Brittney Griner: jailed US basketball star's court appeal rejected by Russian court

The jailed US basketball star Brittney Griner's appeal was rejected by a Russian court on Tuesday, after she challenged a nine-year sentence for drugs possession and smuggling.
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The WNBA all-star and two-time Olympic gold medallist was arrested on 17 February and found guilty by the court in August. She was sentenced to nine years in a penal colony.
Elizabeth Rood, the charge d'affaires at the US embassy in Moscow, said: 'Nothing in the previous sentence, nothing in the result of today's appeal changes the fact that the United States government considers Miss Griner to be wrongfully detained.'
Griner's lawyer, Maria Blagovolina, said the handling of the case 'contradicts almost all of the existing judicial practice known to us in this regard'.
After reports of a possible prisoner swap, Blagovolina said she wasn't involved in nor was she aware of any negotiations between the US and Russia. President Joe Biden however, said talks with Moscow to secure the release of Griner and other American prisoners in Russia were ongoing, but so far had not been met with 'much positive response'.
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[@starkiller23610]

Pretty tragic all the people locked up in US jails for smoking a joint.

[@SP-lw7mr]

Not so cocky now I should Imagine. Hates her own country. Bet she’d quite like to be there now. Respect the rules of the country you’re are guest of. A simple idea that many people could benefit from observing.

[@Demarcussykeshwh]

You sick

[@SP-lw7mr]

@@Demarcussykeshwh why? For having an opinion? Grow up . Why an American would travel to Russia under the current circumstances is unbelievable. Breaking the law whilst there is just lunacy. Probably too used to being indulged.

[@evo8power228]

@@Demarcussykeshwh yeah sick init famz 💩

[@jeanetteasaki7390]

Exactly you nailed it.

[@Budanevey]

Putin has made it clear that he will not let go of the WNBA star for anything less than a 1st edition foil Charizard Pokemon card...

[@sinuemondragon1346]

All this.. when I’m sitting lounging on my couch with a blunt of the sticky green sweet chiva on my birthday… in Eugene Oregon

[@bumpyjason]

Oh she loves America now huh

[@aquili1]

These people crying meanwhile US has people jailed for life because of this

[@theshockerpit7274]

Yeah well this is sort of different because while that’s in our home country this is a person getting arrested by A current enemy of the United States

[@iloverapkc]

serves her rite. talk all that ish about the USA. have the rest of ur freedom in russia

[@public.public]

A few words and you think that should give people 9 years in prison? Grow up and appreciate what freedom actually means.

[@iloverapkc]

@@public.public she sure found out wat freedom really mean. I'm a proud American I kno n respect my freedom

[@Jza-GZa40k]

@@iloverapkc America is one of the most non freedom countries lol,Delusional Americans who only know their country and usually told a lie with it 🤣

[@iloverapkc]

@@Jza-GZa40k let me enjoy my freedom in America n u can enjoy ur freedom in russia or Zimbabwe or wherever the F u think has more freedom than America

[@titteryenot4524]

This is perplexing, given that basketball players aren’t allowed to travel. 🏀

[@SP-lw7mr]

Gold😂😂😂

[@robertscott5208]

That's not funny.

[@fireman3857]

Anybody else think Brittany is a weird name for a boy?

[@WilsonSilvaPT23]

I read Britney Spears lol

[@alessial134]

I guess she won’t be smoking or vaping anymore for the rest of her life

[@happyguy8725]

🤨

[@rick-sr9nq]

Seems you were wrong. I guess that happens a lot.

[@happyguy8725]

Probably gaging on one right now

[@reneeflamand8991]

I just can’t help but wonder if she has yet realized that she shouldn’t kneel. This is your country, and people are working very hard, spending lots of man hours, jumping through hoops, including having our President call, to get you home. Your home. If she returns and doesn’t kneel, kiss this ground, then stand every time the anthem is played, I’d be truly disappointed. You want change? You see wrongs you want righted? Fine. Write a letter. Run for office. Volunteer. Get involved. But for the love of freedom, respect what we already have here. That kneeling KILLS me, as I’m sure it does every member of military, past and present, many my family, who sacrificed and fought for the country we have. My guess is she’d give anything to be back in the USA. Is this what it took for her to appreciate? I have so many questions.

