Picture of US basketball star Brittney Griner.
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WNBA star Brittney Griner has been discovered responsible of drug possession and smuggling by a courtroom in Russia.
A courtroom in Russia has immediately, Thursday, August 4, discovered WNBA star Brittney Griner responsible of drug possession and smuggling. The 31-year-old will now await sentencing, however Nikolai Vlasenko, the prosecutor, has requested a 9 1/2 12 months jail time period. He requested for the courtroom to effective her a million rubles (approx €16,000).
The US basketball star was detained at Moscow airport after vape cartridges containing hashish oil had been present in her baggage. She was making her manner house after taking part in for a membership in Yekaterinburg.
“I need to apologize to my teammates, my membership, my followers and the town of Yekaterinburg for my mistake that I made and the embarrassment that I introduced on them” an emotional Griner advised the courtroom. She added: “I need to additionally apologize to my dad and mom, my siblings, the Phoenix Mercury organisation again at house, the superb ladies of the WNBA, and my superb partner again at house”.
Her defence lawyer Maria Blagovolina had tried to persuade the courtroom that her consumer solely used the vape cartridges whereas taking part in for Phoenix Mercury in Arizona, and had forgotten they had been in her baggage. Griner had been prescribed the hashish oil to deal with a situation that gave her continual ache.
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