The ‘Dancing With the Stars’ professional was taken into police custody Thursday on a felony home violence cost.
New particulars have emerged following Dancing With the Stars professional Artem Chigvintsev’s home violence arrest. Sources linked to the investigation instructed TMZ that paramedics and the fireplace division had been reportedly known as to the house Chigvintsev shares with spouse Nikki Garcia simply an hour earlier than officers with the Napa Valley Police Division took him into custody.
Emergency first responders had been dispatched after a 911 name was reportedly made at round 8:30 a.m. native time by an unidentified particular person who reported an unspecified “medical emergency.” Nevertheless, a second name got here in shortly after from somebody on the residence cancelling the request. Paramedics and the fireplace division had been already enroute to the Napa Valley, California space residence and rotated.
Lower than two hours later, at round 10 a.m. native time, officers with the Napa Valley Sheriff’s Division responded to a name within the city of Yountville, California and arrested Chigvintsev, Napa Valley Sheriff PIO Henry Wofford confirmed to Us Weekly. In keeping with information seen by the outlet, Chigvintsev was booked on fees underneath part 273.5(a) of the California Penal Code “pertaining to a person who has injured a partner, cohabitant or fellow father or mother.” Authorities defined that accidents have to be seen on the time of the arrest for the suspected crime to be a felony. Chigvintsev “was arrested with out incident. He was not preventing or combative,” Wofford mentioned. He was booked simply after 10:40 a.m. His bail was set at $25,000. He was launched later that afternoon..
Police mentioned they “had a chance to talk to the sufferer,” who “requested full confidentiality.” The investigation is ongoing.
It is unclear at the moment if Garcia was concerned within the incident, although she did verify on social media that she was within the Napa Valley space when she posted to social media about getting a facial in downtown Napa only a day earlier. She has not commented on Chigvintsev’s arrest at the moment.
Chigvintsev and Garcia met in 2017 after they had been paired collectively for Dancing With the Stars Season 25. They had been engaged two years later and welcomed their first little one collectively, son Matteo Artemovich, in July 2020. They tied the knot in 2022.
Chigvintsev’s felony home violence arrest got here simply days after the couple celebrated their second anniversary on Monday and simply weeks earlier than DWTS Season 33 kicks off on ABC and Disney+. The complete solid for the season is anticipated to be introduced on Good Morning America subsequent week, however a supply instructed Web page Six following Chigvintsev’s arrest that “there have been no plans for Artem to be a component” of the upcoming season.
When you or somebody is a sufferer of home violence, you may attain the Nationwide Home Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233. You may also chat with a consultant at thehotline.org or by texting “START” to 88788.