Brittney Griner Fears She Will Serve Entire Sentence in Russia
WNBA star Brittney Griner fears she will have to spend her entire nine-year drug possession prison sentence in Russia, her attorney there told the New York Times . “She has not been in as good condition as I could sometimes find her in. She is not yet absolutely convinced that America will be able to take her home,” her Russian attorney, Alexandr D. Boykov told the Times on Wednesday. “She is very worried about what the price of that will be, and she is afraid that she will have to serve the whole sentence here in Russia.” Griner was arrested Feb. 17 at a Russian airport after officials found vaping cartridges containing cannabis oil in her luggage. She was charged with smuggling narcotics, People reported. She pleaded guilty to the charges in July and was sentenced Aug. 4 to nine years in a Russian prison, according to the report. President Joe Biden told CNN on Tuesday that while he will not meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the G20 international summit schedu...