A court docket in Russia on Friday prolonged the pretrial detention of the W.N.B.A. star Brittney Griner by one month, her lawyer stated.
Ms. Griner, one of the vital adorned athletes in girls’s basketball, has been held in custody in Russia since mid-February on drug fees that may carry as much as 10 years in jail. The cost is predicated on allegations that she had vape cartridges containing cannabis oil in her baggage.
“She is OK, there are not any complaints,” stated Aleksandr Boikov, Ms. Griner’s lawyer. He additionally stated the court docket had denied his attraction to have Ms. Griner transferred to accommodate arrest.
Whereas Ms. Griner was arrested one week earlier than Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Russian authorities didn’t reveal her detention till days after the conflict started, elevating fears that she might be used as a bargaining chip within the total disaster.
