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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Johanna Chisholm

Brittney Griner says she was forced to sign papers in Russian without proper translation, told: ‘You’re guilty’

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Brittney Griner could only understand a small portion of what was said to her when she was arrested at a Moscow airport over charges of marijuana possession, the WNBA star testified.

The all-star American basketball player told a courtroom on Wednesday at her drug trial in Russia that the interpreter provided to her only did partial translations, resulting in her not fully understanding what she was signing when presented with documents back in February when she was first detained by authorities.

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