Artem Chigvintsev has responded to Nikki Garcia‘s divorce petition after the previous WWE star submitted legal paperwork to end their marriage.
The Dancing with the Stars professional, 42, filed paperwork on Friday, Sept. 13, in search of joint authorized and bodily custody of their 4-year-old son Matteo and is requesting spousal help, based on courtroom paperwork obtained by PEOPLE. He additionally asks Garcia, 40, to pay his lawyer’s charges and prices.
His requests come after Garcia requested sole legal and physical custody of their son, permitting Chigvintsev visitation. She additionally requested the courtroom terminate spousal help for each events, per the Wednesday, Sept. 11, petition obtained by PEOPLE.
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Chigvintsev and Garcia each cited irreconcilable variations as the rationale for the break up and have listed the date of separation as Thursday, Aug. 29.
Aug. 29 is the date that Chigvintsev was arrested on a charge of corporal injury to a spouse. He was given a $25,000 bail earlier than being launched in lower than an hour, based on consumption data obtained by PEOPLE.
Whereas it was by no means explicitly confirmed that Garcia is the partner in query, Chigvintsev alleged in a 9-1-1 call made the same day of his arrest that the Whole Divas alum threw footwear at him and requested medical help.
On the time, a rep for Garcia informed PEOPLE, “This is a private matter and Nikki asks for privateness for her and her household right now.”
After she filed for divorce, a rep for Garcia informed PEOPLE that “she continues to ask for privateness for her and her household right now.” A rep for Chigvintsev didn’t reply to PEOPLE’s earlier request for remark.
Whereas neither Chigvintsev nor Garcia has spoken out in regards to the divorce, the previous Strictly Comes Dancing star previously removed his mention of Garcia from his Instagram bio (which features a bride and diamond ring emoji) earlier than including it again.
As of this writing, her identify stays on his profile bio.
Garcia and Chigventsev met in 2017 once they had been paired collectively on Dancing with the Stars when Garcia was engaged to John Cena. They split in July 2018. Chigventsev and Garcia reconnected later that 12 months and went Instagram official in March 2019. That they had a Paris marriage ceremony in August 2022, however Garcia’s divorce petition reveals the date of their marriage as Jan. 19, 2023.