reads a statement that was signed by both Griner and her […]
UPDATED 2/21/23, 10:00 p.m. ET: Brittney Griner is back on the court. The WNBA star was photographed smiling in her Phoenix Mercury practice gear on Tuesday. The team took to Instagram to share a few pictures (above), writing, “There she is.” Griner just signed a new one-year contract with the team. General manager Jim Pitman told the Associated Press, […]
Brittney Griner’s wife, Cherelle Griner, has opened up about the “hopeless” experience she went through while her wife was held captive in a Russian jail for 294 days. Griner, who was arrested in Moscow in February over the possession of hash oil cartridges, was freed in a prisoner swap that involved the release of convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout […]
Joe Exotic is pleased with prisoner swap that freed Brittney Griner. In newly released audio obtained by TMZ, the 59-year-old Tiger King star criticized the deal as a “slap in the face” to every American who is wrongly detained. Joe—legal name Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage—is currently serving a 21-year-prison sentence for animal abuse charges and a murder-for-hire attempt on his longtime […]
The family of Brittney Griner has released a statement addressing her release from Russian custody on Thursday. In the statement, which was shared with the Wall Street Journal and other outlets on Friday, Griner’s family expressed their “sincere gratitude” to President Biden and others involved in ultimately successful efforts to end her wrongful detainment. “We […]
Dennis Rodman plans on visiting Russia to aid the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner, who was sentenced to nine years in prison on drug charges earlier this month. In an interview with NBC News, the NBA Hall of Famer revealed he “got permission” to travel to Russia “sometime this week.” “I got permission to go […]
Brittney Griner’s legal team has filed an appeal following her sentencing in Russian court earlier this month to nine years behind bars. As previously reported, the U.S. said back in May that Griner had been “wrongfully detained” after Russian officials found vape cartridges containing a small amount of hash oil. On Aug. 4, she was sentenced […]
Elon Musk has again questioned the U.S.’s deeply antiquated treatment of weed in the legal system, this time in connection with the widely criticized detainment of Brittney Griner in Russia. On Sunday, Musk shared a screenshot of a meme referencing a recent CNN report on the alleged potential of a swap deal under which the […]
WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner was reported earlier this year to have been arrested at an airport in Moscow, with questions still surrounding the widely condemned incident months later. While the arrest itself took place back in February, the 31-year-old Phoenix Mercury player still remains detained in Russia, which was recently determined to […]
Brittney Griner sent a handwritten letter to the White House, pleading that President Joe Biden not forget about her as she nears almost five months behind bars in Russia. “As I sit here in a Russian prison, alone with my thoughts and without the protection of my wife, family, friends, Olympic jersey, or any accomplishments, I’m terrified I […]
