Brittney Griner's wife details call from Russian prison
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- čas přidán 5. 10. 2022
- Brittney Griner's appeal of her nine-year prison sentence in Russia has been scheduled for October 25. "CBS Mornings" co-host Gayle King sits down exclusively with her wife, Cherelle Griner, for her first interview since Brittney Griner's sentencing. Cherelle shares what happened on a phone call with Brittney from Russia that left her crying in bed for days.
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If they rescue her from a 9 year sentence they need to rescue all the US citizens in Russia
with 9 years.
What about people in US jails doing time for same crime?
@@nenadmitrovic3469 I never heard of Americans getting sentenced to 9 years for having prescriptions of medical marijuana.
@@kingdomquest2521 she tried to enter forbiden substance, hidden over the border, that is also smuggling
@@nenadmitrovic3469 Smuggling drugs is a big deal in America .It sounds like she should be thankful to have only gotten nine years.
@@kingdomquest2521 You can not enter the U.S. On any international flight with any THC vape pen,or leaf..sadly it's still a schedule 1 narcotic( same as Cocaine or Heroin) but honestly it's likely they would simply confiscate it,or possibly a tiny class C misdemeanor fine...
Why didn’t Gayle ask her the most important question…why did BG choose to go to Russia, this season, despite State department travel warnings????
Why she did choose to go with ilegal substance
right she just could not figure out u cant fly with pot get real whos fault is this..
Because the WNBA doesn't make money here so they need to seek money elsewhere
@@nenadmitrovic3469 she had to so she should've chosen not to go
@@pootersnacks the doctors fault
I sympathize with them. However , you can’t tell a sovereign nation how to enforce their laws.
It's like you know nothing about Russia at all. Russia is not a “sovereign nation”, it's a brutal dictatorship with no rule of law that pretends to be a normal country. Calling it a “sovereign nation” makes it sound like you think it's an average country, with normal laws and a normal prison system. It's not.
She got unlucky to give them an “excuse” to capture her, but “laws” in Russia are designed in such a way that you can imprison anybody, and keeping her in prison is also a political decision, because, as I said, there's no rule of law in Russia, one call from FSB and she'll be held in prison forever with more charges found, another call and she'll be released immediately.
Prison sentences in Russia are always about politics or money eventually. Even if you end up in the hands of the system by being an average criminal, like you steal something from a supermarket, once you enter the prison system, it becomes more about money, ор politics, оr resource extraction rather than your original crime, as you become essentially like an object to them, a resource, that they think about exploiting somehow. In Russia, the prisons are managed by ФСИН, which are curated by FSB. If you have money or an apartment or relatives, they can extort you. If you're nobody with nothing, they can torture you and force you to confess to more crimes and say anything they need to add points for their promotion. If you're an American, FSB will be involved 100% and will curate everything that happens to you, as normal Russians can easily be brutally tortured or raped in prisons, and easily killed as torture methods in average prisons are not sophisticated and often involve blunt force: severe beatings, which can easily cause internal bleeding; long rapes with large object that can puncture guts. At the very least they don't want scandals like that with foreigners. So for sure FSB is curating this and fine tuning her “living conditions”.
But, like I said before, to them she's a resource, a hostage they can keep in hopes of gaining something. Calling her just a normal prisoner is ridiculous if you undertand Russia.
Yes, you can
@@joech1065 totalitarian shitholes are still sovereign nations personally id stay well clear of russia, dprk, china, Venezuela anywhere with strong anti American sentiment and id definitely not bring drugs into there. Give em an excuse to arrest you and they will its a game to them.
Didn't she just get divorced???
Remove every cannabis prisoner in America first then we'll talk
Let’s pretend none of this happened. Brittany and her wife wouldn’t lose a second of sleep if I was locked up for the same crime. At most they’d think about it for two minutes and watch TV or something
Sounds like a hateful stance.
Sorry your a nobody
@@RipsRidiculus11 sounds true to me. How many American Soldiers or civilians are locked up. One for protection our country which Brittney hates America. The other group that goes to visit or a church group. A lot of them have been forgotten. Brittney break their laws. Deal with the consequences.
How do you know they would act like that and not pray for you?
And why is it so much hate toward this woman?
She’s not a hostage, just a prosecuted criminal
and also a traitor to her country
Gtfoutta hea troll
@@jimlewis2395 amen
She's a convict.
@@jimlewis2395 that is exactly why we should leave her she cant stand to salute our flag but now that shes in trouble the usa is so nice and carring we should leave her and focus on American marines that are imprisoned in russia not britney griner
Russia don’t GAF about your wife ma’am 😢
Exactly!!!
Neither do we 😂
@@johnschultz8906 why? Why do you have to be so cruel
@@WitchKing-Of-Angmar Why would we feel bad? She got herself in the situation
@@amoggvenkat710 that's not it, your literally obligated to hate her, its not subtle, virtually no one thinks you are referring to her having cannabis being the issue, its obviously her other qualities you deem lesser than your own morals. And so, she deserves imprisonment for that. Unbelievable, no one has this much disdaining hate for someone they act like they don't care about.
