Brittney Griner is reportedly stressing about her future as she waits to hear back some assuring news regarding the potential start of her appeal hearing.
As previously reported, the WNBA star was sentenced to nine-and-a-half years in prison on August 4 on drug smuggling charges, after having arrived at a Moscow airport in February with vape capsules containing less than one gram of medicinal cannabis oil in her luggage back.
Griner’s lawyer, Maria Blagovolina, tells PEOPLE that she not only finds the ruling “absolutely unreasonable,” but their legal team has also waited close to a month since the sentencing and has yet to hear back regarding their request to appeal. “Brittney is stressed and very much concerned with the future,” she said. The attorney added that appealing a court order rarely sees a judge change the Russian prison sentence that was initially given, but they’ve been determined to at least give it a try.
“We need to use every legal opportunity that we have, and appeal is one of these opportunities,” Blagovolina continued, while Griner’s second lawyer Alexander Boykov stressed that even if the request for an appeal does end up being successful, it will take several months to complete the legal process. And based on her legal team’s knowledge, this would strongly imply that the 31-year-old may not be getting out this year after all.
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