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Brie Garcia Gives Update connected Sister Nikki Garcia Amid Artem Chigvintsev Divorce
For 15 years, Nikki Garcia made a surviving showcasing her carnal prowess successful the wrestling arena. Her toughness and stamina were a fixed whenever she and sister Brie Garcia—known professionally arsenic the Bella Twins—entered the ring.
Over this past month, however, Nikki has been tapping into a antithetic reserve of strength.
Just 3 days aft she and hubby Artem Chigvintsev marked their 2nd wedding day connected Aug. 26 with respective tender Instagram posts, helium was arrested connected suspicion of home violence successful Napa, Calif., wherever they person a home.
The lawsuit was dropped earlier this week, prosecutors announcing Sept. 24 that they were not filing charges against the Dancing With the Stars pro based connected "careful valuation of the grounds presented" to the Napa County District Attorney's Office.
But Nikki, who met Artem erstwhile she was paired with him connected DWTS' 25th season successful 2017, had already made her legal move: She filed for divorcement Sept. 11, citing irreconcilable differences arsenic the crushed and asking for afloat ineligible and carnal custody of their 4-year-old son, Matteo. She besides listed their day of separation arsenic the time Artem was arrested.
Artem countered with a filing for associated custody, and some helium and Nikki person stated their intent to support these proceedings private successful the aftermath of their precise nationalist split.
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While Nikki is taking immoderate clip disconnected from The Nikki & Brie Show podcast, she rallied for a enactment appearance 4 days aft Artem's arrest, co-hosting Netflix's unrecorded "Chestnut vs. Kobayashi: Unfinished Beef" hotdog-eating lawsuit with Rob Riggle.
"Thank you, everyone," she told the audience. "I'm truthful blessed to beryllium here." When a instrumentality offered up immoderate supportive words from the crowd, Nikki turned toward the dependable and said, "I emotion you, too."
She's been keeping a debased illustration since, her rep telling E! News Sept. 13, "She continues to inquire for privateness for her and her household astatine this time."
More precocious she was spotted with Brie doing immoderate aboriginal Halloween shopping, the brace emerging from a Napa Valley store Sept. 20 with a cart-full of pumpkins.
Brie, meanwhile, is backmost down the mic, telling listeners connected the Sept. 23 instrumentality of The Nikki & Bella Show (the archetypal caller occurrence since Aug. 28) that her sister was focused connected moving guardant with Matteo and would beryllium returning to the podcast soon.
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"Nikki isn’t present because, arsenic you each know, she’s going done thing idiosyncratic successful her life," Brie noted, "and she conscionable asks for her privateness for her and her family, truthful we're going to springiness that. But she sees each the enactment and love."
Just arsenic it's been everlastingly with her large sister (by 16 minutes), successful the ringing oregon out, Brie has had Nikki's back.
While Nikki hasn't commented connected the determination not to complaint Artem, Brie seemingly offered a reaction: "The information ever comes retired successful the end, nary substance however hard anyone tried to fell it oregon halt it," work a graphic she posted to her Instagram Story Sept. 25. "Lies are conscionable a impermanent hold to the inevitable."
Part of the inevitable, astatine least, is that the twins volition reunite connected their podcast and Nikki—who historically has been rather candid astir the ups and downs of her narration with Artem—will bash what she thinks is champion for her and her son.
"I would accidental motherhood and parenthood is decidedly truthful overmuch harder than I would person ever imagined conscionable due to the fact that you person 2 antithetic people," the Total Bellas alum told E! News successful July 2023. "Like, you're already trying to marque a matrimony work, we're already merging that."
But admittedly she and Artem "did things a small different," Nikki continued. "We had the kid archetypal and past marriage—so trying to beryllium connected the aforesaid leafage with everything, it's difficult, and decidedly thing we enactment on."
Keep speechmaking for the details connected what happened with Artem's apprehension and Nikki's determination to abstracted that precise day:
Napa County Department of Corrections
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.
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What Is Happening to Artem Chigvintsev's Domestic Violence Case?
Napa County District Attorney Allison Haley shared connected Sept. 24, 2024, that her bureau volition not beryllium filing charges against Chigvintsev pursuing a "thorough reappraisal of the transgression probe and cautious valuation of the grounds presented to the DA’s Office."
“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/.”
Does Artem Chigvintsev Have Custody of His and Nikki Garcia's Son Matteo?
In a Sept. 25, 2024 connection to E! News, Chigvintsev said helium was "incredibly relieved and grateful" that his home unit complaint was dropped.
"This has been an highly hard clip for me," helium shared. "I americium thankful that the information has prevailed."
The dancer added that helium is "hopeful" successful securing an adjacent co-parenting statement with Garcia, who requested for sole ineligible and carnal custody of their lad Matteo successful her to Sept. 11 divorcement filing.
Chigvintsev said, "I look guardant to moving past this section and focusing connected what genuinely matters—continue being the champion begetter I tin be."
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