US basketball player Brittney Griner attends hearing on drug charges, Khimki, Russian Federation - 04 Aug 2022
Two-time Olympic gold medalist and WNBA player Brittney Griner holds a Basketball Team group photo as she stands inside a defendants' cage during a court hearing in Khimki outside Moscow, Russia, 04 August 2022. The Khimki City Court reportedly had extended Greiner's detention for the duration of her trial on charges of drug smuggling that started on 01 July. Griner, a World Champion player of the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury team was arrested in February at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport after some hash oil was detected and found in her luggage, for which she now could face a prison sentence of up to ten years.