From Moscow to the Met.

A supply tells Web page Six that WNBA star Brittney Griner, who was wrongfully detained in Russia from February 2022 till her launch in a prisoner swap in December 2022, shall be attending this 12 months’s Met Gala. 

Griner — who was despatched to a penal colony for allegedly having lower than a gram of medically prescribed hash in her baggage whereas taking part in basketball overseas — appeared in New York Metropolis earlier this month at Rev. Al Sharpton’s Nationwide Motion Community’s Girls’s Empowerment Luncheon on the Sheraton in New York the place she pledged to assist others detained abroad.

“I need to proceed to combat to carry residence each American detained abroad. Meaning every little thing to me,” she informed the group.

It’s unknown which designer the Phoenix Mercury star will accompany to trend’s largest night time. (There’s a longstanding custom that every visitor goes to the bash with the designer whose trend home dressed the star.)

The star-studded occasion takes place this 12 months on Might 1 with the theme “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Magnificence.”

Different stars anticipated to climb the well-known steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Artwork embrace Kim Kardashian, who lately Instagrammed photos of herself with Lagerfeld’s well-known cat Choupette, and Paris Hilton, who’s attending for the primary time.

Web page Six additionally hears that Rihanna, Salma Hayek, Pete Davidson, Olivia Rodrigo and Serena Williams are amongst these slated to be on the fête.

Blake Vigorous, who has gone up to now, won’t be there.

Anna Wintour selected Dua Lipa, Penélope Cruz, Roger Federer and Michaela Coel to affix her as co-hosts for the night, which can have fun Lagerfeld’s work for Chanel, Fendi, Chloé, Balmain and his eponymous manufacturers.

Lagerfeld died on the age of 85 in 2019.