Brittney Griner’s prison sentence is upheld in a Russian court


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CNN —. A judge in Russia has left Brittney Griner's verdict in place, upholding on Tuesday the US basketball star's conviction on drug smuggling charges and reducing only slightly her nine.


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Updated: 1:46 PM MDT August 4, 2022. KHIMKI, Russia — U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner was convicted Thursday in Russia of drug possession and smuggling and was sentenced to nine years.


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Brittney Griner, an American basketball superstar and Olympic gold medalist, on Thursday learned her fate in a Russian court after she pleaded guilty to a drug charge last month. A Russian judge.


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Brittney Griner was sentenced to nine years in Russian prison over drug charges for carrying vape cartridges containing cannabis oil in her luggage at a Moscow airport. The WNBA superstar's trial.


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MOSCOW — A Russian court has found Brittney Griner guilty on drug smuggling and possession charges. The widely expected verdict comes after a monthlong trial and nearly six months after the.


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U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner, who was detained at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport and later charged with illegal possession of cannabis, stands inside a defendants' cage before the verdict.


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3 of 12 |. WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner awaits the verdict standing in a cage in a courtroom in Khimki just outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. American basketball star Brittney Griner apologized to her family and teams as a Russian court heard closing arguments in her drug possession trial said it.


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The 31-year-old Griner, a two-time U.S. Olympic champion and a eight-time all-star with the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury listened with a blank expression as an interpreter translated the verdict by.


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Brittney Griner stands inside a defendants' cage during the reading of the court's verdict in Khimki, Russia, Aug. 4, 2022. Evgenia Novozhenina/POOL via Reuters


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Brittney Griner walks before the verdict in a court hearing in Khimki, Russia Aug. 4, 2022. Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters Griner's trip to Russia to play in the offseason has underscored the issue.


Brittney Griner’s prison sentence is upheld in a Russian court

Brittney Griner felt "very upset" about the verdict, said Maria Blagovolina, one of her lawyers. "It is difficult for her to talk," she said after the hearing. "It is a difficult time.


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Brittney Griner listens to a verdict in a courtroom in Khimki, Russia, on Thursday, August 4. (Evgenia Novozhenina/Pool/AP) WNBA star Brittney Griner is now back inside a Russian courtroom for her.


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The 31-year-old Griner, a two-time U.S. Olympic champion and a eight-time all-star with the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury, listened with a blank expression as an interpreter translated the verdict by.


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Brittney Griner's legal team has filed an appeal against a Russian court's verdict sentencing the WNBA star to nine years in prison for smuggling drugs into Russia, Griner's lawyer told CNN.


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Griner, 31, will also have to pay a fine of 1 million rubles ($16,590), but can appeal the verdict. Attention will now turn to the potential for a prisoner swap between Washington and Moscow.


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Brittney Griner's trial in Russia is expected to end next week, with a verdict and sentencing set to be announced Friday, according to ESPN's T.J. Quinn.

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