U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner’s appeal rejected by Russian court
8:41 am Tuesday, October 25th, 2022
KRASNOGORSK, Russia (Reuters) – A Russian court on Tuesday rejected an appeal by U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner against her nine-year prison sentence for possession and smuggling of drugs.
The two-time Olympic gold medallist was arrested on Feb. 17 at a Moscow airport with vape cartridges containing cannabis oil, which is banned in Russia. She was sentenced on Aug. 4 to nine years in a penal colony.
(Reporting by Filipp Lebedev and Olesya Astakhova; Editing by Kevin Liffey)
