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America Age > Blog > Top Story > In addition to jail time, the WNBA star was fined 1 million rubles (roughly $16,400) after being found guilty of drug smuggling with criminal intent
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In addition to jail time, the WNBA star was fined 1 million rubles (roughly $16,400) after being found guilty of drug smuggling with criminal intent

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In addition to jail time, the WNBA star was fined 1 million rubles (roughly ,400) after being found guilty of drug smuggling with criminal intent
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Brittney Griner leaves the courtroom after the court's verdict on August 4.
Brittney Griner leaves the courtroom after the court’s verdict on August 4. (Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images)

WNBA star Brittney Griner’s lawyer, Maria Blagovolina, said that Griner’s defense team has 10 days to appeal the court’s decision, which found Griner guilty of drug smuggling and sentenced her to nine years of jail time.

Earlier today in a written statement following the court’s decision, both of Griner’s lawyers, Blagovolina and Alexander Boykov, said they would appeal.

Later, speaking to journalists outside the Khimki court near Moscow region, Boykov said that the average time in jail for this type of crime is five years, adding that almost a third of those convicted get a parole.

Blagovolina, a partner at Rybalkin, Gortsunyan, Dyakin and Partners law firm, told journalists that Griner “is not doing fine today.”

Boykov added that the WNBA star passed through her lawyers a message for her family that is not to become public. Griner’s defense team is hopeful that she will be able to talk to her family next week.

Blagovolina added that Griner will return to the detention center she is currently kept at. Both lawyers agreed that Griner has been treated fine so far.

Asked about the prisoner swap offer by the US, Griner’s lawyers said they had no information.

“Unfortunately, we are not involved in the process,” Blagovolina said, responding to a question by CNN outside the court.

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