BG broke the laws of another country. She is exactly where she needs to be. I have zero sympathy for her
This is a terrible situation but she’s not a hostage. She entered a foreign country and broke their laws. The laws are very notorious and explicit. Follow the laws of the countries you enter or stay home. American egos especially those of athletes believe they’re above the law no matter where they are. You can’t compare punishment in Russia to punishment in the US. Do the crime, do the time. Otherwise visit a country, obey the laws and go home safely. Stop justifying her crime. It was a crime there, period. It is what it is. She should’ve left her meds at home. Or, stayed home if she needed them that badly. It’s not even legal in most US states so let’s stop trying to pretend like it is.
I think the punishment was too harsh for a few ounces of canibas oil to be used for pain in her leg
@@valeriebenwell2573 We’ll he’s got to learn that other countries are not like the U.S! People like him take advantage of our country and commit all these crimes and get away with it. But he goin learn today and come out more humble and maybe win another championship ring 💍
@@valeriebenwell2573 You’re welcome to think whatever you want, but my point, which is fact not opinion, is that she broke the law in a foreign country and has to face the consequences. The consequences and punishment are what they are, whether we agree with them or not. My comment was not intended to address personal opinion about the harshness of her sentence. At the end of the day she chose to bring drugs, regardless of the amount, into a foreign country where it’s illegal. Even the smallest amount of drug possession there can land a minimum of 3 years up to 15 and remember a prison sentence can be a work camp. That should be enough to make any foreigner leave their drugs at home. Common sense dictates the punishment will be harsher on a foreigner, especially a Black female. Let’s take heed to that so others won’t do the same thing and make the same poor assumptions she made. Why is that so hard for people to understand? Russia couldn’t give 2 fracks about our personal opinions about how harsh we think her sentence is. 🤦🏽♀️
@@LP-bt4jk Why do you keep calling her a him? She was born a female and she’s not trans. She’s a lesbian and identifies as female.
@@valeriebenwell2573 pain in her leg I got no leg loss it in army
She's been playing basketball there since 2014 but she wasn't aware of the dangers of the laws there?!! 🤨🤨
Maybe she thought since she had been going over there so long they would just let her through without a problem.
Poor thing, gotta remember when you're not in your own country you're a foreigner.
@@tambarean8924 That’s exactly what she thought. Her ego got the best of her. She forgot to use common sense and recognize that in a zero drug tolerance situation her race, gender and sexual orientation were not going to do her any favors in a country like Russia. They were happy to use her for sports profit but just as happy to lock her up for breaking their laws. It was disrespectful of her as a foreigner to do what their drug laws prohibit the most and now she’s suffering the consequences of her actions.
Remember, "Celebrities know best 👌 "🤔🤔🤔
@@jaeshasway absolutely!!!! I'm a medical cannabis patient and I know not to take it anywhere but my very own residence. You have to sign paperwork here when you receive your card and it states it plain and clearly not to do anything like what she did. I don't do anything to cause myself to lose my medical cannabis status. And I definitely don't dare travel anywhere with anything on me that can cause me to get incarcerated for violating their drug laws. And if it's zero tolerance, that means nothing is tolerated.
She also beat up an opposing player in college during a game
A man beating up a woman is not cool
She is a Dude !
It's been 9 months since Brittany has refused to stand for 🇺🇲 or suffered from hearing the American national anthem.
He must be happy in his Russian prison cell.
🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
I'm sorry, but peaceful protest doesn't mean you deserve 9 years in a RUSSIAN PRISON.
@@Zatoka. he won't have to listen to the AMERICAN national anthem for the next 8.5 years 😉
@@Scrambler85 Ohhhhh I get it. It's irony
The anthem is trash we need a new one that sounds good
@@Zatoka. yeah, it deserves 90 years, goodbye Grimey
Griner protested the Star Spangled Banner and stated she would not be on the court while the national anthem was played during game openers. What's that you say, you want the U.S. to help now.
Well lucky for her she won't have to hear the national anthem for 9 years since it oppressed her so much 😂
EXACTLY!! She needs to do her time for her crimes like everybody else around the world!!
It’ll be nice if we had a prison sentence like this for people like her disrespecting our country. Karma is so sweet
@@jimmyvila4443 that goes against the 1st amendment.
@New Jack City Russia is not communist at all, it is a racist country
Russian laws actually favor women. A woman in Russia cannot be sentenced to more than 15 years in prison, even if she commits the most heinous crimes. People say the nation is cruel, but the U.S. is actually harsher.
Russia has these strict laws against illicit drugs to protect its citizens. That is more than I can say the US does for us. We have many Americans dying everyday from the harmful effects of drugs. We have lost many great talented entertainers over the decades to drugs. Now it is killing our children with Fentanyl overdoses. Maybe we could learn something from countries with higher moral standards.
