Brittney Griner's wife, Cherelle, says it feels like the WNBA star is being held as a hostage in Russia.
, is speaking out for the first time since the WNBA star was sentenced to nine years in prison in Russia ... saying it feels like her partner is being held as"a hostage" in the foreign country.this week -- and explained she's absolutely"terrified" of what's going on with Griner, her trial, and the negotiations to get her out.
"It's like a movie for me," she said."In no world did I ever thought our president and a foreign nation president would be sitting down having to discuss the freedom of my wife."in February in Russia after she was found to have hashish oil in her luggage while at an airport. During her trial, Griner admitted to having the substances in her bag, but she told a judge that she packed it by mistake and had no intentions of breaking Russian laws. She was eventually found guilty -- and
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