Brittney Griner Testifies in Russian Court Amid Ongoing Trial
, while on the stand, Griner recalled going through passport control and airport security on Feb. 17 when a staff member with a dog asked her to open her bags, where two cartridges were found.
The WNBA star said another worker "opened the cartridges" and "smelled them" before her passport was taken away. She also said she signed documents that she needed Google translate to understand, and added that although there was an interpreter present, she "didn't explain what I was signing." Following the incident, Griner said she called a lawyer, but that her phone was then confiscated and her lawyers were not allowed to see her until the next morning."At that point it felt like I was being held against my will," she testified, per the outlet. "I asked again what's going on and when can I see my lawyer. I was then told I have to be interrogated."
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