LeBron James critical on his show of US efforts to get Brittney Griner home
She pleaded guilty last week and will appear again in court on Thursday."Now, how can she feel like America has her back?" James said in the trailer. "I would be feeling like, ‘Do I even wanna go back to America?’"It's unclear when the show was filmed, although in the trailer it is mentioned that Griner had been in Russia for more than 110 days, which would have been nearly five weeks ago as she was detained on Feb.
17.NBA star LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers meets fans at a Nike store on September 4, 2017 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Visual China Group via Getty Images/Visual China Group via Getty Images) During the weeks since day 110, in addition to the trial beginning and the guilty plea, Griner’s wife Cherelle has had a phone conversation with President Joe Biden.
Biden also received a letter from Brittney Griner on July 4 and sent a letter back to her which she was given in court last week.There is also no mention of other detained Americans in the trailer.RELATED: Brittney Griner pleads guilty, D-backs' Bumgarner beats former team: top sports storiesKlutch Sports Group, the agency that represents James, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.Washington hasn’t disclosed its strategy in the case and the U.S.
may have little leverage with Moscow because of strong animosity over its actions in Ukraine. The State Department’s designation of Griner being wrongfully detained moves her case under the supervision of its special presidential envoy for hostage affairs, effectively the government’s chief hostage negotiator.U.S.
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