Brittney Griner Discusses Letter Urging Wife to Move On During Russian Imprisonment
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Summary
Brittney Griner discussed the emotional letter she wrote to her wife Cherelle while imprisoned in Russia, in which she urged Cherelle to move on and date someone else if Griner couldn't return home. The WNBA star reflected on this difficult moment during an interview with Sports in America, four years after her 2022 arrest and nine-year prison sentence in Russia.
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Griner... reflected on the 'hard letter' she wrote to Cherelle from the prison, pleading with her wife to move on if she was unable to return to the United States.
Griner, who was sentenced to nine years in a Russian prison, told her wife she'd understand if Cherelle started dating someone else.
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