Inside Brittney Griner’s marriage to wife Cherelle as WNBA star is freed from Russian prison
BRITTNEY Griner has finally been freed from a Russian prison after a deal was struck.
The WNBA star had been locked up since February on drug smuggling charges at an airport in Moscow.
But a deal was struck between governments to send Griner back to the US, much to her wife's delight.
Cherelle Griner spoke on Thursday morning alongside President Joe Biden at the White House.
Brittney met Cherelle when they both attended Baylor University as undergraduates.
The couple married in June 2019 with Cherelle Watson changing her surname to Griner.
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According to her LinkedIn page, Cherelle attended Baylor University between 2010 and 2014 and majored in political science and government while minoring in family and child studies.
She graduated from the North Carolina Central University of Law in May 2022 and shared her accomplishment through an Instagram post.
"It’s graduation day. Name just got a little longer: Cherelle T. Griner, J.D.," she wrote.
Although Cherelle met Brittney while attending Baylor University in Texas, the couple didn't date until years later after Brittney split from her now ex-wife Glory Johnson in 2016.
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Brittney proposed to Cherelle in 2018 and they married a year later.
In a 2020 post on Instagram, Brittney reflected on the first time they met, sharing her love for her wife.
"I will never forget the day I met you at Baylor in the sub area!” Brittney wrote.
“You tapped me on my shoulder and told me I took your milkshake (still up for debate lol) and I was immediately blown away at your beauty!
"You had no idea but I knew you were the one for me baby. You stuck by my side at the lowest and at the highest!”