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The WNBA player has been detained in Russia for four months.
“She truly is terrified that she may never see us again,” Cherelle Griner said of the WNBA star. “I share those same sentiments.”
WNBA star Brittney Griner appeared in Russian court for the first time after being detained on drug charges.
Griner was arrested in February at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport. Police said she was carrying vape canisters with cannabis oil.
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The Phoenix Mercury star was ordered to stand Friday and could face 10 years in prison if convicted on charges of large-scale transportation of drugs.
Cherelle and Brittney Griner have not spoken by phone in the four months since the basketball star's arrest in Russia, where she remains jailed.
“Just know this is a matter of intense focus for us," the U.S. secretary of state told reporters of the WNBA star wrongfully detained in Russia.
U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner will remain in Russian custody through at least July 2 after her detention was extended for a third time, Russian state-run media has reported.
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The NBA all-star created an online petition pushing President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to get Griner back to the U.S.