“Not her first time locked up in a prison” Brittney Griner and fiancée Glory Johnson were arrested on assault allegations
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Brittney Griner and Glory Johnson
Two well-known professional basketball players, Glory Johnson and Brittney Griner, had a tumultuous, short-lived romance that appeared to end the same way it began: with scandal. Once, a verbal disagreement between Griner and Johnson got violent, both women were taken into custody on suspicion of assault and disorderly behavior.
Revelations regarding Brittney Griner’s prior relationships have started to surface as the subject of her imprisonment receives more and more exposure. Glory Johnson, a fellow WNBA player, and Griner were once married. The relationship, however, abruptly dissolved, hurting the couple’s life as well as those of their families, who had opposed the wedding of the two basketball players.
This partnership between two competitive professionals also brought up difficult issues including gender mixing, same-gender domestic abuse, professional sports rules, and society’s emphasis on role models in the public eye. Outside of the world of basketball, Griner is presently attracting a lot of attention due to the fact that a Russian court sentenced her to nine years in jail for smuggling marijuana.
Who is Brittney Griner and what’s her current stance?
The centre who is at 6″9, was selected by the Phoenix Mercury in the first round out of Baylor University in 2013 and Brittney Griner has been a member of the team. The 31-year-old was selected as one of the top 25 players in league history in 2021 and is now considered as one of the best players in the WNBA. She earned the Player of the Year Award and a national collegiate championship in 2012, and since beginning her professional career in 2013 with the US women’s national basketball team, she has also won two Olympic gold medals and a WNBA championship. She began playing professionally before signing on with Nike as the first out homosexual athlete.
Since they arrested Brittney Griner on February 17 at Sheremetyevo International Airport on the grounds that she was in possession of prohibited vape cartridges containing cannabis oil, Russian officials have been closely monitoring her activities. Like many other female basketball players, Griner competes overseas during the WNBA summer to increase her earnings and enhance her talent. At the time of her arrest, Griner was playing for UMMC Ekaterinburg in the Russian Women’s Basketball Premier League. Despite the fact that her attorneys had appealed, she was sentenced to nine years in jail earlier in August since cannabis oil is prohibited in Russia.
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Griner and Glory Johnson’s domestic violence arrest
After a heated disagreement became physical at their house, Brittney Griner and her then fiancée, WNBA star Glory Johnson, were arrested on charges of assault and disorderly conduct in 2015. In connection with their altercation, two of them were each taken into custody on charges of assault by causing injury and disorderly conduct. They were arrested and later released from the county prison in Phoenix. Griner explained to police that the stress of buying a property and preparing for a wedding contributed to the argument. At the time, the couple made their engagement public and said they planned to marry the following month and at their wedding ceremony at a resort near Phoenix, they proclaimed their love for one another.
Brittney Griner requested for an annulment after a month of marriage, and the pair ultimately separated. She implied that they are now closer than they had ever been since their divorce. Despite the fact that Griner and Johnson had a broken marriage, Johnson persisted in supporting her and shared her thoughts on Griner’s present circumstance in Russia. Understanding Griner’s former wife’s certainty about her move back to the US is comforting. Despite the difficulties, the most recent report provides Griner, her teammates, wife, and family cause for optimism.
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