CNN —Brittney Griner feared that her plane would be shot down after she was released from detention in Russia, the WNBA star said in a new interview with The Cut.
Speaking with former US soccer icon Megan Rapinoe in an interview published in The Cut on Monday, Griner recalled the moment she learned that she was being released.
“I got a note underneath my door that said, ‘Be ready at midnight,’ or some late, crazy hour,” she said.
I was worried someone might shoot the plane down.
The US State Department, however, deemed that Griner had been wrongfully detained, and she was released in December 2022 in a prisoner swap involving Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.
Persons:
Brittney Griner, Megan Rapinoe, Griner, “, ‘, ” Griner, Viktor Bout, Suzanne Cordeiro, ”, Rapinoe, Bash Raymond Griner
Organizations:
CNN, WNBA, US State Department, Russian, Getty, Phoenix Mercury
Locations:
Russia, San Antonio , Texas, AFP