Britney Grenier’s detention in Russia has been extended until at least July 2, according to Russian official news reports

CNN has reached out to the State Department for comment.

Teammates ‘want her to come home’

“We’re on 116th day since BJ was wrongfully arrested,” Mercury team manager Vanessa Nygaard said, adding, “She’s our teammate, she’s American and we want her to come home.”

For star Diana Torassi, the State Department’s announcement that Grenier’s arrest was a mistake signals to the team that officials are taking the situation seriously.

“It’s something we’ve all talked about intimately as a group, and now we know the State Department at the highest level — from US President Joe Biden to the team working to bring back all unjustly detained Americans — we have great confidence that they’re working on it,” Turasi said.

“Anything we can do on our part to amplify and put BG first will be our top priority,” she said.

Holding Russia responsible “will force Russia to end this practice for all the Americans it holds there,” Reid told CNN, including Greiner and Paul Whelan. Whelan, a US citizen and former Marine Corps captain, was detained in a Moscow hotel in 2018 and arrested on spying charges, which he denied.

CNN has reached out to the United Nations and the Permanent Mission of Russia to the United Nations for comment on Reade’s petition.