{"id":465972,"date":"2022-06-21T04:15:07","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T01:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/brittney-griners-wife-slams-us-government-for-botched-phone-call\/"},"modified":"2022-06-21T04:15:07","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T01:15:07","slug":"brittney-griners-wife-slams-us-government-for-botched-phone-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/brittney-griners-wife-slams-us-government-for-botched-phone-call\/","title":{"rendered":"#Brittney Griner&#8217;s wife slams US government for botched phone call"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23e4f80b138\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23e4f80b138\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/brittney-griners-wife-slams-us-government-for-botched-phone-call\/#%E2%80%9CBrittney_Griners_wife_slams_US_government_for_botched_phone_call%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Brittney Griner&#8217;s wife slams US government for botched phone call&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CBrittney_Griners_wife_slams_US_government_for_botched_phone_call%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Brittney Griner&#8217;s wife slams US government for botched phone call&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Brittney Griner tried to call her wife 11 times on their anniversary, but the U.S. government failed to connect the call. Cherelle Griner is livid. <\/p>\n<p>Saturday was the fourth anniversary of Brittney and Cherelle Griner\u2019s marriage. The two have not spoken in four months as Brittney has been detained in Russia on cannabis charges. <\/p>\n<p>Cherelle Griner told the AP on Monday that their Saturday phone call had been planned, but she learned that Brittney attempted to call her almost a dozen times, only no one from the U.S. embassy in Moscow was staffed to patch it through. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was distraught. I was hurt. I was done, fed up,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-entertainment-sports-only-on-ap-brittney-griner-eab2338c18eab0fe600507eb6eb68093\">Cherelle Griner told The Associated Press<\/a>, of how she felt on the anniversary. \u201cI\u2019m pretty sure I texted BG\u2019s agent and was like: \u2018I don\u2019t want to talk to anybody. It\u2019s going to take me a minute to get my emotions together, and just tell everybody I\u2019m unavailable right now.\u2019 Because it just knocked me out. I wasn\u2019t well, I\u2019m still not well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The State Department told the AP: \u201cWe deeply regret that Brittney Griner was unable to speak with her wife because of a logistical error.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"740\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/GettyImages-1345598018-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22736314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/GettyImages-1345598018-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/GettyImages-1345598018-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Brittney Griner\u2019s wife Cherelle slammed the U.S. government after they messed up a scheduled phone call for the couple\u2019s fourth anniversary.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nonetheless, Cherelle Griner said she was \u201cvery pissed\u201d considering this phone call had been scheduled for two weeks, and no one had warned her that staffing issues could arise due to it being on a weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI find it unacceptable and I have zero trust in our government right now. If I can\u2019t trust you to catch a Saturday call outside of business hours, how can I trust you to actually be negotiating on my wife\u2019s behalf to come home? Because that\u2019s a much bigger ask than to catch a Saturday call.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She has been hoping to meet with President Biden, or at least speak to him, but is losing hope. \u201cAt this point it\u2019s starting to feel like a no,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/brittney-griner-moscow-russia.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner leaves a courtroom after a hearing, in Khimki just outside Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 13, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-22653762\" width=\"618\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/brittney-griner-moscow-russia.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1233 1236w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/brittney-griner-moscow-russia.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=925 927w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/brittney-griner-moscow-russia.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=618 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/brittney-griner-moscow-russia.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=308 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/brittney-griner-moscow-russia.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\"\/><figcaption>Brittney Griner is wrongfully detained. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Alexander Zemlianichenko<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The State Department has said that Brittney Griner, the seven-time WNBA All-Star who was accused of possessing cannabis vape cartridges at a Russian airport in February, is wrongfully detained.  <\/p>\n<p>Cherelle Griner was hoping to use this phone call as an opportunity to assess her wife\u2019s well-being.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was such a big moment because this would have been the first time where I truly could tell if she\u2019s OK,\u201d she said. \u201cThis would have been the first time for me to actually just hear her in real time and to truly know if she\u2019s okay or to know if she\u2019s seconds away from not being in existence anymore.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Cherelle Griner is livid. Saturday was the fourth anniversary of Brittney and Cherelle Griner\u2019s marriage. 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