While many continue to rejoice for the Russian prison release and U.S. return of WNBA player Brittney Griner, several social media users were stunned to see her without her signature locs. Well, word on the street is that she was forced to cut her dreads to keep them from freezing after her showers.
Brittney Griner Forced To Cut Her Signature Locs In Russian Prison Because Her Dreads Kept Freezing After Showers
On Thursday (December 8), the 32-year-old WNBA star was released from Russian custody and videos and pictures showed her without her signature look. While she kept her long length throughout most of her detainment, Griner hopped off a plane without her long locs.
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According to one of Griner’s Russian lawyers, Maria Blagovolina, the Phoenix Mercury basketball player ended up cutting her hair because of the harsh and frigid temperatures in the Mordovia penal colony where she was serving her nine-year sentence.
Blagovolina said, “It’s very cold in there and every time she washed her hair she got cold and would get a chill.” Blagovolina also said, “She should have waited until New Year’s Day.”
It was even revealed that Griner ended up catching the flu recently, and to better prepare for the colder months ahead, she chopped her dreads off.
Prior to Griner’s transfer to Mordovia’s penal colony, Blagovolina previously said that it was “a very challenging period” for her client, and that Griner was “very stressed” as she “tried to adjust to new surroundings.”
However, despite the frigid and freezing temperatures in Russia, Blagovolina said that her client “is a fighter;” and that despite the adjustment being “extremely challenging” for Griner, she “did really great” adapting to life in the penal colony.
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