[@anthonyhurt9114]

Well said

[@roxannethomas3047]

It shows the miss treatment of brown body's is globe 🌎 . And what makes America🇿🇦 so great as she is able to take that knee even if you agree or disagree

[@jazztheglass6139]

That's a dude

[@richymoto]

I have no love for Russia at all. But Marihuana has put a lot of people in prison in the US as well - so where is the big difference? She is a professional, traveling for business and not a tourist. She should have informed herself about the laws of the country she travels to for work. Especially if she travels as an American to Russia in these crazy times. And if Russians go to prison for the same offence, then i can see no way, how she could get away with that.

[@user-dc1dr9kr8x]

She is talent....she needed the right guidance to point out that her lesbian cannabis smoking act might not be well received in Russia's climate

[@risingsonfilms]

Lol 😂

[@71518]

3 points, man 😂

[@Goesinya69]

Us ain't lookin so bad now is it?

[@richardwolske2015]

YAA!

[@johnbonham9362]

8 years of hard labor 7 days a week 365 days a year 12 hours a day and when you complain the guards beat you down not like cushy American prison

[@justsomeuser7484]

Unpaid prison labour is a huge industry in the US

[@Iwillroastthesocksoffyoass]

You couldn't pay me to travel to Russia.

[@aquili1]

Imagine traveling to USA, straight up nightmare

[@Demarcussykeshwh]

Maybe I should look up what she said about the USA but I’m sure I’ll still feel bad I mean come on she was like the first women to dunk in a game wasn’t it? She has family. Her life career is destroyed because thc oil come on

[@leftistcancerlgblm7329]

Waaaaaaa

[@waynerainey2606]

Big deal, none of those things is a get out of jail free card…. And since she hates the USA so much, let’s see how she likes Russia after 9 years lol. Is this a she or an it?

[@Demarcussykeshwh]

@@waynerainey2606 are you a child lol why do you care about her opinions on America? How does it affect yo life lol ppl are literally becoming inhumane just because they didn’t like another persons opinion which hurts nobody

[@Demarcussykeshwh]

@Esoteric Schizochad ok

[@HumanBeingsRThinkingBeings]

Mind Begs the Question: To Support and Aid an Apartheid State Righteous,Evil?

[@sarahsnow1585]

woMan

[@efrenflores5685]

idc if she plays ball. she deserves wat she get. if it was a regular joe dey wud lock him up ND throw away da key. U shud no u had drugs on u ND tried to smuggle it in. a 5 yr old ways wrong nd wats rite. have a nice life

[@loveisall5520]

Keep her in there. She broke the law, knowingly.

[@public.public]

Show me someone who has never broken the law knowingly and I'll show you a liar.

[@ThatTallGuy0]

Bet you love rishi sunak

[@anthonyhurt9114]

Well, she really never did like the ole U S of A. The country I so so love. Hope she likes Russia better. She will be there a while.

[@barryrammer7906]

No deal poor thing 😕 😢

[@richardwolske2015]

Trash best left in Russia, thanks Russia 👍

[@dr.verbena]

Зачем она в тюрьме а её стране это лекарство отправьте на родину не разрешает въезд в тюрьму зачем

[@scoldedcat]

Prisoner swap- Griner for Assange ?

[@francispeter2344]

Come on man. Let it out of jail.

[@henryalugoro9049]

She got arrested on the wrong time

[@mariekevanderkooij6917]

Negen jaar cel ,gaat gewoon te ver . Echt te ver ,veel sterkte wens ik de basketballer en haar famieli . En ik hoop nog een goed wonder ,dat ze wordt vrij gesproken.

[@robinsattahip2376]

She looks better behind bars. Still want to protest our national anthem?

[@Tralala691]

Where’s Obama? 😂😂🎉🎉😂😂❤❤❤❤😂🎉😂🎉