Artem Chigvintsev Responds After Nikki Garcia Says He Attacked Her

“I gathered Matteo's schoolhouse things and portion I was walking to the beforehand door, I heard Artem susurration thing astir ‘mom’ to Matteo nether his breath,” she continued. “I ignored this arsenic I conscionable wanted to get Matteo retired of the location until Artem cooled off. I grabbed Matteo's shoes and told Matteo it was clip to enactment his shoes on.”

That’s when, per Nikki, “Artem began walking toward maine portion yelling astatine maine to ‘shut my mouth’ and that helium ‘already told Matteo to get his shoes on.’ I was truthful overwhelmed by Artem yelling astatine maine that morning; I threw Matteo's toddler size 7 shoes toward Artem. The shoes contacted Artem's leg. I admit it was not close of maine to propulsion the shoes, but I was truthful overwhelmed with everything that had happened that greeting that I had a momentary lapse successful judgment. I enactment that Matteo's shoes measurement hardly thing and could not person wounded Artem.”

At this point, per the declaration, Artem “became furious” and “grabbed” Matteo and ran upstairs with him.

Nikki—who filed for divorce Sept. 11—said she was acrophobic for her son’s information and ran aft them. When the erstwhile WWE prima got upstairs, she tried to unfastened Matteo’s closed chamber door, but per the docs, Artem was trying to clasp the doorway closed.

“I was capable to propulsion the doorway unfastened capable to get conscionable my limb through,” she stated successful the declaration. “Through the spread successful the door, I could spot Matteo connected his bed. He looked scared. with his eyes wide and rima open. As soon arsenic I got my limb successful the door, Artem opened the doorway and tackled maine to the crushed extracurricular Matteo's room. Artem grabbed my arms and held maine connected the crushed for what felt similar 20 to 30 seconds.”

“Artem past got up and went backmost to Matteo's country and unopen the door,” Nikki continued. “I wanted to telephone the police, but my telephone was downstairs and I was acrophobic to permission Matteo unsocial with Artem.”

After different effort to get into Matteo’s room, Nikki alleged, different conflict ensued.

“I was capable to enactment connected my feet initially,” she stated. “However, Artem pushed maine crossed the hallway and into our bedroom. It was each I could bash to enactment connected my feet. Eventually, Artem was capable to unit maine to the crushed successful our en-suite bathroom. Artem had his hands connected my thorax adjacent my sternum and was pressing down. I felt similar I was suffocating. I was grabbing astatine his cervix (the lone happening I could reach), trying to get him disconnected me. There was thing I could do. I deliberation Artem saw the panic successful my eyes, due to the fact that helium ‘snapped retired of it.’ Artem got disconnected of maine and ran down the stairs."

When the constabulary arrived, per Nikki's filing, Matteo told authorities, "Daddy wounded my hand."

And Nikki alleged this wasn't the archetypal clip Artem had displayed assertive behaviour towards her.

In her petition, she said that the 42-year-old was verbally abusive to her connected aggregate occasions and "violently grabbed maine astir my waist" to allegedly support her from her lad during a abstracted 2023 incident. 

According to the Total Bellas alum—who antecedently went by the signifier sanction Nikki Bella—Artem became “increasingly angry” aft learning helium would not beryllium returning to Dancing With the Stars for play 33, which is presently ongoing, with her stating that helium was “snapping astatine me, and yelling.”

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However, Artem disputes his estranged wife’s claims. In his effect docs obtained by TMZ, the choreographer claimed Nikki was the aggressor Aug. 29 fight, showing pictures—published by the outlet—of injuries to his neck, elbow, and manus helium alleges came from his ex. 

In his filing, the nonrecreational dancer said that helium brought Matteo upstairs to support him arsenic the concern with Nikki escalated. He claimed that Nikki shoved her mode wrong the country wherever helium and Matteo were and began attacking him, starring to them grappling connected the floor. 

Artem past noted successful his filing that helium was the 1 to telephone 9-1-1, claiming Nikki said, "Do you recognize however this is gonna spell present Artem? You conscionable ruined my vocation and you cognize it."

E! News reached retired to a rep for Artem for remark but has not heard back. 

“Due to the incidental that led to Artem’s apprehension connected August 29, 2024, Nikki has decided to record for a impermanent Domestic Violence Restraining Order to support herself and her son," a rep for Nikki told E! News connected Oct. 4. "Although Nikki requested that the Napa District Attorney not record charges against Artem arsenic she did not privation him to spell to jail, helium indispensable inactive beryllium held accountable for his actions, and Nikki and her lad indispensable beryllium protected. Nikki’s fig 1 precedence has ever been the wellbeing of her son."

The connection continued, "She is thankful for each of the emotion and enactment she has received and continues to inquire for privateness for her and her household during this hard time.” 

Artem was taken into custody successful Napa connected Aug. 29 connected a home unit complaint and was released connected $25,000 bail soon after. Less than a period later, prosecutors announced successful a property merchandise that they would not record transgression charges against him owed to a deficiency of grounds that provides impervious "beyond a tenable doubt." Authorities did not merchandise the individuality of the alleged unfortunate successful the case.

Following the charges being dropped, Artem expressed feeling "relieved and grateful" that the lawsuit had been enactment to rest. As helium shared successful a Sept. 25 connection to E! News, "This has been an highly hard clip for me. I americium thankful that the information has prevailed."

Following the charges being dropped, Artem expressed feeling "relieved and grateful" that the lawsuit had been enactment to rest.

As helium shared successful a Sept. 25 connection to E! News, "This has been an highly hard clip for me. I americium thankful that the information has prevailed."

He besides explained that his “main concern” is focusing connected his lad Matteo, adding, "I look guardant to moving past this section and focusing connected what genuinely matters—continue being the champion begetter I tin be."

And Nikki besides shared a connection aft the dancer's arrest. 

"This is simply a backstage matter," her rep told E! News successful an Aug. 30 statement, "and Nikki asks for privateness for her and her household astatine this time."

Read connected for a afloat breakdown of Artem's home unit arrest.