The Prosecutor General of the Khimki District Court of the Moscow District demanded 9.6 years in prison for American basketball player Britney Grenier for drug smuggling, RIA Novosti reports.
And the Public Prosecutor announced at a meeting of the Khimki Court of the Moscow Region that he is demanding a sentence of nine years and six months in prison for Britney Grenier, in addition to a fine of one million rubles, which is equivalent to about 16 thousand rubles. $590.
A player from the Phoenix Mercury women’s basketball team was detained in February last year at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport on charges of trying to smuggle drugs into Russia.
E-cigarettes and cannabis oil were found in Grenier’s bags, according to Russian customs.
On Thursday, July 7, American basketball player Britney Grenier pleaded guilty to drug smuggling.
“I would like to plead guilty,” Grenier told the Khimki District Court in the Moscow region, emphasizing that “she had no intention of violating Russian law,” RIA Novosti reported, citing an interpreter.
“I was in a hurry to pack my bags, and packs (electronic cigarettes) ended up in my bag by mistake,” the American added.
Grenier wrote a handwritten letter to President Joe Biden, delivered to the White House on Independence Day, imploring him not to forget her cause after months spent in prison in Russia.
Earlier, the White House said that the United States made a “serious” offer to Russia to return Greiner and another prisoner.
Source: “russian.rt.com”