Brittney Griner trial resumes in Russia

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Trial resumes in Russia for U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner, who pleaded guilty last week to drug charges

last week to drug charges stemming from a February arrest at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport.

Griner's lawyers also submitted a document granting permission for the use of cannabis for medical purposes to treat severe chronic pain issued by Arizona's Department of Health, and the player’s doping test results, all of which were negative.Natalia Kolesnikova / AFP - Getty Images Her lawyer, Alexander Boikov, previously told reporters that Griner admitted that the vape canisters were hers, but said she brought them to Russia unintentionally.appeared in a Russian courtroom

 

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Ah, she looks happy. Leave her there.

She'll be found Guilty because she is Guilty. I doubt she'll be worth anything unless her sentence is of significant duration.

The ‘trial’ is political.

I'm confused, if she plead guilty why is there a trial?

Why she smilin, she happy in there or somethin 🤔

look at my boobs😘

How can she have pled guilty last week but there is a trial on the same charges this week? Is this normal Russian criminal procedure?

Guilty ! Next

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