Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, spent 10 months in Russian detainment on drug charges for possession and smuggling of less than a gram of cannabis oil. Here’s a timeline of the events:
Brittney Griner, the Phoenix Mercury WNBA player, was released Thursday from Russian imprisonment in exchange for the U.S. freeing Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.
Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, spent 10 months in Russian detainment on drug charges for possession and smuggling of less than a gram of cannabis oil.Griner travels to Russia to play during the WNBA offseason. She is detained at Sheremetyevo Airport after customs officials say they found vape cartridges with cannabis oil in her luggage.March 23The U.S. Department of State declares Griner “wrongfully detained” by the Russian government.
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