Dancing with the Stars professional Artem Chigvintsev was arrested Thursday morning on suspicion of home violence.
In keeping with on-line jail information, the skilled dancer was booked into Napa County jail at 10:40 am PT for California penal code 273.5(a), which states that “any person who willfully inflicts corporal injury resulting in a traumatic condition upon” a present or former partner, cohabitant, fiancé or fiancée, or fellow dad or mum “is guilty of a felony.”
Chigvintsev was later launched Thursday afternoon after posting a $25,000 bail. Regulation enforcement officers haven’t disclosed what led to his arrest or any particulars about the alleged sufferer.
Chigvintsev has been married to WWE alum Nikki Garcia since 2022 and share a son collectively. They started relationship after they had been paired on ABC’s dance competitors collection in 2019. Three days earlier than his arrest, they every posted on their respective social media accounts, celebrating their anniversary.
It was not instantly clear if Garcia was concerned in the incident.
The skilled dancer has competed on 12 seasons of Dancing with the Stars, together with final season, the place he got here in fourth place with Charity Lawson. He beforehand received the present’s twenty ninth season with Kaitlyn Bristowe in 2020. Earlier than Dancing with the Stars, Chigvintsev was a star on Strictly Come Dancing, the U.Okay. model of the dancing competitors collection.
The Hollywood Reporter additionally discovered that Chigvintsev was not set to be half of season 33 of Dancing with the Stars, which premieres on Sept. 17.
Representatives for Chigvintsev, Garcia and the Napa County Sheriff’s Workplace didn’t instantly reply to THR‘s request for remark.
