The American basketball player Britney Greerner was charged with drug possession on Tuesday, and a Russian court today denied her appeal and upheld her 9-year sentence.
Grener, who has won two Olympic gold medals, was detained by police on February 17 at the Moscow Airport for using electronic cigarettes that included hemp oil, which is prohibited in Russia. was given a nine-year prison term on August 4.
Grener was given permission to record a video statement for the courts of the Court of Appeal in the city of Krasnogsk, close to the capital, from her incarceration facility in Novoy Grishino, outside of Moscow.
The stipulated amount (from cannabis oil) barely exceeded… the people who committed more serious crimes (to a punishment) were less than what I got, according to Greener, who also acknowledged how hard it was to keep her for eight months and submit to two trials.
Just like she did in her prior trials, Greener expressed regret before the court’s decision to make the error and stated, “I did not wish to do so.
An American basketball player who is 9 years old is supported by a Russian court.
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