Brittney Griner’s guilty plea Thursday has not lessened the support the Olympic gold medalist continues to receive from her WNBA peers. The Phoenix Mercury...
WNBA Commissioner Cathy Englebert issued a statement saying the league is continuing its effort to aide in Griner’s release.
Speaking through an interpreter, Griner told the court that she had no intention of committing a crime and had acted unintentionally because she had packed for Moscow in a hurry. The trial was then adjourned until July 14. “Brittney Griner remains wrongfully detained in Russia and nothing that happened today changes that 140 days later,” Englebert said. “The WNBA continues to work diligently with the U.S. State Department, the White House, and other allies in and outside government to get Brittney home safely and as soon as possible.
The plea came a day after President Joe Biden had a phone conversation with Griner’s wife Cherelle during which he told her that he is working to free the two-time Olympic gold medalists as soon as possible. “We’re basketball players and coaches, but when your friend is in danger, when your friend is saying in a letter that they’re scared, those things are hard to get away from,” Mercury coach Vanessa Nygaard said. “We don’t get to walk into our jobs and leave our lives behind. We all know that. We’re all having that experience. With this situation with BG, it is hard for everyone on the team.”
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