Brittney Griner receives letter from Biden, spouse says

WNBA star Brittney Griner has acquired a letter from President Joe Biden as she awaits trial in Russia, her spouse stated.

Cherelle Griner stated the president's letter, a response to a letter the basketball star despatched Monday pleading for his assist, reassured Griner that she had not been forgotten.

"It introduced me a lot pleasure, in addition to BG," Cherelle Griner stated, referencing her spouse. "He sees her as an individual and he has not forgotten her, which was her largest cry in her letter."

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The White Home acknowledged Biden had learn Griner's letter Tuesday, in the future after the Phoenix Mercury star wrote to Biden asking him not to surrender on combating to deliver her dwelling.

"[The president] supplied his help to Cherelle and Brittney’s household, and he dedicated to making sure they're supplied with all doable help whereas his administration pursues each avenue to deliver Brittney dwelling," the White Home stated Wednesday.

Excerpts from Griner's letter confirmed she was "terrified" and feared she would by no means get out of the Russian jail.

"As I sit right here in a Russian jail, alone with my ideas and with out the safety of my spouse, household, buddies, Olympic jersey, or any accomplishments, I am terrified I is likely to be right here endlessly," Griner wrote.

Griner additionally pleaded for Biden to not neglect about her or the opposite U.S. residents who've been wrongfully detained there.

No excerpts from Biden's letter have been launched.

The Biden administration stated getting Griner and different detained residents again to U.S. soil was a prime precedence. Griner has spent over 139 days in jail after being detained in early February for allegedly transporting hashish oil in her bag, which is against the law in Russia. Griner, who was visiting the nation to play basketball for a girls's group in Russia through the WNBA's offseason, pleaded responsible to transporting the oil Thursday however claimed she didn't intend to interrupt the regulation.

If convicted of the hashish cost, Griner might resist 10 years in jail.