Roy Jones Jr., a dual U.S. and Russian citizen, tells TMZ Sports he's actively working on getting WNBA star Brittney Griner freed from a Russian jail, and is even willing to travel to Moscow to assist.
"I had a friend, a couple of my friends that I knew, I called and I asked him 'Is there any way we can try to facilitate?' because I don't do politics. I'm a sports figure and they love me as a sports figure. 'Is there any way we can use my sports influence to possibly can get anything arranged to help get Brittney home?'""My friend called and he called me back and he said, 'yes, they said they'd be willing to do a prisoner exchange.
' She's not necessarily a person that's a real prisoner but I'm sure that maybe the U.S. will be understanding of this and get her back home because I'd be terrified if my kid was stuck in a foreign country in jail, you know?""One of my guys is like -- he's the right-hand man to the office of Mr. Putin, so he's high up on the political scheme. He's a reporter and he usually does most of the reporting for Mr.