Sports Brittney Griner committed ‘to help all wrongfully detained Americans’, Congressman says February 16, 2023Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAYComments Off on Brittney Griner committed ‘to help all wrongfully detained Americans’, Congressman says Brittney Griner, 32, spent nearly 10 months in detention in Russia after she was detained in February 2022. She was released into U.S. custody Dec. 8.