In her first interview since her wifeWNBA Superstar Brittney Griner was sentenced to nine years in a Russian prison for drug possession, Cherelle Griner said CBS Mornings co-host Gayle King that she is afraid. Griner is inside her now 230th day in prison.
In the interview at her home in Phoenix, Cherelle told King that she never imagined being in a situation like this… that it didn’t feel real.
“It’s like a movie to me. I think, ‘In no world did I ever think, you know, that our President and a President of a foreign nation have to sit down and discuss my wife’s freedom.’ And as much as everyone tells me a different definition of what BG is, to me it feels like she’s a hostage,” Cherelle said.
“That must scare you,” King replied.
“It scares me because sometimes when you watch movies, those situations don’t end well. Sometimes they never get the person back,” Cherelle said.
Cherelle Griner says she is “appalled” by the fate of her wife Brittney Griner, who was sentenced to nine years in Russian prison: “To me it feels like she’s a hostage.”
Watch her exclusive interview with @GayleKing Thursday on #CBSmorning. pic.twitter.com/3tioXecuvm— CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) October 5, 2022
This week, Griner’s legal team got one Appeal date for October 25th. Meanwhile, the US government has confirmed that prisoner exchange negotiations are underway with Russia to bring Griner home with the former prisoner Marine Paul Whelan in exchange for the notorious Russian arms smuggler Victor fight.
President Biden met with Cherelle Griner and Paul Whelan’s sister Elizabeth in early September. Biden said he was confident an agreement could be reached, although there had been little sign of progress on either side since then.
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