>>Reports: Brittney Griner Released In Prisoner Swap
(Washington, DC) -- Reports say WNBA star Brittney Griner is out of Russian custody. She was exchanged for Viktor Bout [[ boot ]], a Russian arms dealer. Earlier this fall, a Russian court upheld Griner's drug conviction and nine-year prison sentence. She was in custody since February when screeners at a Moscow airport found vape cartridges containing a small amount of hashish in her luggage.