BREAKING: WNBA star Brittney Griner, who has been in Russian custody for more than four months, pleaded guilty on Thursday to drug charges that carry a potential 10-year prison sentence
for allegedly carrying cannabis oil vape cartridges in her suitcase.
Speaking through an interpreter in court, Griner said, “I’d like to plead guilty, your honour. But there was no intent. I didn’t want to break the law.” She also asked to give testimony at a later date because she “need[s] time to prepare.”The Olympian’s guilty plea comes as pressure has been mounting on President Joe Biden to bring her home. On Thursday, Elizabeth Rood, the deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow,“I was able to speak to Ms.
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