Cherelle Griner, the wife of Brittney Griner, has been the WNBA star’s biggest supporter during the toughest phase of her life. Cherelle recently shared her thoughts on the whole situation after a Russian court denied Griner’s appeal and upheld her nine-year sentence. During the interview, BG’s wife revealed her one major wish that forced the Phoenix Mercury center to play in Russia and supplement the low salary in the WNBA.

Brittney Griner is stuck in Russia for over eight months now. Airport authorities first detained her in February for carrying vape cartridges filled with cannabis oil in her belongings. After her trial, Griner received nine years in prison under drug possession charges. Additionally, a Russian regional court recently denied her appeal for leniency on October 25.

Meanwhile, Cherelle Griner made a huge revelation while talking about the pay inequality of the WNBA in comparison with the NBA in a recent interview with The View.

Brittney Griner fulfilled Cherelle’s wish

During the interview, co-host Sunny Hostin pointed out that Griner traveled to Russia every offseason to supplement her meagre WNBA salary. In fact, she has been traveling to Russia during the WNBA offseason to play for UMMC Ekaterinburg since 2014.

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Meanwhile, Cherelle Griner encouraged other players to go overseas during the offseason if they deem it right. She also advised them to be careful of the geo-political nature of the country they are in. Further, Cherelle Griner said, “I’m grateful that my wife was willing to go overseas and make sure that I could go to law school and that we could have a home and things like that.”

Griner’s wife revealed that the 2014 WNBA champ traveled to Russia to have a better life for them. She also planned to pay for her law school with her salary. Luckily, Cherelle has stayed by Brittney Griner’s side all the way. She is still fighting every day to get her wife home safely and as soon as possible.

Cherelle addresses the difficult situation

Cherelle Griner further stated that it was really disheartening for her to see BG’s appeal being denied on October 25. She understood that every state and country had different rules, but the way Griner has been treated was quite absurd for her. She reckoned that there were convicted murderers in Russia who were handed lesser sentences than Griner.

Cherelle suggested that U.S authorities are her only hope as she could not expect anything from the Russian judicial system. The 29-year-old said, “There’s nothing to expect from a legal standpoint and all eggs are in the basket, you know, for our government and for America to see how important the issue is.”

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Griner’s wife hoped that the State Department will make the right efforts to bring the eight-time All-Star home. The Biden Administration has offered a prisoner swap for Griner and US Marine Paul Whelan in exchange for a convicted Russian arms dealer, Viktor Bout. However, the Kremlin is yet to provide a public response to the offer.