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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5571/A8.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='US Basketball Star Pleads Guilty in Russia Drugs Trial' data-article-id='6170'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='10396'>American basketball star Brittney Griner admitted guilt to drug possession in a Russian court on Thursday. </span> <span data-start-time='10396' data-end-time='14938'>She also said she did not mean to break the law.</span> <span data-start-time='14938' data-end-time='17938'>"I'd like to plead guilty, your honor. </span> <span data-start-time='17938' data-end-time='20229'>But there was no intent. </span> <span data-start-time='20229' data-end-time='25083'>I didn't want to break the law," Griner said in English. </span> <span data-start-time='25083' data-end-time='31729'>Her plea was then repeated in Russian for the court in Moscow.</span> <span data-start-time='31729' data-end-time='48250'>One of Greiner’s lawyers added, “Brittney stressed that she committed the crime out of carelessness, getting ready to board a plane to Russia in a hurry, not intending to break Russian law.”</span> <span data-start-time='48250' data-end-time='60229'>Griner was detained in February at the airport in Moscow after smoking devices with cannabis oil were reportedly found in her belongings. </span> <span data-start-time='60229' data-end-time='69917'>She could face up to 10 years in Russian prison if she is convicted of transporting illegal drugs.</span> <span data-start-time='69917' data-end-time='76188'>Griner’s next court hearing is set to take place on July 14.</span> <span data-start-time='76188' data-end-time='83750'>Griner’s lawyer told reporters they were hoping for the lightest sentencing possible. </span> <span data-start-time='83750' data-end-time='91667'>The Russian foreign ministry said Griner could appeal her sentence once a verdict has been given.</span> <span data-start-time='91667' data-end-time='106708'>Griner is a two-time Olympic gold medalist and a member of the Phoenix Mercury - one of the teams of the Women’s National Basketball Association, or WNBA. </span> <span data-start-time='106708' data-end-time='114708'>In the off-season, Griner competes for the Russian team UMMC Ekaterinburg.</span> <span data-start-time='114708' data-end-time='118125'>The trial began last week in Moscow. </span> <span data-start-time='118125' data-end-time='125042'>Her arrest five months ago came one week before Russia launched its war in Ukraine.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' 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disputed issue in a civil or criminal case or an inquest'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5571/a_decision_on_a_disputed_issue_in_a_civil_or_criminal_case_or_an_inquest.wav'><span>a decision on a disputed issue in a civil or criminal case or an inquest</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5571/a_person_who_does_not_eat_any_food_derived_from_animals_and_who_typically_does_not_use_other_animal_products.wav'><span>a person who does not eat any food derived from animals and who typically does not use other animal products</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5571/the_place_where_something_happens_especially_an_organized_event_such_as_a_concert_conference_or_sports_event.wav'><span>the place where something happens, especially an organized event such as a concert, conference, or sports 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5571/watershed_natural_bog_alliance.wav'><span>Watershed Natural Bog Alliance</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5571/wisconsin_natives_business_area.wav'><span>Wisconsin Natives Business Area</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5571/womens_nighttime_baseball_administration.wav'><span>Women's Nighttime Baseball Administration</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=18748 data-hint-location='118125' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5571/her_arrest_five_months_ago_came_one_week_before_russia_launched_its__blank__in_ukraine.wav'>Her arrest five months ago came one week before Russia launched its <span class='blank'>war</span> in 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