“Dancing With the Stars” alum Artem Chigvintsev says home violence arrest ‘ruined my life utterly’

Former Dancing With the Stars professional Artem Chigvintsev says his marital saga along with his ex-wife Nikki Garcia (previously often called Nikki Bella) that started final yr has been devastating.

"It utterly ruined every little thing for me," Chigvintsev mentioned on a latest episode of The Glamorous Grind Podcast. "It utterly ruined every little thing for me. From each angle, it ruined my life utterly."

See the second at about 24 minutes into the video beneath.

Chigvintsev and Garcia had been paired on the ABC dance competitors in 2017's season 25, they usually married in 2022. Then he was arrested on suspicion of home violence at his and Garcia's residence final August. Whereas Allison Haley, the district lawyer in California's Napa County, introduced in September that she wouldn't be submitting prices, the dancer felt like different folks didn't see it that manner.

"When an individual has a mugshot, " he mentioned, "you're responsible instantly."

Two weeks after Chigvintsev's arrest, Garcia filed for divorce. Each events initially sought and had been granted restraining orders in opposition to each other. In addition they each pursued custody of their younger son, Matteo. They agreed on a settlement, enabling them to keep away from a showdown in courtroom, in November. On the time, a rep for Garcia mentioned each side had been dropping their restraining orders "to maneuver on with their lives and successfully co-parent their son."

One of many two podcast hosts, who had been each attorneys, advised Chigvintsev that he "seemed far more balanced" and "had extra life in [his] eyes" than he did a yr in the past.

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"Divorce was simply one of many issues I used to be going through on the time," Chigvintsev answered. "I imply, there was a felony cost. I used to be minimize off from each outlet of help, aside from possibly my dad and mom. Like, I used to be minimize out from each angle. Generally folks undergo divorce, however they’ve their job…and have their associates. There's nonetheless sure help. I didn't have a household help, as a result of that was minimize off. My work was minimize off. After which, on high of it, there was a felony case."

As for his work, Chigvintsev was not a part of the Dancing With the Stars cycle that aired within the fall. EW confirmed on the time of his preliminary arrest, nonetheless, that he had by no means been scheduled to be a part of the season.

Nikki Garcia reflects on painful divorce from DWTS pro Artem Chigvintsev: 'I've been heartbroken'

Garcia has described an totally painful time, too.

"It's been actually powerful. I've been heartbroken. Unhappy," she mentioned on her podcast, The Nikki and Brie Present, when she returned in December after months away following Chigvintsev's arrest . ", you dream of getting this household and you’ve got this unimaginable love and it simply goes the opposite manner. And also you go from having a terrific love story to having a horrible one. And I by no means noticed any of it coming, you recognize, so far as, like, what the ending can be."

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