Brittney Griner’s wife meets Joe Biden as WNBA star remains locked in ‘gruelling’ Russian prison

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The wife of basketball player Brittney Griner, who has been sentenced to nine years in a Russian prison, met with US president Joe Biden to discuss her release. 

Cherelle Griner married Brittney – a professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) – in 2019.

Cherelle described the past seven months without her wife Brittney as “gruelling”, and took to Instagram to write: “I want to thank President Biden for yesterday’s meeting as well as the Administration for its efforts to secure my wife’s release. 

“It was an honor to speak with him directly about the Brittney we know and love. I’ve felt every minute of the grueling seven months without her. I look forward to the day my wife is back home.”

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