Dennis Rodman Plans to Visit Russia to Help WNBA Star.

Aug.22.2022
Dennis Rodman Plans to Visit Russia to Help WNBA Star.
Dennis Rodman plans to visit Russia to help free WNBA star Brittney Griner who received a 9-year sentence for drug offenses.

Former NBA player Dennis Rodman, who is currently in Indonesia, is reportedly planning to visit Russia in an effort to secure the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner who has been sentenced to nine years in prison on drug charges.


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I have been granted permission to go to Russia and help that girl (Brittney Griner). I plan to go there this week," Rodman said on Saturday (August 20) in Washington D.C. while speaking to NBC.


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