WNBA player Brittney Griner, who spent most of last year in a Russian jail for a drug offense, has spoken out for the release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested last week in Russia on purported “espionage” charges.
Griner took to her Instagram account on Saturday with her wife, Cherelle, and the pair said that their “hearts are filled with great concern” for the arrested journalist, the New York Post reported.
“Every American who is taken is ours to fight for and every American returned is a win for us all,” they wrote, adding that the Biden administration should use “every tool possible to bring Evan and all wrongfully detained Americans home.”
Joe Biden has already called for the release of the reporter, saying, “Let him go” in a public comment on March 31.
Griner, of course, is famous for having been arrested at a Moscow airport in February last year for having cannabis-infused vape cartridges in her luggage, a serious…
