WNBA star Brittney Griner's wife laments Biden's 'disheartening' silence on Russian detainment

Cherelle Griner, wife of WNBA star Brittney Griner, shares her disappointment with Biden's silence on her wife's detainment on 'CBS Mornings.'

WNBA star Brittney Griner is pleading her case to President Biden, asking if the U.S. can intervene and liberate her from her long-standing Russian detainment amid fears that she may be imprisoned "forever." In recent weeks, Griner's wife Cherelle broke her silence as well, calling for the Biden White House to step up.

"It kills me every time that I write to her, and she's asking ‘Have you met with him yet?’ And I have to say no," she told "CBS Mornings" host Gayle King about her wife, who has been held in Russia after being arrested allegedly for possession of cannabis.

"I'm sure she's like, ‘I’m going to write him and ask now because my family has tried to no avail, so I'm going to do it myself.'" 

Cherelle Griner said Biden's silent response to her wife's handwritten letter is "very disheartening."

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Brittney Griner #42 of the Phoenix Mercury celebrates during Game Two of the 2021 WNBA Finals on October 13, 2021 at Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona. (Barry Gossage/NBAE via Getty Images)

"I still have not heard from him," she lamented following an urgent spiel about calling government attention to her wife's detainment.

Cherelle, who wed Griner in 2017, said she has been silent for a majority of her detainment but decided to make her voice heard after realizing her silence produced no progress. 

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