Brittney Griner's anniversary call with wife never happens after snafu: 'I have zero trust in our government'

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Brittney Griner, who has been detained abroad since February, tried to call her wife 11 times through the American embassy in Russia on their fourth anniversary, but nobody was there to patch her through.

Cherelle Griner told the Associated Press on Monday she was set to speak to her wife from a Russian jail after four months of no communication. Things were set to change Saturday after getting approval from the Russian government to connect with Griner.

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Brittney Griner #42 of the Phoenix Mercury kisses her wife Cherelle Griner in the stands after the Mercury defeated the Las Vegas Aces 87-84 in Game Five of the 2021 WNBA Playoffs semifinals to win the series at Michelob ULTRA Arena on Oct. 8, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada.  (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

But Cherelle Griner learned the truth from her wife’s lawyers on Monday.

The Phoenix Mercury center actually dialed the number she’d been given at the U.S. embassy in Moscow nearly a dozen times. The couple had been told the embassy was going to patch the call through to Cherelle Griner in Phoenix. The call went unanswered because the desk at the embassy where the phone rang was unstaffed on Saturday.

"I was distraught. I was hurt. I was done, fed up," Cherelle Griner told the Associated Press. ""I'm pretty sure I texted BG's agent and was like: ‘I don't want to talk to anybody. It's going to take me a minute to get my emotions together, and just tell everybody I'm unavailable right now.' Because it just knocked me out. I wasn't well, I'm still not well."

Brittney Griner #42 of the Phoenix Mercury is defended by Azurá Stevens #30 of the Chicago