'This can't be real.' WNBA players and more celebrities reacted to Brittney Griner's conviction.
. “Initially, you know, I was told … we’re going to try and handle this behind [the] scenes and, you know, let’s not raise her value and, you know, stay quiet and, you know, I did that,” the North Carolina Central University graduate, 30, said during a June interview with. “And respectfully, we’re over 140 days at this point, that does not work, and so I will not be quiet anymore.”later phoned Cherelle to discuss Brittney’s case and offer support.
“I believe every word that she said to him, he understood and he sees her as a person,” Cherelle said in a July press conference. “And he has not forgotten her, which was her biggest cry in her letter.”also weighed in on Brittney’s sentence in a joint statement on Thursday, saying: “Today’s verdict and sentencing is unjustified and unfortunate, but not unexpected and Brittney Griner remains wrongly detained.
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