
State Department says it 'deeply' regrets Brittney Griner was unable to speak with wife due to 'logistical error'
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A State Department spokesperson said Monday that they "deeply regret that Brittney Griner was unable to speak with her wife because of a logistical error" after a report that the detained WNBA star's multiple attempts to connect by phone with her wife went unanswered by the US Embassy in Moscow.
Cherelle Griner told The Associated Press that Brittney Griner, who has been detained for months in Russia, attempted to call her 11 times on Saturday -- their anniversary -- but nobody at the US Embassy in Moscow was there to connect the call. Cherelle Griner told the AP she was "very pissed" about the error and that the call had been scheduled for weeks. She also said she had learned that the number her wife had been given to call usually processes calls only on weekdays, which is likely why the multiple calls had gone unanswered.
CNN has reached out to the family's representative. Griner's agent, Lindsay Kagawa Colas, said in a tweet Monday that her "heart breaks into pieces every time I think of it - but it's nothing compared to the reality BG and her family are enduring."

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