Nikki Garcia breaks silence on divorce and domestic violence allegations Nikki Garcia reveals her journey to healing and happiness Nikki Garcia believed she had at last discovered her happily ever after. Garcia got back in touch with her Season 25 Dancing With the Stars partner, Artem Chigvintsev, for what would turn into a fast-paced romance in early 2019, just after she called off her engagement to fellow WWE superstar John Cena. The couple engaged in November and had their 4-year-old son, Matteo, shortly after.
“Artem is the first person I’ve been with where I feel like I can be Nicole and never fear he’s going to leave me for it,” Garcia, 41, said at the time, calling Chigvintsev, 42, “the sweetest soul you’ll ever meet.” Garcia frequently made headlines for her TMI comments about their chemistry in the bedroom after they were married in the summer of 2022, and they appeared to have a strong marriage. The former member of Total Divas once joked with Us Weekly about her candour, saying, "He gets very embarrassed.
He detests it!" However, police were called to the couple's house in Napa Valley, California, last August, just days after their second wedding anniversary, after Garcia and Chigvintsev allegedly got into a fight. The professional dancer from Russia was taken into custody and charged with domestic assault. In the weeks that followed, Garcia and Chigvintsev submitted temporary restraining orders against one another and filed for divorce.
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