Five-time NBA champion Dennis Rodman has revealed he is planning to fly out to Russia in an attempt to aid the release of Brittney Griner, who is currently serving a nine-year prison sentence.
The WNBA star was arrested in Moscow airport earlier this year under drugs charges and detained until her sentence earlier this month.
However, despite Rodman’s commitment to helping a fellow basketball icon, a senior administration official to President Biden has stressed it is “likely to complicate and hinder release efforts.” Back in February, Griner was arrested and held in custody after vape cartridges containing less than one gram of cannabis oil were discovered in her luggage at Moscow airport.
The two-time Olympic gold medallist pleaded guilty last month in a lengthy trial, where she was convicted of drug possession and deliberate smuggling.