Brittney Griner to attend preliminary court hearing behind closed doors, lawyer says

By Anna Chernova and CNN Sport staff

Updated 1022 GMT (1822 HKT) June 27, 2022

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(CNN)WNBA star Brittney Griner will attend a preliminary court hearing in the Moscow region Monday, her lawyer Alexander Boykov told CNN.

Griner has been held in Russia since February 17 on accusations of alleged attempted drug smuggling and has been officially classified as «wrongfully detained,» a US State Department official told CNN in May.According to Boykov, the court hearing will be held behind closed