Who is Brittney Griner's Wife Cherelle Griner?

Publish date: 2024-11-16

Cherelle Griner (Real Name Cherelle Watson, Born: July 1, 1992, Age: 31 years old) is an American Mathematics teacher and entrepreneur better known as the wife of Brittney Griner, the WNBA star.

When news broke about the arrest of Women’s National Basketball Association (WMBA) star Brittney Griner, several people under President Joe Biden’s administration worked hard to see to her release. In the end, the basketball player did not just get her freedom back but her wife Cherelle Griner has become widely known for her selfless sacrifices and the fight she put into seeing that Brittney comes back home. Who is Brittney Griner’s wife and what role did she play in her release from a Russian prison? Find the answers as you read on.

Summary of Cherelle Griner’s Bio

How Old is Cherelle Griner?

Cherelle Griner is currently 31 years old as she was born on July 1, 1992. The celebrity spouse was born to African-American parents in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. Of African-American ancestry, Cherelle was named Cherelle Watson at birth but adopted her wife’s last name after their wedding in 2019.

She grew up in Arkansas and completed her high education at a local private school. After her high school graduation, Cherelle joined Baylor University,majoring in Political Science and Government with a minor in Family and Child Studies. She graduated from the university with a Bachelor of Applied Science, BASc.

Afterward, she went back to college, North Carolina Central University School of Law to study, to pursue a passion she had for the law since childhood.

What Does Brittney Griner’s Wife Do For a Living?

Cherelle Griner is currently working as a subject teacher at an unspecified school. Her celebrity status as the wife of a popular WNBA player has also availed her the opportunity of becoming a social media influencer. She has over 120k followers on Instagram where she posts regularly. She is also an entrepreneur, but her exact field of endeavor as an entrepreneur is yet to be made public.

Cherelle’s spouse, Brittney Yevette Griner, is an American professional basketball player who plays for the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA. From high school, Brittney joined the Baylor Lady Bears at Baylor University where she played her collegiate basketball. She became the only NCAA basketball player to score 2,000 points and block 500 shots. A three-time All-American, Brittney was named the AP Player of the Year and the Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four. She also helped Baylor to win the National Championship.

Standing 6 ft 9 in (206 cm) tall, Brittney is one of the most decorated basketball players in the WNBA today. Brittney Griner has won two Olympics gold medals, leading the United States women’s national basketball team to victory at the Rio Olympics in 2016 and the 2020 Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan in 2021 respectively.

How Did Cherelle Griner and Brittney Griner Meet?

Cherelle Griner and Brittney Griner’s relationship began in college when they were both students at Baylor University. Britney was a year ahead of Cherelle in college as she was there from 2009 to 2013 while Cherelle joined in 2010.

Though they met in college, Brittney and Cherelle were just friends for a few years before the romance erupted between them. During the time they were not lovers, nothing is known about Cherelle’s love life but Brittney’s tumultuous relationship and marriage with fellow WNBA star, Glory Johnson, made headlines a lot for the wrong reasons. The former couple was once arrested for fighting each other and ended up divorced after just a year of getting married.

Cherelle Griner Became Brittney Griner’s Wife In 2019

After ending her tumultuous marriage and relationship with Glory Johnson in 2016, Brittney began a romantic relationship with Cherelle. They dated for a while before getting engaged in August 2018. The engagement lasted almost a year before they got married in June 2019. After the wedding ceremony, Cherelle officially changed her last name from Watson to Griner.

The couple has no children together but Britney’s first marriage produced twin girls born on October 12, 2015. The babies were conceived through IVF using Glory’s eggs and a sperm donor. Johnson gave birth to the twins 16 weeks prematurely and after the divorce, Brittney was ordered by the court to pay child support to Johnson.

Cherelle Griner and Brittney Griner Were Separated For Eight Months

Their separation was not because of any strain on their relationship but because Brittney Griner was actually arrested, tried, and jailed in Russia for a wrongful cause. The athlete was on her way to Russia when she was arrested on February 17, 2022, and detained on smuggling charges at Sheremetyevo International Airport. This follows the discovery of vaporizer cartridges that contains a minute amount of hash oil in her luggage by the Federal Customs Service in Russia.

While Brittney was using medicinal cannabis as a prescribed medication in Arizona, it is illegal in Russia and for this reason, she was arrested. Brittney was found guilty and sentenced to 9 years in prison. However, after 294 days in a Russian Prison and a prisoner swap agreement between Russia and the United States, she was released on December 8, 2022. Russia exchanged her with “The Merchant of Death” arms dealer Viktor Bout.

During the time her wife was in prison, Cherelle didn’t rest until she saw the desired results that led to the intervention of the United States government. Cherelle first spoke to the popular Good Morning America audience where she called on authorities to work harder to see that Brittney comes back home.

Her wishes have now been granted and she was in the oval office with the president of the United States and his vice to receive a call from Britney upon her release on December 8, 2022.

In her speech at the White House, Cherelle thanked President Biden and his team who worked really hard to see that Britney is released.

“So over the last nine months, you all have been so privy to one of the darkest moments of my life, and so today I am just standing here overwhelmed with emotions, but the most important emotion I have right now is just sincere gratitude for President Biden and his entire administration,” she said.

She also prayed that the other families who are going through a similar scenario in their lives would find help soon and be reunited with their loved ones.

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