TMZ has reported that Nikki Bella has filed for divorce from husband Artem Chigvintsev. The news comes after Chigvintsev was arrested on August 29, 2024 for domestic violence.
TMZ wrote:
"The divorce filing comes nearly 2 weeks after Artem was arrested Aug. 29 for felony corporal injury to spouse or cohabitant for allegedly attacking Nikki -- resulting in a visible injury that triggered his arrest."
They also added that she began looking for a divorce lawyer the day after Chigvintsev's arrest.
"Nikki started looking for divorce lawyers the day after Artem's arrest and it looks like she found one in Evan Craig Itzkowitz."
The couple first met back in 2017, after she partnered with him on Season 25 of Dancing with the Stars. The couple got engaged at the start of 2020, by July 31st they welcomed their first child. They were officially married on August 26, 2022.
TMZ reported that when Chigvintsev was arrested he had called the police, then canceled. Police still showed up. He was arrested once cops "observed obvious injuries on the victim's body."
Nikki's representative described the incident as a "private matter." As of this writing, Nikki has not spoken publicly about the incident or divorce.
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