Brittney Griner's wife, Cherelle, says the U.S. government botched a phone call she was supposed to have with the WNBA superstar over the weekend.
But Cherelle says the U.S. government dropped the ball ... and didn't staff someone to work the phone on Saturday -- leaving all 11 of Griner's calls to go unanswered.
"I was distraught. I was hurt. I was done, fed up," said Cherelle, who told the AP that she later learned that the phone line is generally only staffed on weekdays, not weekends. Cherelle said a contact from the State Department apologized to her for the mishap. The AP, meanwhile, reported the State Dept. said in a statement it's"aware of the issue and was looking into it."
However, despite the apology, Griner's wife said she's now very skeptical of the government moving forward ... saying she has"zero trust" in U.S. officials at this moment. "If I can’t trust you to catch a Saturday call outside of business hours, how can I trust you to actually be negotiating on my wife’s behalf to come home?" Cherelle asked."Because that’s a much bigger ask than to catch a Saturday call."
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