Brittney Griner

Brittney Griner's wife, Cherelle, spoke to CBS about the WNBA star's mental health as a hearing for her appeal approaches later this month.

You know if you think about a person suffering and when they have suffered to a max, like you could hear that she was at the max that day.” [President Biden met last month](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/09/15/brittney-griner-paul-whalen-biden/?itid=lk_inline_manual_14) with Cherelle Griner and the sister of detained former U.S. “In my brain I’m like, ‘Please, in two weeks have figured this out,’” she said. Cherelle Griner said she has twice spoken with Griner on the phone since her detainment. She is appealing the sentence and awaits an Oct. An eight-time all-star center with the Phoenix Mercury, Griner pleaded guilty to carrying the cartridges and was sentenced to 9½ years in prison by a Russian court in August.

OCTOBER 6, 2022: WASHINGTON (AP) - WNBA star Brittney Griner is at her "absolute weakest moment in life right ...

UNDATED (AP)- Brittney Griner made an appeal to President Joe Biden in a letter passed on to the White House through her representatives saying she feared she may never return home and asking that he not “forget about me and the other American Detainees.” Griner’s agent says the letter was delivered on Monday (July 4, 2022). Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Thursday (July 21, 2022) that the legalization of cannabis for medical and recreational use in parts of the U.S. KHIMKI, Russia (AP) — WNBA star Brittney Griner testified at her drug possession trial in Russia that an interpreter translated only a fraction of what was said during questioning when she was detained at Moscow’s airport in February 2022 and officials told her to sign documents without giving an explanation. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Washington has offered a deal to Russia aimed at bringing home the WNBA star and another jailed American, Paul Whelan. 16, 2022) with the families of WNBA star Brittney Griner and Michigan corporate security executive Paul Whelan, both of whom remain jailed in Russia. WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Joe Biden plans to meet at the White House on Friday (Sept.

Cherelle Griner said the basketball player told her in a phone call that she felt “like my life just doesn't matter.”

Cherelle Griner said the first conversation was “just so delightful” and felt optimistic that her wife would survive the ordeal. But the second conversation, she said, “was the most disturbing phone call I’ve ever experienced.” The Biden administration said in July that it had made a “substantial proposal” to get them home. The administration has not provided specifics about its proposal, but a person familiar with the matter previously confirmed it had offered to release Viktor Bout, a convicted Russian arms dealer imprisoned in the U.S. The WNBA star said she had inadvertently packed them and had no criminal intent. Her defense lawyers said she had been prescribed cannabis for pain.

Cherelle Griner has had two very different phone calls with her wife, Brittney Griner, since the WNBA star was arrested in Russia for drug possession in ...

Cherelle said that as Griner questions if her life matters, she wants her to know that she is fighting to bring her back to the United States. "Once that hearing is held, and the order is finalized, B.G.'s now in the position where she could be moved to a labor camp," Cherelle said. "Those are all valid emotions to feel and I don't have answers for, except the fact that your life matters to me, and I wanna get you back home," she said. Cherelle said she felt some hope when she heard about the release of Trevor Reed, the former U.S. "It's just the most still, I think, moment I've just ever shared with my wife," she added. She thought her wife was okay and that they "could survive this." as well," Cherelle said. In August, she was sentenced to nine years in a Russian prison. It was the most disturbing phone call I'd ever experienced." "You could hear that she was not okay. If you think about just a person's suffering and when they have suffered to a max…she was at the max that day," Cherelle told "CBS Mornings" co-host Gayle King. "It was just so delightful just to hear her voice," Cherelle disclosed about the first call.

Sus abogados defensores dijeron que le habían recetado cannabis para el dolor. La estrella de la WNBA dijo que los había empacado sin darse cuenta y que no ...

Aunque Brittney Griner fue arrestada en febrero, en medio de la escalada de tensiones debido a la invasión rusa de Ucrania, la pareja no habló por teléfono hasta agosto. La administración de Biden dijo en julio que había hecho una "propuesta sustancial" para traerlos a casa. Pero Cherelle Griner dijo después de esa audiencia que su esposa podría ser trasladada a un campo de trabajos forzados en otra parte de Rusia.