A preliminary hearing for WNBA star Brittney Griner will be held in Moscow on Monday morning, her lawyer confirmed to ABC News.
Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner pauses during a game, Sept. 3, 2019, in Phoenix. Griner is easily the most prominent American citizen known to be jailed by a foreign government.A preliminary hearing for WNBA star Brittney Griner will be held in Moscow on Monday morning, her lawyer, Alexander Boikov, confirmed to ABC News.
The U.S. State Department said Griner was "wrongfully detained" by Russia, which allows the U.S. to negotiate her release.Russia had issued multiple extensions of her pre-trial detention, with the latest keeping the 31-year-old in custody through July 2, ABC News reported. If convicted, she faces up to 10 years in prison.
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