Dancing With the Stars’ Artem Chigvintsev Arrested

Dancing with the Stars professional Artem Chigvintsev was arrested Thursday morning on suspicion of home violence.

In accordance with on-line jail data, 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 one who willfully inflicts corporal harm leading to a traumatic situation upon” a present or former partner, cohabitant, fiancé or fiancée, or fellow dad or mum “is responsible 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 concerning the alleged sufferer.

Chigvintsev has been married to WWE alum Nikki Garcia since 2022 and share a son collectively. They started courting once 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 within 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 gained 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.Ok. model of the dancing competitors collection.

The Hollywood Reporter additionally discovered that Chigvintsev was not set to be a part 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.