This story will be updated throughout Griner’s legal proceedings.
Mercury star center Brittney Griner’s trial began Friday in Russia, where she has been detained for more than four months after being arrested at an airport outside of Moscow on drug charges.
On Monday, a Russian court ordered Griner to remain in custody for the duration of her trial, and her detention was extended to Dec. 20, the Associated Press reported. According to a video posted by the official Russian state news agency TASS, Griner did not speak to reporters following her court appearance. However, photos obtained by the AP showed the WNBA star in handcuffs and looking straight ahead, unlike her mid-May court appearance, in which she kept her head down and covered with a sweatshirt hood.
