Brittney Griner Sentenced To 9 YEARS In Russian Prison Following Drug Smuggling Trial!
perezhilton.comWNBA star Brittney Griner has been sentenced to nine years behind bars in a Russian prison on charges of smuggling drugs into the country.
Wow. According to The New York Times on Thursday, the judge read the 31-year-old athlete her verdict about an hour after her lawyers and the prosecution presented their closing arguments in the case at a Moscow courthouse.
The penalty was just short of the maximum 10-year sentence, which her lawyer called “absolutely unreasonable” and plans to appeal.
She has been detained in the country since February 17 after she was accused of having vape cartridges containing hashish oil in her luggage. Related: Australian Senator SLAMS Queen Elizabeth While Taking Oath During the closing arguments, the Phoenix Mercury player gave an impassioned speech about her arrest.
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