Earlier this month, a Russian court docket prolonged WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Griner’s pretrial detention till at the least June following her arrest.
According to Russian authorities, Griner had hashish oil in her baggage and has been accused of smuggling vital quantities of a narcotic substance — an offense punishable by as much as 10 years in jail.
“I used to be numb. I could not transfer after which I stated: ‘You’ve received to rise up now,'” Cherelle Griner stated on ABC’s “Good Morning America” concerning the second she discovered of her spouse’s arrest.
Griner added that she communicates together with her spouse “sporadically, right here and there” by means of letters and “completely” needs to talk with US President Joe Biden concerning the state of affairs.
“I simply maintain listening to that he has the facility,” Griner stated. “She’s a political pawn, so in the event that they’re holding her as a result of they need you [Biden] to do one thing, then I would like you to do it.”
Three weeks in the past, the State Department categorised Griner as being wrongfully detained.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken beforehand stated the State Department is engaged on the case day and night time, and that Cherelle Griner ought to to not hesitate to achieve out if there’s something she isn’t getting.
However, Griner stated that she does not know if her spouse is a precedence in the best way Blinken has described.
“I do not know,” she stated. “He stated she is high precedence, however I wish to see it. I really feel wish to see it will be me seeing BG on US soil. At this level, I do not even know who I’m getting again when she comes again.”