@@SilverShadow2LWB if one thing I've learned in my life, doesn't matter what the rules are, a person is going to do what they want to do💯 just have to be grown enough to handle the consequences
She broke their laws so I don’t understand why they are complaining. Should of stuck to pain medicine for that trip.
China has by far the most strictest laws then any other nation besides North Korea.
@@SilverShadow2LWB Please y’all say anything. A Russian female artist was sentenced for only two years for breaking into a cathedral and protesting against the president, which might as well be treason over there. Britney is there for that long because of the war.
She broke the law and we have people locked up here longer for the same thing
Not for a half a gram of cannabis 🥴🥴
@@portiajohnson1302 delusional
But in russia you apparently only pay a fine and not go to prison for 10 yeara
Lies!!! You clown’s are the reason we don’t stand for this country at all
I'm a medical cannabis patient myself. When you are a legal card holder you sign paperwork that states that you are not to go to " anywhere" but where you are issued the card with any cannabis products you receive from the dispensary. If you violate that agreement you forfeit the card & can not get it back plus if you cross " state" lines you will be dealt with by the laws that state has for such a violation. Now that's just states but if you leave the country & get caught somewhere like Russia, you have to deal with it plain and simple. Some countries have a severe punishment for these violations such as life sentences. I'm sorry, but that's how it is. Also Griner said things some things she should not have said against the US. I find it hard to be upset by her situation. When you cross over into Russian territory, you are then at their mercy period!!! She was & is still aware of her situation. No excuses at this point. There's a few people here in the US doing more than 10yrs for possession of a joint!!! Look it up!! I don't agree with punishments here in the US for possession of cannabis. But folks,... it's a federal violation if you are in possession of cannabis still to this day.
A hostage is somebody that is taking for no reason against their will she was dumb enough to take weed into Russia. I'm a smoker myself and I love my vape cartridges but I don't sit there and drive down the street smoking on it... You did it to yourself
I hear you bruh 😂💯 but those are some of the most peaceful times. Alone with your thoughts 💯😎
She had to have it on her though
That’s not the meaning of a hostage but when in Rome you do what the Romans do.Especially in Russia smh
It was for medical reasons.. I have no more patience for idiot people commenting.
@@lunahora5512 so why didn't she declare it at first? She said initially she didn't know how it got there and Then stated after that didn't fly that it was for medical use. Which is it? I'm waiting....
Stop crying. What she did in another country was against the law. She did the crime, she has to do the time. If you know right from wrong, and do wrong, then you will suffer the consequences.
Joey helping out "BG" the law braker, but leaves our guys in Afghanistan. Nice.
Exactly !!
Have you seen the documentary about Afghanistan? It’s kind of sad. The taliban literally talk about how they defeated the US using simple tactics.
@@felipegranados9068 The taliban took over after the US left…
Joe "Ron Burgundy" Biden doesn't realize there is nobody standing beside him to shake his hand when he gets off the plane. Relying on him to get you out of a Russian prison is not a good idea.
Law baker! Sounds like a place to get strict bread lol
The reporter just stated that no amount of Marijuana is legal in Russia. What part of that do these people not understand you break the law you pay the consequences. I know for a fact the wnba and the nba have personnel that are employed specifically to counsel these players and explain the laws and customs of the countries they go to as representatives if the wnba or nba so she was well aware that cannabis, Marijuana, weed whatever you want to call it was illegal in Russia. She is by no means a hostage and the fact that this woman uses that term is disrespectful to hostages worldwide.
Who is THESE PEOPLE pray tell!?
@@gumboking4589 celebrities and professional sports athletes who don't think the laws apply to them simply because they are highly paid entertainers they are not entitled to any more than any other man or woman. Make sense?
@@gumboking4589 it's interesting and disappointing that that was all you were able get from my whole comment but it's typical now a days .
@@gumboking4589 The people in the comments who are too ignorant to understand that Russian laws apply and not US laws, those who decided to post this interview with her wife, or those calling her a hostage; take your pick.
@@gumboking4589 You probably
Are people who broke the law in America, and put in prison, hostages too?
Well .7g of med cannabis usually at least from what I heard is not a crime in America to have on u. Do I think it was pretty stupid to bring drugs in Russia? Absolutely. Should have known better but she never expected this not in a million. But Russia is a diff ball game than America my friend. And yes they are keeping her hostage. Their also depraving her of medicine that she needs for pain. It’s torture. Disgusted that people would like ur comment..
@@tomsevcik1792 state by state basis also federal level any amount is a felony.
Great Question 🙋🏽♀️… Biden, what’s the answer?
