The wife of Brittney Griner says the US basketball star is “like a hostage” after being jailed for nine years in Russia on drug charges.
Griner, 31, was sentenced on 4 August, having been detained in February for possessing less than a gram of cannabis oil.
Cherelle Griner told CBS News on Thursday that she felt her wife’s punishment was “not balanced”.
A hearing for Brittney Griner’s appeal will take place on 25 October.
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Griner, a double Olympic gold medallist, admitted possessing the cannabis oil, which was found in vape cartridges in her luggage at a Russian airport, but told the court she had made an “honest mistake”.
Her wife says she is “not OK” and has only been able to speak to the WNBA star twice over the phone since August.
“The first conversation I had with her, it was just delightful to hear her voice,” she said.
“But the second… the minute I hung up I think I cried for about two days straight, I did not get out of my bed.
“I didn’t know if she had anything left in her tank to wake up every day and be in a place where she has no one. “
