Brittney Griner Pleads Guilty in Russia, As Her Family Escalates Public Pleas to Biden for Her Release

American basketball star Brittney Griner, who has been detained in Russia on drug charges for more than four months, pleaded guilty Thursday, news that comes as she and her family escalate their pleas to the Biden administration to negotiate her release. “There was no intent. I didn’t want to break the law,” she told a court near Moscow, according to BBC. “I was in a rush packing and the cartridges accidentally ended up in my bag,” Griner said. Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, was detained at an airport near Moscow in February, just a week before Russia invaded Ukraine… Read Full Article