‘DWTS’ Pro Artem Chigvintsev Arrested for Domestic Violence

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Dancing with the Stars pro Artem Chigvintsev was arrested and booked into the Napa County Jail just before 10 a.m. on Thursday, November 29, on a felony domestic violence charge, per online jail records.

News of the arrest comes as the 42-year-old father of one had been on a trip with his wife, WWE star Nikki Garcia (formerly Bella) to Napa’s wine country.

The circumstances that led to the arrest are not clear as of yet, with Garcia last posting to her Instagram Story on Wednesday, August 28, about a facial she had received in downtown Napa.

It is not currently known whether Garcia was involved in the incident that led to Chigvintsev’s arrest.

Garcia and the Russian dancer married in 2022, and welcomed son Matteo Artemovich Chigvintsev on July 31, 2020.