Gee, what a shame. Brittney Griner, the WNBA player arrested in Moscow for drugs may be sent to a Russian labor camp to work off her time. Griner hates the American national anthem and demanded it stopped by played before WNBA games in 2020. What a shame. Griner could get sent to the Russian labor camp for as long as five years too. What a shame.
U.S. Olympic gold medalist and WNBA champion Brittney Griner could face up to five years in a Russian labor camp after she was arrested in the country last month, an expert said.
Griner, a 31-year-old Phoenix Mercury basketball star, has not been seen since she was arrested in Russia last month after Russian officials allegedly found vape cartridges in her luggage and accused her of attempting to smuggle drugs into the country.
Russian law expert Peter Maggs of the University of Illinois College of Law predicted that her pending legal case could result in a 5- to 10-year prison sentence, which could also include time spent at a labor camp, or a complete dismissal and exportation from the country.
“You’re talking about five years, not jail time, but a labor camp,” he said. “One thing I find a little worrisome is this extension of her preliminary holding from two months to three months, because you have to go to a higher authority to get it lengthened.”