Brittney Griner has spoken publicly for the primary time since being held in Russian jail for 294 days for allegedly carrying lower than a gram of cannabis oil in her baggage and the seven-time WNBA All-Star can’t wait to get again on the courtroom.
On her Instagram, Griner shared pictures of her return together with a press release, saying how grateful she is to be again on American soil and that she’s going to do no matter it takes to assist get different prisoners residence too.
“The last 10 months have been a battle at every turn,” Griner wrote. “I dug deep to keep my faith and it was the love from so many of you that helped keep me going. From the bottom of my heart, thank you to everyone for your help.”
“President Biden, you brought me home and I know you are committed to bringing Paul Whelan and all Americans home too. I will use my platform to do whatever I can to help you. I also encourage everyone that played a part in bringing me home to continue their efforts to bring all Americans home. Every family deserves to be whole.”
The 32-year-old had a protracted checklist of individuals to thank in her publish and needed to make it recognized to everybody of her intention to get again to her crew.
“I also want to make one thing very clear: I intend to play basketball for the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury this season, and in doing so, I look forward to being able to say ‘thank you’ to those of you who advocated, wrote, and posted for me in person soon.”
