Once Brittney Griner was released from Russia in a prison swap deal, her wife Cherelle took to Instagram to express her thoughts on the WNBA player’s freedom. “Yesterday my heart was made whole thanks to the collective efforts of MANY!” she said in her Instagram caption on December 10. “I’m humbled by their hearts.” She then thanked a lengthy list of people who helped bring Brittney home.
Cherelle talked to People about the moment she and Brittney were reunited. “We were both just instantly crying,” she said. She then recalled how she patiently waited for the basketball player to be checked out by medical staff before she got to hugging her wife. “I couldn’t stop touching her face,” Cherelle added, mentioning that the two stayed up all night talking.
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Aside from her efforts to bring her wife back to the United States, Cherelle graduated from North Carolina Central University School of Law on May 7. She took to Instagram to announce that she got her Juris Doctor degree. According to Brittney’s agent, Lindsay Kagawa Colas, the two are working together to bring the rest of the U.S. citizens who are detained in Russia — specifically Paul Whelan — home, per ESPN.
