A Russian court has scheduled Brittney Griner's trial to start this coming Friday, July 1 and ruled that the WNBA star's detention would be extended for another six months after she appeared for a preliminary hearing held behind closed doors in a suburb of Moscow.
At 6 feet 9 inches, the handcuffed, two-time Olympic gold medal winner towered over the Russian guards in black vests who led her into the court and up a set of stairs.
