{"id":4437,"date":"2022-07-02T12:14:46","date_gmt":"2022-07-02T12:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.www.ptvsportstv.com\/?p=4437"},"modified":"2022-07-02T12:17:33","modified_gmt":"2022-07-02T12:17:33","slug":"drug-trial-of-britney-greener-begun-in-a-russian-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ptvsportstv.com\/drug-trial-of-britney-greener-begun-in-a-russian-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Drug trial of Britney Greener begun in a Russian court"},"content":{"rendered":"
A drug trial has begun in a Russian court against US basketball player Britney Greener. Twice Olympic gold medalist Britney Greener arrived in a courtroom on the outskirts of the Russian capital on Friday for a trial after she was arrested in Russia in February this year for allegedly finding drugs in her luggage. US embassy officials were also present when the 31-year-old American athlete appeared in court. Elizabeth Greener, the US Secretary of State, told reporters that Greener had been wrongfully detained.<\/span><\/p>\n Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov dismissed the notion of political motives behind the arrest of the American athlete.<\/span><\/p>\n “We can only talk about the facts and the facts are that the American athlete was detained with illegal drugs,” he said. <\/span><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Russian law provides for punishments for crimes that only the courts have the power to impose. According to US officials, Britney Greene is one of two U.S.<\/a> citizens currently being held in illegal Russian custody.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A drug trial has begun in a Russian court against US basketball player Britney Greener. Twice Olympic gold medalist Britney Greener arrived in a courtroom on the outskirts of the Russian capital on Friday for a trial after she was arrested in Russia in February this year for allegedly finding drugs in her luggage. US […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[536],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nDrug trial of Britney Greener begun in a Russian court <\/strong><\/h2>\n