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Nikki Garcia has broken her silence by giving her first statement after husband Artem Chigvintsev was arrested for domestic battery.
Chigvintsev, 42, was released on $25,000 bond Thursday, August 29, after his early morning arrest in Yountville, California.
Due to laws protecting the identity of domestic violence victims, officials at the Napa County Sheriff’s Office have not released the name, gender or age of the alleged victim, but reports indicated he was charged with corporal injury to spouse.
In a statement on Friday, a representative speaking on behalf of Garcia for privacy following the arrest.
Nikki Garcia has broken her silence by giving her first statement after husband Artem Chigvintsev was arrested for domestic battery
‘This is a private matter, and Nikki asks for privacy for her and her family at this time,’ a rep told UsWeekly.
Yesterday, deputies said there was sufficient evidence to make an arrest.
‘When it comes to felony domestic violence, it’s not based on hearsay,’ Napa County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Henry Wofford told Dailymail.com Thursday. ‘The deputies saw something that is apparent.’
Wofford explained, ‘I’m not telling you this is what happened in this particular case, but sometimes there would be evidence of blood, sometimes scratches, sometimes it’s bruises – it’s something visible where the deputies said, “OK, we’re making this arrest.”‘
Deputies spoke to Chigvintsev and arrested him for felony domestic violence, Wofford told Dailymail.com Thursday, adding that the dance pro ‘was cooperative’ and ‘did not fight with our deputies or anything of that nature.’
Chigvintsev and Garcia first met when they were paired up for DWTS season 25 in 2017.
