WNBA star and wife are expecting their first child. They announced the news via a joint post on Saturday, April 13, alongside a photo of the couple holding hands next to an ultrasound of their child. “Can’t believe we’re less than three months away from meeting our favorite human being 🤍 #BabyGrinerComingSoon #July2024,” Cherelle, 31, wrote in the caption, indicating that the due date will be sometime in July.
Brittney, 33, and Cherelle first met over a decade ago while both attending Baylor University from 2009 to 2013. Though they didn’t start dating until years later, the duo officially tied the knot in June 2019 just a year after Brittney popped the question. The couple’s pregnancy news comes one year after from a Russian prison after being at a Moscow airport in February 2022 while playing for UMMC Ekaterinburg during the WNBA offseason.
Russian authorities claimed that the professional basketball player had smuggled hash oil into the country in her luggage. News of her arrest did not reach the public until weeks later. In May 2022, the U.
S. State Department stated that Brittney had been “wrongfully detained” and began negotiating her release. Griner pled guilty in a Russian court on July 7, 2022, and was initially sentenced to 9 years in prison.
The Phoenix Mercury player was released on December 8, 2022, after her freedom was negotiated in exchange for a convicted arms dealer. “It terrifies me, because when you watch movies, sometimes those situati.
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