WASHINGTON — WNBA star Brittney Griner, a Houston native who has been sentenced to nine years in a Russian prison, is at her “weakest moment,” according to her wife who worries the two-time Olympic gold medalist will be moved to a labor camp if American officials do not negotiate her release soon.
Cherelle Griner, who has been married to Brittney Griner since 2019, spoke out for the first time since her wife’s sentencing two months ago in an interview with “CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King that broadcast Thursday. In it, she called the Phoenix Mercury center a “hostage” in Russia.
On Oct. 25, Russian court officials will hear Brittney Griner’s appeal of that prison sentence.