I was incarcerated for two days. It sure feel like it tho lol
Do you understand Russia at all? It's not some average country with a rule of law to break. It's a brutal dictatorship where FSB decides who stays in prison and who gets released. Laws in Russia are specifically designed in a way where government can send anybody to prison. You always break some “law” by just being in Russia, and laws are retroactive too
When you go to other countries, you need to follow their rules. If you don't like it, don't go. Not every country is like the US where they let criminals and murderers out into the streets.
Not only that, America is the only country that values or accepts the LGBT lifestyle. The same rules do not apply in certain countries especially Russia of all places. That type of thing is illegal over there.
She took her freedoms and life in America for granted. Not realizing that she has a lot against her in Russian society.
1. You are Black
2. You are a woman
3. You are LGBT
4. You broke the law in their country
5. Playing a male dominated sport, there is NO equal oppertunity as it relates to women in that culture.
None of those things sit well with the USSR style government. I mean really, lets be real.
@@emanualcarr7408 it promotes them aggressively...and as Trump said :"we are not interested on trading her releasing a murderer as exchange"
Most countries dislike Americans because of this very thing. They don't want filth and drugs ruining their families.
she's on her way home!!!💥💥💥💥🌟💙💙💙 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Hostages are innocent. Brittany broke the law
Exactly
How do you know? Are you accustomed to just taking the Russian government’s word for it?
@@bethrichardson7335 are you suggesting she was framed and didn’t really have any cannabis cartridges with her?
She committed a crime. Thousands of americans are in jail for the same crime... so... so... so...
Grinder is happy she doesn’t have to listen to the American national anthem tho
I totally agree. Her wish came true.
Based
If you can't do the time, don't do the crime. Don't do it!
She’s served 9 months, only 99 more to go!
Show some compassion. No one deserves years worth of incarceration for possessing an insignificant amount of marijuana
@@blu6595 Notice how it’s your OPINION when you say no one deserves this. That’s not the opinion of those who make laws in Russia. I think a lot of people are forgetting that it doesn’t matter what their opinion is..
If you cant do the time dont take your medicine with you is what you meant lol
@@kylegross1081 yes I realize I have an opinion. What exactly are you arguing?
She not a hostage. She’s a prisoner…a convicted criminal….
Y’all thought mindless joe was going to get her out lmao
LOl Biden dupes black Americans yet AGAIN Will they EVER learn??? In the 90's, Senator Joe Biden had record high numbers of African Americans imprisoned on PHONY, low level drug busts
He probably forgot
He did so now what
@@shereeparker9877 So now we have the Merchant of Death back in action lol
I think russia has other things on their minds at the moment.
So true, and the way her wife is talking to the media, calling her a HOSTAGE in Russia, it will hurt her instead of help her. Putin knows all & the wife is making things worse by talking about it to Gayle King .... DUH!~
Absolutely.... a prisoner exchange or early release for good behavior or for Biden calling up Vlad is way off the Ukrainian vs Russia bargaining table....
"Hostage"🤣
I heard hossage.
Why can she not do her time shut up she want do 9 years she get out in 5 God
Why would you even risk it knowing the laws in Russia not the smartest move on her part.
SO I work in corrections and I saw a convicted felon in the US who was sentenced to 10 years for having less than a gram of marijuana. That was here in the US!! How is she a Hostage? She is a Convicted Felon
Man I don't even like you because you're a CO but you're speaking the truth 💯👊
Only 9 years left for this drug smuggler 😂
How about Sarah Krivanek? Why does nobody talk about her? Britney Griner is not the only American serving time in a Russian prison. If you focus only on one then that is entitlement. Listening to this, it sounds like BG is the only American prisoner being held in a Russian prison. Focus should be made on all of the imprisoned Americans in Russia. Hopefully they will 'all' be freed.
She got convicted for assault. She only got 1 year much less than Grinder's near decade.
She was caught trying to sneak out of Russia while out on bail, with the help of the American embassy.
These things move so slow, as evident by all this news coverage and since she only got a year it wouldn't make sense to battle Russia for her release because by the time anything was done she'll be released for time served. My guess.
I don't think Griner should have gotten a near decade sentence but..... She is responsible for her predicament. When you go into a foreign country, especially one like Russia and bring something illegal into said country what do you expect will happen. She may claim she brought it in error but that's no excuse. If I'm going to Russia I'm going to double check, triple check I don't have anything remotely close to being considered illegal in my bags. Wouldn't bring a cigarette or alcohol much less an illegal substance.
This person is a minor celebrity and a person of color, she is even considered wrongfully detained due to the specifics of her case. The lady you mentioned isn't even considered "wrongfully detained" by the US and she is only doing a one year sentence, she'll be out very soon. Poor Britney G. got a 9 year sentence for half a gram of pot extract. It's not at all comparable to that other case.
You have to be the dumbest to visit a country that’s at war and your own country is helping there enemies out.
She going through what every other prisoners go through and she can’t take it 😂😂😂 what a joke
Russian prisons are not like the prisons in America , I'm pretty sure they are cold and harsh. There are no recreation rooms, tv, commissary, etc.
