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Brittney Griner, Fiancée Glory Johnson Arrested After Fight

Brittney Griner, Fiancée Glory Johnson Arrested After Fight

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The women were arrested on suspicion of assault and disorderly conduct.

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WNBA stars Brittney Griner and Glory Johnson, who are engaged to be married, were arrested Wednesday following a fight at their home in the suburbs of Phoenix, the Associated Press reports.

They were arrested on suspicion of assault and disorderly conduct after an argument "turned physical," the AP notes. They were held for a short time in a Phoenix jail and subsequently released. There were no weapons involved and neither woman required treatment for their injuries, which were minor, a police spokeswoman told the AP.

Griner made headlines by coming out as lesbian in 2013 shortly, after she became the Phoenix Mercury's number 1 draft pick that year. She had been a college star for Baylor University.

The Mercury won the WNBA championship last year, helped along by Griner's record 129 blocks. She was named the league's Defensive Player of the Year. She was also on the U.S. team that won a gold medal in the most recent FIBA World Championship competition. She and Johnson, who plays for the Tulsa Shock, became engaged in August and planned to marry next month.

Officials with the WNBA and both teams said they were looking into the situation and declined further comment.

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Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.
Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.