Nearly a year-and-a-half since returning to the United States, Brittney Griner is speaking about the harrowing 10 months she spent in Russian detention ahead of the release of her memoir, Coming Home.
, Griner describes the moment in February 2022 when Russian authorities asked her to go through her bags and she felt a vape cartridge in her luggage. “” she recalls thinking at the time. She was detained immediately, and Russian prosecutors accused her of trying to smuggle less than one gram of cannabis oil, a crime carrying up to a ten-year prison sentence.
She said she’s doing “athletic, physical, and vocal therapy” five days a week to help her live and sing with her condition.New York
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