👏
@@nevermind19700 thats how ours should be. American prisons became to soft
She did America proud, troll boy.
she's on her way home!!!💥💥💥💥🌟💙💙💙 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Let's keep this same energy for all the faceless prisoners of.our own drug war especially over cannabis. Not jsut a person with some status.. free all nonviolent cannabis prisoners in the USA now!
She broke the law! She's not being unlawfully detained.
9 years for some weed is ridiculous
Do a crime then do the time color and money and social status should not get you out of it.
Yeah but usually people pay a fine and go on
I wonder if the National Anthem sounds good to her now? She wouldn’t stand for our flag and our anthem so my question is why should the US help her when she turns her back against our great country? I surely hope she or he is learning how to be more appreciative especially towards our country!
There is nothing great left about America. Don't even begin to make me laugh
@@WitchKing-Of-Angmar You are so right about that.
Picked a bad time to forget to clean out the suitcase...When I fly in from Amsterdam I triple check ,not even a seed...
BG didnt forget, he put it in there but just got caught bc he isn’t familiar with weed. A frequent smoker would be much more prepared, and would especially know cleaning wouldnt help bc the smell will stay there so they would get a clean suitcase with good packaging.
why would anyone travel with cannibis oil much less than a foreign country
Unlawfully detained? Hostage? You break the law you do the time just like everybody else. She shouldn't get special treatment. I mean she was a strong person when she was standing against the US National anthem . Be that same string person and suck it up and do the time. That's what's happens when you break the law
The Russians who live there and broke the same law were simply fined, and not jailed for 9 years. What's fair about that? Is this not because she's American? Most likely so.
Not one statement from her parents and siblings about getting her released. Her family apparently is only her wife that's concerned.
Very true. Where is the family?
She has a wife. Why did you add the word "husband"?
@@roter13 Which one is the wife and which one is the husband????????
Apparently both are "wife" ..just guessing...but i can't be sure, I'm not into all that stuff....🤷♂️
@@jimlewis2395 really? Apparently this is your take away from the situation.
Brittany: My life doesn't matter? Russia: correct
Har har har 🤡
@@b_em0 😢
America: correct
Ya thing she's gonna wait nine years for her? She'll find another sugar momma someday.
"Well well well, if it isn't the consequences of my own actions"
I thought she hated the USA.
🙄🙄🙄 Ok?
I understand, accountability falls short with many people.
Just because she's lesbian, person of color, and an athlete should not give her special privileges. She should be treated like every other American convicted of a crime abroad.
Hear Hear !!!
Period
Yeah but usually people pay a fine and go on with their lives
Let me hear ya!
Those things worked against her not for her. Russia has no major love for BP or homosexuals. The fact that she was an athlete means nothing as they were providing an income for her, so breaking the rules as a paid athlete is worse. She wasn’t a guest. She was an employee who basically ignored their laws. She was foolish for bringing and using drugs there.
She’s getting what she deserves. She went to a different country, and disobeyed their laws 🤷🏽♂️
We have people here locked up for same thing or less. Just because you famous don’t make you can do whatever you want. Plus in Russia with everything going on at the time was a dumb move but still she shouldn’t do that much time but it’s still it’s foreign country
Do you know english or just pretend to understand issues?
Who cares about people here thats not serious right now
Famous??? Hahaha
@@WitchKing-Of-Angmar Seriously lol
Do not break the law.
why is it hard for this chick to understand there is a difference between Russian law and American law. stop looking at it from a one side American perspective. she broke the law, which she plead guilty to might I add, in Russia, a different country with different laws and different punishments. I understand the emotional situation, but it doesn't change reality. a Russian law was broken and a Russian punishment is justified... maybe not in the eyes of the west, but in the county with all the power in this situation, it is justified.
How is Brittney getting drugs in jail? Cold turkey?
It was prescriped. And you don't have a "cold turkey"about canabis oil.
@@estherhelbig4207
Shes strung out enough to take it to Russia where she knows there is *zero tolerance* . Or, maybe shes just a spoiled American celebrity who thinks rules only apply to unimportant people?
@@estherhelbig4207 There is certainly other “stuff” you are not reading about.
@@A1rsoftKid Maybe. Or you are wrong.
@@estherhelbig4207 trump even said so. He has access to much more info that we do.
Bruh in Texas I can be imprisoned for 2 to 20 years and what do people expect being in Russia
Don't you mean held hostage? Is that what we gonna call every criminal that is being held without bond???
@@gomigang2875 if brittney Griner is considered a hostage then yes
@@gomigang2875 Who says she’s owed anything? She’s not a Russian citizen. Stop equating what you may be entitled to in the US or your own country to what you might receive in another country. That’s not how it works. How are you that naive?
