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WNBA’s Griner heads back to Russian court after guilty plea

Lawyers of WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner Alexander Boykov, left, and Maria Blagovolina walk to attend a hearing on their client's case in Khimki district court, just outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, July 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov) FILE - WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner is escorted to a courtroom for a hearing, in Khimki just outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, July 7, 2022. The drug possession trial of WNBA star Griner has resumed, with the head of the Russian club she plays for in the offseason and a teammate from that squad testifying in support of her character and what she has meant for women’s basketball in the country. Griner, who pleaded guilty last week, did not testify as expected at the third day of the trial. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) Lawyers of WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner Alexander Boykov, left, and Maria Blagovolina walk to attend a hearing on their client's case in Khimki district court, just outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, July 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov) FILE - WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner is escorted to a courtroom for a hearing, in Khimki just outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, July 7, 2022. The drug possession trial of WNBA star Griner has resumed, with the head of the Russian club she plays for in the offseason and a teammate from that squad testifying in support of her character and what she has meant for women’s basketball in the country. Griner, who pleaded guilty last week, did not testify as expected at the third day of the trial. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) Lawyers of WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner Alexander Boykov, left, and Maria Blagovolina walk to attend a hearing on their client's case in Khimki district court, just outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, July 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov) Lawyers of WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner Alexander Boykov, left, and Maria Blagovolina walk to attend a hearing on their client's case in Khimki district court, just outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, July 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov) FILE - WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner is escorted to a courtroom for a hearing, in Khimki just outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, July 7, 2022. The drug possession trial of WNBA star Griner has resumed, with the head of the Russian club she plays for in the offseason and a teammate from that squad testifying in support of her character and what she has meant for women’s basketball in the country. Griner, who pleaded guilty last week, did not testify as expected at the third day of the trial. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) Lawyers of WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner Alexander Boykov, left, and Maria Blagovolina walk to attend a hearing on their client's case in Khimki district court, just outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, July 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov) FILE - WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner is escorted to a courtroom for a hearing, in Khimki just outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, July 7, 2022. The drug possession trial of WNBA star Griner has resumed, with the head of the Russian club she plays for in the offseason and a teammate from that squad testifying in support of her character and what she has meant for women’s basketball in the country. Griner, who pleaded guilty last week, did not testify as expected at the third day of the trial. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) Lawyers of WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner Alexander Boykov, left, and Maria Blagovolina walk to attend a hearing on their client's case in Khimki district court, just outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, July 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov) FILE - WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner is escorted to a courtroom for a hearing, in Khimki just outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, July 7, 2022. The drug possession trial of WNBA star Griner has resumed, with the head of the Russian club she plays for in the offseason and a teammate from that squad testifying in support of her character and what she has meant for women’s basketball in the country. Griner, who pleaded guilty last week, did not testify as expected at the third day of the trial. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) Lawyers of WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner Alexander Boykov, left, and Maria Blagovolina walk to attend a hearing on their client's case in Khimki district court, just outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, July 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov) Lawyers of WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner Alexander Boykov, left, and Maria Blagovolina walk to attend a hearing on their client's case in Khimki district court, just outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, July 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov) Lawyers of WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner Alexander Boykov, left, and Maria Blagovolina walk to attend a hearing on their client's case in Khimki district court, just outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, July 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov) Lawyers of WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner Alexander Boykov, left, and Maria Blagovolina walk to attend a hearing on their client's case in Khimki district court, just outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, July 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov) Lawyers of WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner Alexander Boykov, left, and Maria Blagovolina walk to attend a hearing on their client's case in Khimki district court, just outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, July 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov) Cherelle Griner, right, listens to the Rev. Al Sharpton during a news conference in Chicago, Friday, July 8, 2022. Griner, the wife of WNBA star Brittney Griner, joined Sharpton and WNBA players and union leader Terri Jackson at the event a day after Brittney Griner pleaded guilty to drug possession charges in a Russian court. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) FILE - Viktor Bout sits while waiting for his verdict at the detention room at a criminal court in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009. The Russian arms dealer who once inspired a Hollywood movie is back in the headlines with speculation around a return to Moscow in a prisoner exchange for U.S. WBNA star Brittney Griner and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong) WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner is escorted to a courtroom for a hearing, in Khimki outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, July 7, 2022. Griner on Thursday pleaded guilty to drug possession and smuggling during her trial in Moscow but said she had no intention of committing a crime, Russian news agencies reported. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner is escorted to a courtroom for a hearing, in Khimki outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, July 7, 2022. Griner on Thursday pleaded guilty to drug possession and smuggling during her trial in Moscow but said she had no intention of committing a crime, Russian news agencies reported. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
WNBA’s Griner heads back to Russian court after guilty plea