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Griner files to annul marriage to fellow WNBA player

FILE - In this March, 2012 file photo, Baylor's Brittney Griner grabs a rebound in front of Tennessee's Glory Johnson during an NCAA women's college basketball tournament regional final in Des Moines, Iowa. Johnson-Griner, now a WNBA basketball player married to fellow player Griner, will miss the season after announcing Thursday on Instragram that she is pregnant. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File) FILE - In this March, 2012 file photo, Baylor's Brittney Griner grabs a rebound in front of Tennessee's Glory Johnson during an NCAA women's college basketball tournament regional final in Des Moines, Iowa. Johnson-Griner, now a WNBA basketball player married to fellow player Griner, will miss the season after announcing Thursday on Instragram that she is pregnant. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

By Associated Press June 5, 2015 1 min read

PHOENIX (AP) – Brittney Griner has filed to annul her marriage to fellow WNBA player Glory Johnson-Griner.

Griner released a statement Friday, saying: “Last Wednesday, Glory and I agreed to either legally separate, get divorced, or annul our marriage. I can confirm that today I filed for an annulment. In the week prior to the wedding, I attempted to postpone the wedding several times until I completed counseling, but I still went through with it. I now realize that was a mistake.”

The news broke a day after Johnson-Griner announced that she’s pregnant.

Griner, the 6-foot-8 Phoenix Mercury star, and Johnson-Griner, who plays for the Tulsa Shock, were married May 9 – three weeks after they were arrested in Arizona on domestic violence charges.

Griner and Johnson were each suspended for the first seven games of the WNBA season for the domestic violence incident. Johnson will miss the season because of her pregnancy and has said she plans to appeal. Her suspension wouldn’t start until next season.