Posted on 03/08/2022 11:09:44 AM PST by Morgana
Russian state media have released a photograph of WNBA star Brittney Griner in custody, the first since she was detained at the airport in Moscow last month on suspicion of carrying a cannabis-filled vape pen.
Griner, 31, was taken into custody at Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport after returning to Russia from New York during a two-week break from play at the end of February. The exact date of her arrest is unclear and it remains unknown where she is now.
The Wall Street Journal reports that she was scheduled to play on February 20, and that a flight arrived at the airport on February 17 which she may have been on.
She had been playing for the Moscow team UMMC Ekaterinburg and was earning $1.5million for the off-season - six times her WNBA salary at Phoenix Mercury.
UMMC Ekaterinburg is backed by Andrei Kozitsyn, a mineral tycoon listed among Putin's richest associates.
Griner earned six times her WNBA salary playing for the Russian team. She is not the only American female athlete who frequently traveled to Russia to bolster her earnings, but she is now the only one left in the country.
Her American teammates at UMMC Ekaterinburg include Allie Quigley, who returned to the US as tensions between the US and the Kremlin worsened last month.
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Hope it was worth it.
She did something very stupid. She should have known better. Russia may keep her.
Let her rot.
Apparently she was a protestor against America.
So um...hope she likes Russia prison
https://blindgossip.com/patriot-irony/
See what happens when we don’t have pay equity? You’d never see Lebron doing this. WNBA players need pay equity with NBA players. (getting the lib talking points ready to go)
Yeah,who gives a chit.
They didn't treat that kid in N. Korea very well, hopefully it's better in Russia. Of course one was a White kid, the other a gay Black girl, they may have to protect her.
She’s an American and must be treated with respect by Russia. She’s also responsible for her behavior, and should be held accountable for her choices.
Eh, Russia can have her, my fear is they will want to give her back! She hates America, hates our national anthem and is pro BLM..wont miss her one bit
Do you mean the KGB didn’t sneak it into her suitcase? (I have no idea who she is…Brittney who?)
Putin may be thinking of dropping all charges against Brittney if she first agrees to put on a uniform and fight the Ukrainians for Russia. “We have plenty of soldier suits in your size! Even some pink ones!”
Just not a good month to be an Oligarch.
A story with even a photo of her "wife"... Wow. Click away if you want to see her spouse.
Not all prosecutors are as woke as ours...
Griner-—enemy of the American experiment, but Russia doesn’t think much of her either.
Here in Florida marijuana is becoming big business.
CBD oils are openly sold.
The Russian courts may not treat cannabis vape products differently than marijuana. I have not heard a comment by a Russian lawyer on the matter.
LGBTQABC none of which Russia cares for.
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