WNBA player Brittney Griner is opening up for the first time since returning to Texas after nearly 10 months since she was arrested and sentenced to nine years in a Russian prison for drug smuggling.
Griner chose Instagram on Friday, Dec. 16 to express her gratitude to her wife, family, lawyers, the WNBA and its players, the Biden-Harris administration, as well as the activists and organizations who advocated for her release.
Griner, a center for the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury, said she intends to return to play for the team this season. She was in Russia to play in the country's basketball league during the WNBA offseason when she was detained at an airport in February. She later pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the discovery of cannabis-derived oil cartridges in her luggage. Griner said she didn't mean to bring the cartridges with her when she traveled to the country, but was sentenced to nine years in prison.
To secure Griner's release, President Biden signed a commutation order for Bout, cutting short his 25-year federal prison sentence.
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