Brittney Griner is making headlines again as she files for divorce from her wife, Cherelle Griner, after nearly eight years of marriage. Court documents reviewed by Page Six reveal that the Connecticut Sun center has cited the marriage as ‘irretrievably broken’ and is pursuing joint legal custody of their two-year-old son, Bash.
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Glory Johnson, a former WNBA player, was briefly married to Brittney Griner, but their relationship ended in a highly publicized and tumultuous separation. The 32-year-old athlete later revealed that her marriage to the Phoenix Mercury star deteriorated within just a month of their wedding, according to Essentially Sports. Johnson expressed that she had never been in a romantic relationship with a woman before marrying Griner and did not identify as gay at the time.
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The recent split has sparked renewed interest in Brittney Griner’s first marriage to fellow WNBA player Glory Johnson, which concluded after only a few weeks.
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In 2014, Griner and Johnson publicly shared their engagement. However, in April 2015, the couple faced legal troubles when police responded to a domestic violence incident at their home in Arizona. Both women reportedly suffered minor injuries during a physical altercation. Following their subsequent arrests on April 22, the WNBA handed down a seven-game suspension to each player, as detailed by Essentially Sports.