💯 This situation is a No brainer. I get that the press is doing their part as I’d hate for this to go completely unnoticed but the story should be about what the laws are, what she did to break them and the consequences of breaking laws in foreign countries. People need to learn from her poor choices vs feeling like she was entitled to something she wasn’t. I live in Texas too, so maybe that’s why we get it. You break the law you suffer the consequences. Nobody cares how bad you feel about it after the fact.
@@sebastianoviedo253 she's a dude
Wait, so Brittney is the "wife"? And then she says, "BG wanted to know why we didn't see the need to get her back home, was her life worth nothing." I sense a lot of entitlement and someone who is defiant of her own actions that led her to be where she is. Why is this even a White House issue? Had the US government sent her to Russia to play ball on our nation's behalf? Did she break the law while undercover? Seriously, we have the economy to fix over here, lots of children going to bed hungry every night, lots of people in America incarcerated for minor cannabis offenses...let's advocate for their release.
I agree with , you broke the law you pay the price .
Perfectly said. Obviously no regard for her dissing her country. Who does she think she is?
What does children going hungry every night have to do with her? If she gets out, will the kids eat? They aren't related. If you want to advocate for them, go ahead. Nobody is stopping you.
@@jn3084 Not perfectly said, of course. A lot of nonsense.
I pray to God in heaven that you experience the same; especially your children. Ashé
Didn't BG leave her pregnant fiance or am I thinking about someone else?
LMAO
Wait, how? If we play along and Griner is a woman and her fiance is pregnant, that would mean her fiance cheated. If your fiance cheated, would you stay?
I hope Russia plays the U.S. National Anthem on a 24 hr loop in 'his' cell for the next 9 years.
I don't think anyone cares....... girl if you think this administration is fighting for her, you are SUPER naive😂😂😂😂😂😂 you have a better chance begging putin
Biden still won't go get the countless Americans HE LEFT BEHIND in Afghanistan to be slaughtered by the Taliban. But he will trade The "Merchant of Death" for an entitled black lesbean drug smuggling basketball player? In Joe Biden's America... it's highly likely.
I tried ginger tea today! Very good!
I went to the dentist and got my teeth cleaned today. Everything looked good, now I'm craving chocolate ice cream.
I’m still hooked on green tea but I’m gonna give ginger a shot. Always loved gingers.
She wouldn't give a crisp if it was anyone of us. Not a second thought. Just let that sink in. She is to above the rest of us. I see someone who broke the law. Not saying her life doesn't matter.But yeah we see her and we see her where she's supposed to be.
She literally refuse to salute our flag but once she was in prison in Russia she immediately wanted our help Russia can keep her we should focus on American Marines inprisoned in Russia
@@Crab_People People like you yell about your freedoms and then when other people actually exercise their freedoms(kneeling for the anthem), you get all worked up.
@@dukeandmary2578 No, I dont think they do get mad when people kneel. I personally have no problem with somebody that wants to protest our national anthem By kneeling. But not when they're making a multimillion dollar contract to go play ball the minute they walk out of that locker room they're on the clock that's not their time they want to do that kneeling do their campaigning then they do it after not on the field not when they are being payed they are being paid to play ball!! You don't hear them doing it with the reporters after the game, you don't hear him doing it when they're signing their autographs, they don't seem to do it when they're out in the streets only when they're being g payed millions of dollars to play ball.. What would happen to you if you decided to protest only when you were on the clock at work.
@@dukeandmary2578 I truly believe the symbol of our freedom is not just the flag the symbol of our freedom is the right to gather together and protest the government by using our flag . but I don't see these multimillion dollar players walking in the streets with the people no they're too busy for that but for that but I'll kneel here while I'm making 3 million dollars please!!! you signaling it means nothing they don't put anything behind it. They put a little money towards it because well they got to have something to write off at the end of the year with that multimillion dollar contracts sellen sneakers so please don't even, it's nothing more than virtue signaling.
@@KC36283 in a free country, why be so uptight?
Why did Griner go to Russia to begin with. Didn’t she know because it was the start of a war with Ukraine and the U.S. to begin with? She should’ve watch the news.
Delusional
Let's all move forward and let these 2 have peace.
They have 8 years of Russian prison to work through.
$100 says she dumps Griner by Christmas.
😂😂😂😂
@Matthew B That sounds about right in this current year news cycle.
I'm so glad BG doesn't have to kneel for the National anthem for 9 years. I'm was so worried that her knees would get rough skin.
😂😂😂laugh
definitely too much time but come on man. do the crime, do the time!!
if i were to bring vape cartridges into texas.. guess what? no one would be fighting for me to get out of my punishment!!
Period
Texas will hammer you into dust over extracts.
I stick with shatter when I'm rolling back to Dallas.
Conceals much easier.
Commit the crime, do the time. Americans aren't above the laws if a foreign land.
Cherelle can't wait to get that tongue back.
Gross lol😛😜🤪😝
🤣🤣🤣
When you've obviously never watched an episode of "Locked up abroad"!!!!!!
