In her first interview since her spouse, Brittney Griner, was sentenced to 9 years in a Russian jail for drug possession, Cherelle Griner advised "CBS Mornings" co-host Gayle King that she is scared of the WNBA star's destiny.
"It is like a film for me. I am like, 'In no world did I ever thought, you understand, our president and a overseas nation president can be sitting down having to debate the liberty of my spouse.' And so to me, as a lot as all people's telling me a unique definition of what B.G. is, it feels to me as if she's a hostage," Cherelle mentioned.
"That should scare you," King replied.
"It terrifies me as a result of, I imply, while you watch films, like, typically these conditions do not finish effectively. Typically they by no means get the individual again," mentioned Cherelle.
Griner, an eight-time all-star heart with the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury and a two-time Olympic gold medalist, was convicted Aug. 4 after police mentioned they discovered vape canisters containing hashish oil in her baggage at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport.
On Tuesday, the White Home known as Griner's upcoming enchantment "one other sham judicial continuing," and mentioned President Biden is telling his administration to have interaction with the Russian authorities in any respect ranges, to deliver Griner dwelling instantly. However for Cherelle Griner the worry of by no means seeing her spouse once more is setting in.
"I imply, that is my life and so I am sitting there like, 'Can we get her again? Do I ever get to see my spouse once more?' Like, what occurs right here? The truth that every little thing's so unprecedented and every little thing's, like, changeable I feel is a very good phrase. Like, I really feel like day by day I am listening to one thing new, and so it is simply type of like, it is terrifying," Cherelle mentioned.
Extra of Gayle King's interview with Cherelle Griner will air on "CBS Mornings" on Thursday, October 6.x