{"id":839435,"date":"2026-08-02T08:25:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T08:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/839435\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T08:25:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T08:25:12","slug":"basketball-star-brittney-griner-and-wife-cherelle-end-their-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/839435\/","title":{"rendered":"Basketball star Brittney Griner and wife Cherelle end their marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two-time Olympic gold medal winner Brittney Griner has filed for divorce from her wife Cherelle, saying their marriage is \u201cirretrievably broken\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The WNBA star\u00a0filed for divorce on Thursday, July 30; the couple have been married since June 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Court documents said the couple have been separated since July 24, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The pair met when they were students at Baylor University and <a href=\"https:\/\/qnews.com.au\/brittney-griner-and-wife-welcome-baby-boy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">share a two-year-old son<\/a>, Bash.<\/p>\n<p>Related content:<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Everything you thought mattered just goes out the window\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about when Bash was born, Brittney said, \u201cAs soon as you see them, everything that you thought mattered just goes out the window. That\u2019s literally what happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cherelle, who is an attorney, was an advocate for Brittney after she was detained and imprisoned in Russia in February 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Vape cartridges containing cannabis oil were found in her bag, and Brittney was charged with smuggling \u201cnarcotic drugs\u201d into the country.<\/p>\n<p>Brittney had played basketball in Russia during the off-season since 2014 and received a 9-year sentence and was given a fine of one million rubles (US$16,300).<\/p>\n<p>Four months after she was sentenced, she was released from Russian prison and returned to the United States in exchange for arms dealer Viktor Bout.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-105492 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Brittney-Griner-release.jpg\" alt=\"brittney griner\" width=\"910\" height=\"566\"  \/>Image: Brittney Griner Instagram<br \/>\n\u2018I\u2019m never going to play overseas again\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the latest LGBTIQA+\u00a0Sister Girl and Brother Boy\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/qnews.com.au\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">news<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/qnews.com.au\/category\/entertainment\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">entertainment<\/a>,\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/qnews.com.au\/category\/community\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">community stories<\/a>\u00a0in Australia, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/qnews.com.au\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">qnews.com.au<\/a>. 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