Professional dancer Artem Chigvintsev, a 13-season veteran of “Dancing With the Stars” who has been on the show almost continuously since 2014, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of felony domestic violence, according to the Napa County arrest database.
County sheriff's deputies arrested Chigvintsev, 42, around 10 a.m. in Yountville, California, following a 911 call, NBC News reported.
The database cited California’s penal code targeting anyone who “willfully inflicts bodily injury resulting in a traumatic condition” on a spouse, former spouse, domestic partner, fiancé or fiancée, former dating partner or co-parent.
TMZ reported that there were injuries.
Chigvintsev and former WWE wrestler Nikki Garcia were first paired on Season 25 of “DWTS” in 2019, when she was still Nikki Bella. They have been married since 2022, have a son together and live in Yountville.
It’s unclear whether Garcia, 40, was involved. Chigvintsev was previously married to fellow dancer Giselle Peacock from 2004 to 2005 and dated “DWTS” judge Carrie Ann Inaba from 2006 to 2008.
Representatives for Chigvintsev and Garcia did not immediately respond to The Times' requests for comment Thursday.
Chigvintsev was released at 2:18 p.m. Thursday on $25,000 bail, according to the Napa County bail database.
Three days ago, Garcia posted a romantic video and photos, mostly from her wedding to Chigvintsev, with Haley Reinhart's cover of “Can't Help Falling in Love” as the soundtrack. Her caption wished her husband a happy wedding anniversary.
“This song is our love story,” Garcia wrote on Instagram Monday. “I’ll never forget where I was when I asked Jesus about Artem. Having a conversation with Him and God. How it felt too soon. Everything felt too fast. And then this song came on. And that’s when I knew I was falling in love with him and that it was all meant to be.”
“Happy anniversary, my love. I can’t imagine my life without you,” Chigvintsev wrote to Garcia in his own anniversary post on the same day. “You are everything to me.”
The professional dancer, who unsuccessfully auditioned for the first season of “So You Think You Can Dance” and later appeared on the U.K.’s “Strictly Come Dancing,” was born in the former Soviet Union and moved to the U.S. in 2003. He was not expected to return for the upcoming season of “DWTS,” Page Six reported.
