Brittney Griner

A handwritten letter from Brittney Griner was delivered to the White House on the Fourth of July.

"I realize you are dealing with so much," she wrote, "But please don't forget about me and the other American detainees. In her personal plea, Griner urged Mr. Biden to free all U.S. captives. "I believe in you. I still have so much good to do with my freedom that you can help restore," she wrote. Griner, whose trial began last week, was arrested at a Moscow airport in February after Russia claimed she had cannabis oil in her luggage. In her letter, the imprisoned WNBA star pleaded with the president not to forget her, and said her already deep appreciation for Independence Day has taken on new meaning this year.

Brittney Griner, a WNBA All-Star and two-time Olympic gold medalist from Texas, has been detained in Russia since February on cannabis possession charges. Her ...

Cherelle Griner also told The Associated Press last month that her wife tried to call her 11 times over a period of several hours to mark the couple’s fourth anniversary. “I will find that balance of harm versus help in pushing our government to do everything that’s possible. Carstens “has met with Brittney’s family, her teammates, and her support network,” Watson said. Because being quiet, they are not moving.” So I’m going to do it myself.’” “I still have not heard from him.

WNBA star Brittney Griner, in a handwritten letter to President Joe Biden, said she fears she will be detained in Russia indefinitely and pleaded with the ...

"We will continue to push for her release and make sure that she is not forgotten." "It made me cry, you know, just hearing her words talking about her father being a Vietnam vet, her new perspective on freedom, her wanting to be with her family and her teammates, her not knowing if she'll ever be free again. "I'm grateful for this overwhelming show of support from Congress. We need to be doing all we can to keep Brittney's case on the forefront and finally put an end to this nightmare," Cherelle Griner said in a statement at the time. It's over 130 days and BG's still not back." Three excerpts from the letter were made public, while the rest is being kept private, the statement said. "It's really, really difficult. I miss my teammates! I miss my family! This is not a situation where the rhetoric is matching the action," she said. I miss my wife! I voted for the first time in 2020 and I voted for you. She went on trial

The WNBA star wrote a handwritten letter to the president this week as she continues to be wrongfully detained in Russia.

Griner’s supporters have encouraged a prisoner swap like the one in April that brought home Marine veteran Trevor Reed in exchange for a Russian pilot convicted of drug trafficking conspiracy. Griner has been able to have sporadic communications with family, friends and WNBA players through an email account her agent set up. Once the lawyers get back to their office, they’ll scan any responses from Griner and pass them back to the U.S. to send along. “It hurts thinking about how I usually celebrate this day because freedom means something completely different to me this year.” I voted for the first time in 2020 and I voted for you. I miss my teammates! “That means she truly is terrified that she may never see us again. I miss my family! White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked repeatedly about Griner on Tuesday during the regular briefing. “BG is probably the strongest person that I know. However Griner’s wife, Cherelle, said Tuesday on a morning talk show that she hadn’t heard from Biden. The trial will resume Thursday.

The letter is an escalation of a pressure campaign by the WNBA star's supporters that comes as her trial proceeds in a court outside of Moscow.

… Four months is too long for this to have gone on, and I hope the president acts on her pleas to come home.” She deserves to see the United States is doing something for her, so she can find the strength as this show trial goes on. “After speaking with her wife last week, I am deeply concerned for Brittney Griner’s physical, mental and spiritual well-being,” Sharpton said in a statement. After being able to speak with Griner in the courtroom, Rood said, “She is doing as well as expected under these difficult circumstances.” In early May, the State Department declared Griner’s case a “wrongful detainment,” an official classification that elevated it to the office of the U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs. I try to put myself in her shoes, and I’d want somebody fighting for me — people who won’t shut up.” Asked for comment on Griner’s letter to Biden, Adrienne Watson, spokeswoman for the National Security Council, told The Washington Post: “[Biden’s] team is in regular contact with Brittney’s family and we will continue to work to support her family. “Whatever that is.” Her trial began Friday and is expected to continue Thursday; Griner has yet to enter a plea. This letter is going to make them pay attention.” But U.S. officials have not commented on the likelihood of such a swap. In April, U.S. officials secured the release of former Marine Trevor Reed from Russia through a prisoner swap.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked repeatedly about the detained WNBA star on Tuesday during the regular briefing.

Griner has been able to have sporadic communications with family, friends and WNBA players through an email account her agent set up. Griner’s supporters have encouraged a prisoner swap like the one in April that brought home Marine veteran Trevor Reed in exchange for a Russian pilot convicted of drug trafficking conspiracy. “It hurts thinking about how I usually celebrate this day because freedom means something completely different to me this year.” “That means she truly is terrified that she may never see us again. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked repeatedly about Griner on Tuesday during the regular briefing. However Griner’s wife, Cherelle, said Tuesday on a morning talk show that she hadn’t heard from Biden.

Vanessa Nygaard, head coach of the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury, posited that Brittney Griner would be back in America by now if she were NBA superstar LeBron ...

It’s a statement about the value of a gay person. It’s a statement about the value of a black person. “It’s a statement about the value of women.

American WNBA star Brittney Griner wrote a letter to President Joe Biden from a Russian jail cell pleading for the United States to take action Tuesday.

The U.S. classified her as wrongly detained in April and said Russia is using her as a political pawn. Griner’s agent said likely her only way home is the U.S. negotiating on her behalf. It has not said the statement is connected to Griner’s case.

Mercury coach Vanessa Nygaard is not pleased with how the star player's detainment in Russia has been handled.

It’s a statement about the value of a gay person. It’s a statement about the value of a black person. And that’s a statement about our society and who we value and we need to change that.” Griner’s agent, Lindsay Kagawa Colas of Wasserman, tweeted after the extension, “The fact remains that the U.S. Government has determined that Brittney Griner is wrongfully detained and being used as a political pawn.” Nygaard has spoken out about the handling of Griner’s case before. Nygaard said, according to Casey L. Moor of USA TODAY. “It’s a statement about the value of women.

Detained in Russia, the WNBA star sent a letter to Biden saying she's 'terrified' she might be there forever.

I miss my teammates! I miss my family! White House officials confirmed Tuesday Biden has read Griner's handwritten letter, and that the President will do everything in his power to get Griner and other detainees home. I miss my wife! Griner was detained at Sheremetyevo International Airport on Feb. 17 after the Russian Federal Customs Service claimed to have found vape cartridges containing the marijuana concentrate hashish oil in Griner's luggage. I'm sure she is like 'I'm going to write him and ask now because my family has tried to no avail, so I'm going to do it myself,'" Cherelle said.

The White House disputed a coach's claim that Griner is facing a double standard in her ongoing detainment in Russia.

It's a statement about the value of a gay person. It's a statement about the value of a Black person. Griner was arrested in February and charged with possessing cannabis oil while returning to the U.S. after playing for her Russian team. I'm sure she is like, 'I'm going to write him and ask now because my family has tried to no avail, so I'm going to do it myself,'" Cherelle Griner said. James himself has publicly called on the U.S. government to bring Griner home. Phoenix Mercury coach Vanessa Nygaard told the media on Monday. "It's a statement about the value of women.

Cherelle Griner said she has yet to hear directly from Joe Biden, even after her jailed wife Brittney Griner sent a handwritten letter from a Russian jail ...

But the WNBA player assured her wife that she was “not insane, not yet.” “I just cannot speak to that.” “That means she truly is terrified that she may never see us again.” Russian legislation indeed has provisions that stipulate punishment for such crimes.” “Again, this is a priority for the President.” Understand that if you are, I still love you and when you come back, we will love you back whole, show yourself grace.'”