Charges Dropped Against Nikki Bella’s Husband Following Domestic Violence Arrest – The Napa County District Attorney’s Office issued a press release on Tuesday that Nikki Bella’s Husband, Artem Chigvintsev, will not face charges relating to his arrest for domestic violence on August 29.
The statement reads:
Napa County District Attorney Allison Haley announced today that her office has declined to file criminal charges against Artem Chigvintsev, age 42, in connection with his arrest on suspicion of felony domestic violence. The decision to not file charges against Mr. Chigvintsev was made after a thorough review of the criminal investigation and careful evaluation of the evidence presented to the DA’s Office.
While we take every arrest seriously and stand firmly against domestic violence, we have an ethical obligation to only file charges when supported by the evidence. We are required to prove any and every criminal charge ‘beyond a reasonable doubt’ which is the highest standard in the American criminal justice system. If the available evidence doesn’t rise to this level of proof, then we cannot ethically file charges.
Domestic violence can either be filed as a felony or a misdemeanor and has a statute of limitations of three years or one year, respectively. At any time within the statute of limitations, the Napa County District Attorney’s Office may revisit the case if it learns of other incidents, or otherwise learns of facts or evidence not previously known.
Chigvintsev was originally arrested on charges of felony corporal injury to a spouse or cohabitant. Two weeks after Chigvintesev was arrested, Nikki filed for divorce. It had been previously reported that Garcia had already been contacting attorneys and was looking to start divorce proceedings following Chigvintsev’s arrest.
The two had been together since 2018, were married in 2022, and have a four-year-old son together.
Charges Dropped Against Nikki Bella’s Husband Following Domestic Violence Arrest
