as such Mercury The trial of Britney Greiner is now taking place in Russia, and many in the United States have been frustrated that the arrest of the star player has gone on for so long. On Tuesday, Phoenix coach Vanessa Nygaard asked the question: What if someone like LeBron James was in Grener’s place?
“If it was LeBron, he’d be home, right?” Nygaard said, According to Casey L. More from USA TODAY. “It’s a statement about the value of a woman. It’s a statement about the value of a black person. It’s a statement about the value of a gay person. All of these things. We know that, and it hurts the most.”
Greiner was held in Russia for more than four months after customs officials claimed they found cannabis oil in her luggage at Sheremetyevo International Airport near Moscow.
On Monday, parts of a letter Greiner sent to President Joe Biden were shared By TJ Quinn from ESPNin which Greiner pleaded with Biden to help secure her release.
“As I sit here in a Russian prison, alone with my thoughts and without the protection of my wife, family, friends, Olympic jersey, or any accomplishments, I am terrified to be here forever,” Greiner wrote.
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Nygaard has talked about handling the Griner case before. She has previously compared the interest surrounding Greiner’s case to the disappearance and murder of Gabe Pettito, who went missing while hiking in Wyoming and was later found to have been murdered by her boyfriend.
‘That white woman who was hiking,’ said Nygaard, ‘and we did our best to find her,’ According to Samir Mulla from Cronkite News. “She was from Florida, she went for a walk and her boyfriend killed her. How much attention was paid to that? BJ never got half that attention. And that’s a crime. And that’s a statement about our community and who we value and we need to change that.”
A Russian court ordered Greiner to remain in custody for the duration of her trial, and her detention was extended until December 20, The Associated Press reported. Griner’s agent, Lindsay Kagawa Colas of Wasserman, chirp Extension, “The fact remains that the United States government has determined that Britney Greiner is being unjustly detained and used as a political tool.”
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