DWTS Pro Artem Chigvintsev Not Charged After Domestic Violence Arrest
Artem Chigvintsev is looking toward the future.
After prosecutors moved not to record charges pursuing his Aug. 29 apprehension for home violence, the Dancing With the Stars alum told E! News however he’s moving connected from this “extremely hard time,” explaining that his apical precedence remains his 4-year-old lad Matteo, whom helium shares with estranged woman Nikki Garcia.
“My absorption has ever been and volition ever be, our lad Matteo,” Artem said successful a connection Sept. 25. “He is my world, and being his begetter is the top blessing successful my life. All along, my main interest has been for him.”
“I americium committed to continuing to supply him with the love, support, and attraction helium needs arsenic we determination forward,” helium continued. “I americium hopeful that securing an adjacent custody statement volition assistance america determination on.”
Nikki, 40, filed to extremity her 2-year marriage to Artem, 42, connected Sept. 11, citing irreconcilable differences arsenic the crushed for the split. In the filing, the erstwhile WWE star—who antecedently went by Nikki Bella—also requested sole ineligible and carnal custody of Matteo, with visitation rights for Artem. But successful his ain filing 2 days later, helium requested associated ineligible and carnal custody, arsenic good arsenic spousal support.
As Artem told E! News, “I look guardant to moving past this section and focusing connected what genuinely matters—continue being the champion begetter I tin be.”
The pro dancer has spoken astir fatherhood successful the past. “I ne'er thought I would beryllium a dad,” helium told Entertainment Tonight successful 2023. “Then I ne'er thought I would person a lad who would beryllium arsenic cute arsenic him.”
And earlier Matteo’s birth, Artem discussed his tendency to acquisition parenthood.
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“There’s nary circumstantial infinitesimal wherever I was like, ‘Oh, hey, I privation to beryllium a father,’” Artem said during a March 2020 occurrence of The Nikki & Brie Show podcast, which Nikki co-hosts with duplicate sister Brie Garcia. “Everybody hits a definite signifier of beingness wherever they crave that feeling of having a child.”
He added, “It’s similar you person the abundant magnitude of emotion that you wanna share.”
E! News has reached retired to Nikki’s rep for remark connected Artem’s connection but has not heard back.
Read connected for a look backmost connected his ineligible battle.
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