With the 2024 Olympics taking place in Paris, United States women’s national team star Brittney Griner has returned to compete overseas for the first time since being wrongfully detained in Russia for 10 months in 2022. Ahead of Team USA’s second game in Paris, American Paul Whelan was released from Russia as part of one […]
Brittney Griner 20/20 interview: WNBA star wanted to bring fellow Russian prisoner Paul Whelan back with her
Brittney Griner underwent a long journey after being arrested in Russia in February 2022 and held in detention for 10 months. The WNBA star was sentenced to nine years in prison for carrying a small amount of cannabis oil. She was sent to a penal colony in the Russian republic of Mordovia and was forced to cut her […]