WNBA player Brittney Griner has filed for divorce from her wife of seven years, Cherelle, court records show. Cherelle was a vocal voice during Griner’s Russian imprisonment, constantly pleading with U.S. government officials to bring the former Atlanta Dream star home.

Background

When Griner returned home in late 2022, she thanked then-President Joe Biden for his efforts. Griner was freed in a prisoner exchange for convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. She was arrested at Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow on Feb. 17, 2022, after Russian authorities said she had vape cartridges with cannabis oil inside her luggage.

Griner wrote in her memoir that she expected Cherelle to get a divorce if she had actually stayed in Russia for her entire prison sentence. The Griners married in 2019 and share a son, but the WNBA star said the marriage was ‘irretrievably broken.’ This would be Griner’s second divorce.

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