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Artem Chigvintsev Responds to Nikki Garcia’s Divorce Filing
Nikki Garcia is leaning connected her duplicate sister amid her divorce.
The WWE alum was spotted buying for pumpkins with Brie Garcia Sept. 20, conscionable implicit a week aft she filed for divorcement from Artem Chigvintsev.
During their Napa Valley, Calif. outing, the sisters wore contrasting athleisure looks, with Nikki opting for neutrals, pairing her all-black getup with an oat-colored duster, crossbody container and plaid chapeau arsenic she pushed a market cart afloat of pumpkins. She didn't look to beryllium wearing her wedding ring.
Meanwhile, Brie—who shares girl Birdie, 7, and lad Buddy, 4, with hubby Bryan Danielson—walked alongside her sister successful an each greenish ensemble that she wore with a fannypack with an off-white chapeau successful her hand.
The erstwhile Total Bellas stars' sighting comes arsenic Nikki and Artem's divided plays retired successful the nationalist eye.
Two weeks aft Artem was arrested connected a home unit complaint and released connected bail Aug. 29, Nikki filed for divorce Sept. 11, citing "irreconcilable differences." She asked for ineligible and carnal custody of their son, Matteo, 4.
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While neither Artem nor Nikki person publically acknowledged their divided themselves, representatives for some person spoken retired connected their behalf.
Nikki's rep told E! News connected Sept. 13 that "she continues to inquire for privateness for her and her household astatine this time."
On Sept. 16, Artem's lawyers said successful a statement to People that helium "will not remark connected immoderate pending proceeding" and that the mates is "focused connected co-parenting and moving unneurotic for the champion interests of their son."
While neither Artem nor Nikki person publically acknowledged their divided themselves, representatives for some person spoken retired connected their behalf.
Nikki's rep told E! News connected Sept. 13 that "she continues to inquire for privateness for her and her household astatine this time."
On Sept. 16, Artem's lawyers said successful a statement to People that helium "will not remark connected immoderate pending proceeding" and that the mates is "focused connected co-parenting and moving unneurotic for the champion interests of their son."
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The connection continued, "As a modular practice, the divorcement effect preserves Mr. Chigvintsev’s fiscal rights to enactment and fees. Failure to cheque these boxes successful the responsive pleadings waives the close to question specified remedies. There is nary question pending for spousal enactment oregon fees, besides known arsenic the Request for Order."
His lawyer added that they "intend to resoluteness each pending issues connected mutually acceptable terms."
Keep speechmaking for much details Artem's ineligible case.
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When Was Artem Chigvintsev Arrested?
Artem Chigvintsev was arrested soon earlier 10 a.m. connected Aug. 29, Napa County Sheriff’s Office’s Public Information Officer Henry Wofford confirmed to E! News.
Wofford noted the Dancing With the Stars pro did not was defy and was taken to the Napa County Department of Corrections. Chigvintsev was booked connected a complaint of felony home unit with a bail acceptable astatine $25,000, per online records.
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When Was Artem Chigvintsev Released From Custody?
The nonrecreational dancer posted bail and was released from custody astatine 2:18 p.m. connected Aug.29, Wofford confirmed to E! News. A tribunal day has yet to beryllium announced.
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What Else Have Authorities Said About Artem Chigvintsev’s Arrest?
While Wofford told NBC News Chigvintsev was arrested successful Yountville, Calif, helium did not uncover the nonstop determination owed to a petition for privateness from the alleged victim.
As a effect of this request, helium added, the Sheriff is besides not releasing the name, sex oregon property of the alleged unfortunate oregon the individual’s narration to Chigvintsev. However, Wofford did person this to accidental astir the arrest.
“When idiosyncratic is charged with felony home unit usually this means determination is simply a disposable wounded oregon credible eyewitness,” helium told E! News, “our deputies felt comfy arresting him connected felony home unit charges.”
“Of people this could alteration with much grounds that mightiness travel through,” Wofford continued, “but astatine the clip of the apprehension the deputies felt it was a felony complaint alternatively of a misdemeanor."
