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Artem Chigvintsev Says Nikki Garcia’s “False Allegations” Cost Him $100K successful Income
Artem Chigvintsev and Nikki Garcia person had their past dance.
The Dancing With the Stars pro and the Total Bellas star, who stock 4-year-old lad Matteo, settled their divorce 2 months aft breaking up.
“Nikki and Artem person settled their divorcement and volition not beryllium going to court," a spokesperson for Nikki confirmed successful a Nov. 20 connection to E! News. "Nikki's No. 1 precedence has ever been her lad and privateness connected the matter. She is thankful for each of the emotion and enactment she has received during this hard time."
The colony comes 2 months aft Artem, 42, was arrested connected a suspicion of felony home unit charge pursuing an Aug. 29 incidental astatine his and Nikki's Northern California home. Local prosecutors yet chose to driblet the charge, with Artem telling E! News successful September that helium was "incredibly relieved and grateful" the ineligible saga had travel to an end.
Nikki, 40, filed for divorcement from Artem successful September, listing the time of the dancer's apprehension arsenic their official day of separation successful tribunal documents. Additionally, the WWE Hall of Famer—who joined Artem successful 2022—sought a impermanent restraining order against her ex, alleging helium attacked her connected the time helium was arrested.
However, successful a filing responding to Nikki's restraining bid request, Artem alleged that Nikki was the aggressor successful the concern and had attacked him earlier the constabulary arrived astatine their home.
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Nikki's rep told E! Nov. 20 that the wrestler—formerly known arsenic Nikki Bella—and Artem "decided to driblet the home unit restraining orders against each different successful an effort to determination connected with their lives and efficaciously co-parent their son."
E! News has reached retired to Artem's rep for remark but hasn't heard back.
His lawyer antecedently told E! News that helium and Nikki are “focused connected co-parenting and moving unneurotic for the champion interests of their son.”
For a look backmost astatine Artem and Nikki’s relationship, support reading.
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A Different Sort of Smooch
Long earlier the 2 paired up successful existent life, Nikki Garcia and Artem Chigvintsev were creation partners during DWTS' 25th play backmost successful 2017. Here, Artem kisses the Garcia twin's manus for a promotional shot.
Sunday Fun Day
Just weeks earlier the brace would spell connected to publically corroborate their romance, Artem made several appearances on Nikki's Instagram Story and Instagram Live videos earlier and during Total Bellas. Why?
Nikki explained that Artem would beryllium joining her successful unrecorded tweeting the episode, though that wasn't the lone crushed for his societal media cameo. "I person a peculiar impermanent who had a truly amusive Sunday amusive time with me," she told fans successful the Live video, earlier explaining they spent the day enjoying ramen and non-alcoholic brew together.
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Messing Around
Artem followed Nikki's adorable Instagram station with 1 of his ain the pursuing the day. The scenic changeable showed a giddy-looking Nikki smiling and covering Artem's look portion his limb was wrapped sweetly astir her waist.
It's Official!
Trailing Total Bellas' 4th play finale, the WWE prima took to Instagram Sunday night, March 24, with an adorable snapshot that saw her planting a saccharine kiss connected the DWTS pro's cheek.
The photograph seemed to reemphasize what the last moments of Sunday's occurrence already confirmed: that Nikki and Artem are, successful fact, doing the romance thing.
"Well aft that play finale," she wrote successful the post's caption, adding that her and Artem's narration is the "first happening I'll beryllium talking about" during Wednesday's upcoming occurrence of The Bellas Podcast. Stay tuned!
Wine Time
Artem and Nikki held hands during a daytime day successful Washington, D.C.
Breakfast With the Fam
Nikki's duplicate sister Brie Bella posted this cute pic of herself and girl Birdie grabbing meal with the mates successful April 2019.
Dog Pile
Nikki and Artem snuggled successful furniture with her pup Winston.
Disney Date
Nikki and Artem cuddle up portion successful Disney with Brie and her hubby Bryan Danielson.
Podcast Official
Artem made his archetypal quality connected the Garcia's podcast successful May 2019 and the lovebirds didn't shy distant from talking astir their relationship.
Music Fest Lovefest
The mates shared a saccharine infinitesimal successful the assemblage astatine the BottleRock euphony festival.
BottleRock Babes
Artem and Nikki bask a play getaway to successful Napa, Califa.
Birthday Boy
"Happy Birthday to a antheral who not lone makes my look smile, but my heart," Nikki wrote successful a tribute to Artem successful June 2019. "You're a peculiar 1 Mr. Chigvintsev! Your relaxing, calm, patient, kind, blessed vigor and aura is contagious! You genuinely are the kindest psyche I person ever met. Thank you for bringing a batch of sunshine into my life."
Smooch!
Nikki planted a saccharine buss connected Arten during a selfie.
Hands Off
The brace snapped a "hands escaped 10 2nd selfie."
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Happy
Artem sweept Nikki disconnected her feet! "Lake Tahoe makes my psyche grin & my interior kid travel retired and play!" she wrote connected Instagram.
Instagram / Nikki Bella
Picture Perfect
Nikki and Artem's Lake Tahoe photo sprout was hotter than the upwind connected 4th of July.
Desert Selfie
Nikki and Artem soaked up immoderate prima successful the desert.
Mexicali Memories
Artem joined Nikki and Brie connected a travel to Mexicali arsenic the twins tried to reunite with their estranged father.
Ahem...
Nikki snuck successful a selfie amid her effort to "seduce my mode into getting a ft massage."
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Chilling At The Lake
The brace spent prime household clip unneurotic during a travel to Lake Tahoe successful August 2021.
New Beginning
Nikki took to Instagram successful August 2019 to stock a connection astir her "new beginning" with Artem.
"As I commencement a caller astonishing travel with @totalbellas and my life, my @theartemc is starting the same," the retired WWE prima wrote. "And I americium truthful excited for him to beryllium connected this travel with me. I'm thankful for him to showcase his life, love, ups and downs not lone for maine but for my Bella Army and my Total Bellas viewers."
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Vote For Artem!
Nikki encouraged the Bella Army to ballot for Artem and his DWTS partner, Melora Hardin, with the adorable pic.
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Couple Goals
Being a supportive wife, Nikki encouraged fans to ballot for Artem and partner Heidi D'Amelio connected Dancing With the Stars with this cute photo.
Cheers!
Let blessed hr for the hardworking mates commence!
Cuddles
Seriously, could they get immoderate cuter?
Together Forever
Nikki and her "4 lifer," as she enactment it successful the caption of this October snap.
Poppin' Bottles
Champagne time.
A Bella Birthday
Artem shared this pic connected Nikki's birthday.
"I privation to privation the happiest day to my beauteous and decidedly amended different half," helium captioned the post. "you are my rock, you person been perfectly unthinkable arsenic a ma to Matteo and I americium truthful fortunate to person you. I privation to privation you tons of success, emotion and happiness and everything you privation for yourself. I emotion you and miss you and can't hold to spot you to celebrate."
Kisses
Muah.
Home Is Wherever I'm With You
"mi casa," Nikki wrote alongside this saccharine selfie.
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