Look at it on the bright side, 9 drug free years!!
They should make her sing the American national anthem 3 times a day. I bet she loves America now.
😂😂😂😂
Also forget about her ? I never ever knew she existed before this 😂 so she already forgotten
You can't change another country laws
This is straight BS!! She doesn’t deserve to do a 9 year prison sentence at all for a prescription drug. They know this is BS that is why they are willing to negotiate. WTF!! I feel so bad for this young woman. I know Russia have there laws but dam 9 years is insane
So True!!!
It’s their laws. Maybe she’ll appreciate America if she makes it through. Girl needs to learn respect. Respect for the country she was born in and respect for a country that has different laws.
@@lisafilly464 what? Did you not know this young lady considered Russia to be her 2nd home. I’m sure she knows the laws and possibly forgot she had MEDICAL drugs in her suitcase. Only a fool would not know this if you’ve been going back and forth. I don’t think she was intentionally trying to break the rules. It’s not like that woman was a drug dealer lord have mercy
@@Saveusall52 if she considered Russia her 2nd home then she’d respect their laws. Only a “fool” as you put it wouldn’t remember putting her prescription drugs in her bag. Russia doesn’t care if the U.S. prescribed it or not. It’s their laws and she broke it. Why not be more outraged at the school teacher being held in prison. No mention of her. Her boyfriend beat her so bad and she defended herself yet she gets arrested and thrown in prison.
@@lisafilly464 girl bye
Cherelle seems to be taking this all really well. 🤔
Yeah it doesn't look like she's very upset does it..
It's called being calm for those who care; would you be screaming crying and being weak? ... Well ya, you would!
she's on her way home!!!💥💥💥💥🌟💙💙💙 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
An American who is black and gay in Russia....
She’s living the dream, she got away from all them evil colonisers, no longer has to listen to the oppressive national anthem, she’s wanted this her whole life, so don’t feel bad for her ;-)
God bless her soul and have mercy on her. May she find his grace and seek forgiveness and repent her sins. 🙏🏻
God WONT bless her. She married a woman using his name. The Most High God despises that he calls it an abomination
Amen!!
Unfortunately they will continue in sin and live as 2 lesbians forever and it’s saddens me 😢
@@camillewilliamsHOLINESS stop being homophobic
@@anelamstxjan9913stop being anti Christian
His wife should read the comments and see that BG is not as loved as the two of them think she is. She plead guilty. The sentence in that country is 9 years. There is no conspiracy here. She’s a criminal
Is this the same wife that Brittany beat up or is this a different one?
Different one, I think
Different one
Don’t go to other hostile countries pay attention to the news and make sure you don’t break any laws . I feel bad for her but I feel like she played a part in getting set up
She wasn't "set up." She broke the law. That is 100% her responsibility, and no one else's. End of. Whether Americans agree with her sentence or not is irrelevant.
@@83btm Brittany’s chargers are *BULLSH!T* . 9 years in prison for LESS THAN ON GRAM OF OIL?!!! Umm NO! 😑 Make it make sense pls. 👌
@@83btm wether you are the defining factor in wether she makes it is irrelevant.
@@WitchKing-Of-Angmar What on earth are you talking about Son-Dawgs ???
@@b_em0 hey dolt. It’s RUSSIA. Not USA. Different laws in different countries. Now do you have some logic on this????
There are people in our OWN prison system rotting away because of marijuana! What about them, they don’t deserve justice? Just Brittany, ONLY SHE has paid her dues. This entire interview is a JOKE!
Why does her wife look happy lmao
I noticed that too, tbh.
😂😂😂😂
This "wife" is sure making the rounds getting some notoriety
I don’t wish her ill. I hope she comes home soon. It is ironic how she was disrespecting America. Saying it was racist, homophobic , exc. Now she would do anything to be back. You don’t know what you got till it’s gone! Even tho I’m not her biggest fan and, she wouldn’t be worried if it was me in Russia. I wish her the best.
Amen 🙏🏻
It is racist and homophobic. Enjoy licking those boots :))
You do realize that you can point out flaws in your country while recognizing it’s your home and still a preferable place to live, right? America is historically a racist, homophobic country. It’s not disrespectful to speak the truth.
'Who came to my country for 7 or 8 years' and didn't know drugs are illegal and they put you in prison for them 👍
Less than a gram of oil… one time. Similar cases in Russia result in fines. This is obviously political, there’s no legitimate spin
@@CasualClassical
Thats a lie
@@springbloom5940 what’s a lie bud
@@CasualClassical
Apparently, that you can read.
@@springbloom5940 at least I that “that’s” has an apostrophe. That’s more than you know apparently
I LEAN MORE TOWARDS BEING A REPUBLICAN.. *but* I do ~NOT~ think that 9 years in a prison/work-camp is the punishment warranted for this crime!! 0.7 gram of medical oil *shouldn’t* warrant 9 years! If you do the crime you pay the time BUT THIS IS JUST TOO MUCH!
