Phoenix Mercury’s Brittney Griner appears throughout the courtroom towards the Seattle Storm in a WNBA basketball sport Sunday, Could 20, 2018, in Seattle. Griner is at present being “detained” in Russia. Elaine Thompson, Related Press
In keeping with a narrative by ESPN’s T.J. Quinn on Tuesday, WNBA star Brittney Griner of the Phoenix Mercury — who was arrested in a Russian airport in February as a result of Russian authorities mentioned she had vape cartridges containing cannabis oil — is now thought-about to be “wrongfully detained” in Russia by america authorities.
That designation, in keeping with Quinn, means there may very well be “a big shift in how officers will attempt to get her residence,” though no particulars got about how Griner may very well be introduced again to america.
Whereas no particulars got, the designation does imply that the U.S. will work to deliver Griner residence relatively than let the case play out in Russia.
In recognition of Griner, a 7-time WNBA All-Star, the league introduced Tuesday that it's going to put her No. 42 and initials on all of its groups’ courts.