Weed-smuggler WNBA player Brittney Griner, who was swapped for the most dangerous Russian arms dealer, revealed in an interview with ABC News’ Robin Roberts that during her time in a Russian prison cell, she grappled with suicidal thoughts on multiple occasions.
“I wanted to take my life more than once in the first weeks,” Griner said. “I felt like leaving here so badly.”
Griner shared that these thoughts emerged shortly after she was detained by Russian authorities for carrying vape cartridges in her luggage at a Moscow airport in February 2022.
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