Of course, that's only if ValJar deems it necessary...
Posted on 03/18/2022 2:07:38 AM PDT by Libloather
A Moscow court has extended WNBA superstar Brittney Griner's detention in Russia on drug charges for two months. The Khimki regional court in Moscow confirmed to CBS News that it had approved the ongoing investigation and extended the term of Griner's detention until May 19.
Griner was arrested on drug charges after allegedly carrying vape cartridges containing cannabis oil into the country.
Griner, 31, appeared in court on Thursday as the decision was made. She was detained in February and will remain in a pre-trial detention center near Moscow until her next court appearance.
CBS News sought comment from her agency on the extended detention, but did not immediately hear back.
Griner, who had flown in from New York, was detained on February 19 after customs inspectors at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport said they found the cartridges with hash oil on her, according to Russia's state-owned news agency RIA Novosti.
She faces a possible sentence of five to ten years in prison on the charges.
Her detention has drawn outrage in the U.S., with lawmakers, fellow sports figures and fans calling for her release. Amid the ongoing Russian invasion into Ukraine, Texas congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee urged Russian authorities to set her free and even raised the issue with President Biden.
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She bent the knee to the US, but she is now bending the knee in prayer to be saved by the US.
I know she has protected class status on account of her skin color, and the fact that she could probably lick the chrome plating off a trailer hitch ball; but in a sane world it shouldn’t serve as an excuse to not look into what might be considered illegal, immoral, or generally offensive in foreign countries prior to traveling there. If this should pick up a little bit of steam you can bet your bippy that the same members of The Squad grandstanding on the issue would sat silent had they been around for Benghazi, or when Andrew Tamoorisi was jailed for accidentally crossing our southern border with a couple of rifles in his trunk.
You mean Russia won’t give her the Jussie Smollett ‘get out of jail free’ card!
She knows the law.
Yeah well...talk about bad timing.
Yes, these communists who hate this country and demand we show “respect” for every culture and life choices have the least amount of respect for other cultures when they travel.
They believe themselves to be superior to the peon class and that the rules do not apply.
If she was a black conservative, you would barely hear about this story and there would be no support for her release.
Of course, that's only if ValJar deems it necessary...
A star? More like a black hole! /spit
If Putin isn’t careful, he’s going to find himself on the receiving end of a harshly worded hashtag from @MichelleObama.
She broke the law. She is not a victim.
Wonder if she’ll survive?
She looked pretty good in the video..not like she had been in some godforsaken hell hole gulag.
Yup. Dont take drugs to a foreign country.
They even have reality shows about this!
“She bent the knee to the US”
Sounds like someone FINALLY stood up to her antics, and now she’s squealing like a pig.
And with the current situation with Russia and Putin’s well justified disdain of an incompetent pedojoe regime, she may be at the very beginning of a long hard “stupid should hurt” road.
That’s Joe’s version of “My Pillow”
Brittany wants to know if Conjugal Visits will be allowed.
A kneeler? Hates the US? 7 winters there?
Let me quote another distinguished American. “I love Buffalo!” If she could say that about the US I’d got to bat for her. Bring out that inner George Forman.
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