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Brittney Griner’s relationship with Glory Johnson has been a real life soap opera.  The two got engaged, then both got arrested after a violent domestic dispute, then got married just a couple weeks after that incident.  Griner then filed for an annulment just a month into their marriage and one day after Johnson announced she was pregnant.  The drama isn’t over yet as Johnson wants Griner to pay up.

Johnson, who is carrying twins, is seeking $20,000 per month in spousal support from Griner in addition to $10,000 in advance to be used on Johnson’s legal counsel as the two go to court to address Griner’s annulment petition and Johnson’s counter-petition, according to court documents filed June 29 in Maricopa County, Ariz., via ESPNW.

Johnson’s attorney, Stasy Click, wrote in the June 29 filing that Griner has “far superior control over the family’s financial resources” and that Johnson is “without the necessary financial means to pay for legal representation in this matter.”

In that June 5 petition, Griner said she was unaware when the in vitro fertilization resulting in Johnson’s pregnancy had taken place. She said the marriage was “based on fraud” and that the parties had acquired “minimal community property and incurred minimal community debts during their three-week marriage.”

Griner’s petition said neither party was in need of nor entitled to spousal support and that both should be responsible for their own attorney fees. Griner’s petition also requested, however, that she be awarded reasonable attorney fees if she had to defend herself against “unreasonable” claims by Johnson.

Johnson then countered that, saying that because of her reduced WNBA salary during her pregnancy leave and her subsequent inability to play overseas this winter, she is in need of financial support.

Johnson’s motion said her finances had been drained by wedding expenses, furniture for the home she previously shared with Griner and IVF procedures. Johnson now resides in Tulsa.

The $20,000 per month request from Johnson isn’t exactly peanuts for a WNBA player. The maximum WNBA salary is $105,000 per season, and Griner led the Phoenix Mercury to the 2013 WNBA title for less than $50,000. Griner has, however, played in China during the last two offseasons reportedly for upwards of $600,000 per season. The endorsement deal she signed with Nike in 2013 also was reported to be worth as much as $1 million.

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source: Sporting News