Weeks before Brittney Griner faces a hearing for her appeal of a 9½-year prison sentence in Russia, her wife, Cherelle Griner, told CBS that the WNBA star is “at her absolute weakest moment in life” in an interview that aired Thursday.
after two vape cartridges containing 0.702 grams of cannabis oil were found in her luggage at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport in February.
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. She is appealing the sentence and awaits an Oct. 25 hearing. The U.S. government“She’s not herself. When I see her, she’s not herself,” Cherelle Griner said. “I say she’s strong because, how are you still standing? Like, how are you still alive going through this? But B.G.
“I did not get out of my bed. It was the most disturbing phone call I’ve ever experienced. … You could hear that she was not okay. 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.”with Cherelle Griner and the sister of detained former U.S. marine Paul Whelan to tell them that the detainees “are at front of mind.
Cherelle Griner told King that she is concerned her wife could be moved to a labor camp if a deal for Griner’s release is not settled before her appeal later this month. “In my brain I’m like, ‘Please, in two weeks have figured this out,’” she said. “The reality of the situation is that once that hearing is held and the order is finalized, B.G. is now in the position where she could be moved to a labor camp. And my brain can’t even fathom it.”
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