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This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at\u00a0988 or 1-800-273-TALK\u00a0(8255).<\/i><\/p>\n

WNBA star Brittney Griner<\/a> said she wanted to die by suicide when she first was arrested and put into a Russian jail in 2022 in an interview that aired on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Griner spoke to ABC News\u2019 Robin Roberts and talked at length about her experience in Russia when she was arrested on drug smuggling charges.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Previous clips of the interview showed Griner blaming a “mental lapse”<\/a> for having cartridges containing cannabis oil in her luggage, and she detailed what it was like staying in the prison system for over 10 months.<\/p>\n

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“I wanted to take my life more than once in the first weeks,” the Phoenix Mercury star said. “I felt like leaving here so badly.”<\/p>\n

She said she decided not to do it because she was afraid the Russian authorities would not release her body to her family.<\/p>\n

Griner said that before she was released in an exchange with convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, she was forced to write a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n

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“They made me write this letter. It was in Russian,” she said. “I had to ask for forgiveness and thanks from their so-called great leader. I didn\u2019t want to do it, but at the same time I wanted to come home.”<\/p>\n

Griner also said she was disappointed that Paul Whelan<\/a>, another American detained in Russia, was not included in the trade.<\/p>\n

“I walked on and didn\u2019t see him, maybe he\u2019s next. Maybe they will bring him next,” she said. “They closed the door and I was like, are you serious? You\u2019re not going to let this man come home now.”<\/p>\n

Griner returned to the Mercury for the 2023 season and was named an All-Star.<\/p>\n

The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n

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