WNBA star Brittney Griner is at her “absolute weakest moment in life right now” as she faces a hearing in Russia later this month, according to her wife, Cherelle Griner.
She said Brittney Griner told her in a phone call that she felt “like my life just doesn’t matter.”
Brittney Griner was convicted Aug. 4 after Russian police said they found vape canisters with cannabis oil in her luggage at Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow. Her defense lawyers said she had been prescribed cannabis for pain. The WNBA star said she had inadvertently packed them and had no criminal intent.
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