Gee maybe America's not so terrible after all, Brittney.
But no doubt when you make it back here you'll start your complaining again.
Because that's what you do.
She was arrested for a crime and then went to prison. How is that being held hostage? Cherelle needs to get real. She literally has people advocating for her wife's release while she gets to do interviews talking about it.
Prison is not a pleasant
experience ?
It all depends on your state of mind. Cardinal Thuan of Vietnam who spent 14 years in prison (9 of them in solitary) said: "One day in prison is worth a thousand autumns of freedom." Brittany will experience this...
I just pray and hope this guy doesn’t get released from Russia. He brought drugs in and he even pled guilty. He didn’t want to stand for our National Anthem and he was clearly involved with that african lives matter movement. Now he wants to come back to America??? The land my ancestors brought him to. We gave him clothes, a new language , food, and shelter and this is how he repaid us???? Hopefully Russia speeds the process up process so he can start labor camp. 9 years is not enough time and I was hoping he would’ve got life in prison or even the death penalty. Most countries have death penalties for drug violation. He got off lucky if you think about it. You will stand up for the flag and our national anthem understand??? This is America the country my ancestors built with their bare hands .
If Putin sees this interview this interview alone will make him not want to let her go because because of the disrespect respect he feels you can't even ask and apologize correctly for Violet in their country Laws
Then we should also consider releasing all the cartel members locked up in the US on small drug charges. Our lives have never mattered to her. But I'm supposed to feel sympathy for her. She's been there since 2014? And didn't bother learning their laws and language
Sooo happy shes coming home thank god! If i were BG i would never return to russia ever! Matter of fact i wouldnt leave the US EVER!
You are an idiot, so are most woke people. She checked all the boxes, a US Marine did not. That is:
1. Woman
2. Black,
3. LGBTQ religion.
Yes
If I was BG, I’d be embarrassed to show my face anywhere. After I let my fellow Americans how much I hate America and then cried for America to rescue me after I committed a crime on foreign soil. Part of the exchange should have been Biden telling Russia BG can finish serving her Russian prison term here in an American jail.
@@unclecreepy4185 thats absolutely stupid! She had .6 of a gram of hash oil on her, do you know how much that is??? Even good ol wisconsin wouldn’t charge you for something so measly. I just want to know why everyone across the world is sooo scared of viktor bout, i mean yes he’s an arms dealer, but how many arms dealers are there in this world???? You have people who molested children getting out of jail left and right in the US and yet everyone is worried about viktor bout a convicted arms dealer who hasn’t been in the game for 15 + years…. Come on now, this is stupid. People are just once again being racist bc brittany is black and some people are even stooping so low as to call marijuana a “drug” again. Im just absolutely sick of the stupidity and most of it coming directly out of my country 😤
Or just don't try to smuggle weed and your good
Thank you, Mr. Trump, I mean The "big guy" for releasing her! When Trump gets re-elected she may have a good chance of getting released. If not, I don't care. When I went to India it was illegal to possess cabbage. So I left the cabbage at home! End of story!
With 'her' wife??????????.....
Remember when Gail king called a fly a “fly of color”.
LMAO
I am so sick of people saying wrongfully detained. See pleaded guilty
she was and is being wrongfully detained, disproportionately charged, unlawfully held as a prisoner to push putins agenda for negotiating a better deal with ukraine.
@@catdog7497 think what you want. She is guilty of her own makings. Nobody planted the drugs on her
Do the crime, pay the time!
Not when the people who committed the same crime in the same country were fined.
@@code1865 ugh? No that’s false dude. You must not know about Russia and their prison system
@@code1865 source?
@@Cavs1975 Her source is BG's wife.
If it is un lawful for her to be imprisoned for some weed out there why tf ain’t it like that here.
What? 🙄
Exactly. Total HYPOCRISY
Why is this getting air time ???
Unlawfully detained, lmfao..I guess that admitting that you broke the law is being wrongfully detained..might be legal here but it’s illegal there!…
I'm not a fan of any type of marijuana or drug, but since they legalized it, shouldn't they put signs in airports that marijuana is not legal in other states across the country. I feel like this should have been done, since they legalized the stinky garbage. Let's still say a prayer for both prisoners, stand together with our country. We have enough b.s. going on in or country and others want to see us fall as it is. America Strong.
@@marlenepeterson865 hi there!just because it’s legal in 1 state does not mean that they are responsible..I was in the military and been to other countries. Now when I would go out on the town. It is my responsibility to know and respect there laws! O I’m sorry sir! I didn’t see the sign…that will not work! Best thing is to know there laws before you go there!
For the Russians, this arrest was a slam dunk! 🏀
Maybe she will learn to appreciate the American Flag…leave BRITNEY in Russia.
She will most definitely be standing when they play that Russian national anthem, before start of the prison basketball games