He besides shared wherefore victims whitethorn take to support idiosyncratic accusation backstage successful these cases.
“Some victims whitethorn not consciousness comfy sharing each details astatine clip the fishy is arrested,” Wofford noted. “Some victims consciousness embarrassed, threatened, oregon fearfulness the incidental whitethorn interaction their family. We person to springiness victims capable clip and support, which assistance them recognize we are present to help.”
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In an audio signaling shared by TMZ Aug. 30, a dispatcher tin beryllium heard saying Chigvintsev had initially called 911 to petition aesculapian attraction aft an statement successful which shoes were allegedly thrown astatine him. However, the dispatcher said the 42-year-old aboriginal stated that aesculapian assistance was nary longer needed.
Still, Wofford said authorities continued with their check.
“For home violence, if idiosyncratic picks up the telephone and says, ‘You don’t person to travel aft all,’ we’re inactive going to spell for a payment check," helium told Page Six. "We’re not conscionable going to halt what we’re doing."
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What Has Artem Chigvintsev Said About the Arrest?
As of Aug. 30, Chigvintsev has yet to talk publically connected the apprehension oregon 911 call. E! News has reached retired to his rep for remark but has yet to perceive back.
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Will the Arrest Affect Artem Chigvintsev’s Future connected Dancing With the Stars?
Chigvintsev’s apprehension came little than 3 weeks anterior to Dancing With the Stars’ play 33 premiere. However, the past Mirrorball winner—who’s appeared connected 12 seasons of the contention series—was not acceptable to beryllium a portion of this season’s cast, Page Six and Variety reported.
E! News has reached retired to ABC for remark but has yet to perceive back.
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Has Artem Chigvintsev’s Wife Nikki Garcia Said Anything About His Arrest?
A rep for Nikki Garcia—who met Chigvintsev erstwhile they were paired unneurotic connected play 25 of Dancing With the Stars successful 2017—spoke retired astir his arrest the time aft his booking and release.
"This is simply a backstage matter,” the rep told E! News Aug. 30, “and Nikki asks for privateness for her and her household astatine this time."
Chigvintsev’s apprehension came 3 days aft helium and Garcia—who stock 4-year-old lad Matteo—celebrated their 2nd wedding anniversary.
“Happy day my love,” the ballroom dancer wrote connected Instagram Aug. 26. “can’t spot my beingness with retired you. You are my everything.”
In her ain post, the erstwhile WWE prima quoted the lyrics from Elvis Presley’s “Can’t Help Falling successful Love” and posted throwback footage of the mates successful Paris, where they got joined successful 2022.
“This opus is our emotion story,” she wrote successful the caption. “I’ll ne'er hide wherever I was erstwhile I asked Jesus astir Artem. Having a speech with He & God. How my feelings felt excessively soon. It each felt excessively fast. And past this opus came on. And that’s erstwhile I knew that I was falling successful emotion with him and that it was each meant to be. Happy Anniversary @theartemc I emotion you!”
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Have Any Dancing With the Stars Pros Spoken Out About Artem Chigvintsev’s Arrest?
Shortly aft Chigvintsev’s arrest, Cheryl Burke—who retired arsenic a Dancing With the Stars pro in 2022 aft 26 seasons connected the show—shared her absorption to the news.
Noting Chigvintsev is idiosyncratic she grew up with and lived with astatine 1 time, Burke said connected her podcast Sex, Lies and Spray Tans that she was successful “complete shock” implicit his arrest.
“My bosom goes retired to everyone involved,” she shared connected the Aug. 30 episode, noting it was recorded the time before. “It’s conscionable truly hard for maine due to the fact that helium was my family. I don’t cognize what to accidental present different than I anticipation everybody’s OK.”
In a clip of her podcast posted to TikTok, Burke besides shared resources.
“If you oregon idiosyncratic you cognize is experiencing home violence, assistance is available,” she wrote successful the caption. “Consider calling the National Domestic Violence Hotline astatine 800-799-7233, oregon substance START to 88788, oregon spell to…https://www.thehotline.org/.”
