Nikki Garcia and Artem Chigvintsev are each claiming the other was the aggressor in the incident that led to his Aug. 29 arrest, taking their ongoing disagreement to the courts in two separate domestic violence restraining orders — one against him and one against her — filed this week Napa Valley, California.
The married pair, who share 4-year-old son Matteo, have been estranged since an incident that led to his arrest on Aug. 29Dave Quinn is a Senior Editor for PEOPLE. He has been working at the brand since 2016, and is the author of the No. 1Esther Kang is a writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023 and has previously worked for publications like TMZ and TooFab.are each claiming the other was the aggressor in the incident that led to his Aug.
From there, both agree that Chigvintsev took Matteo upstairs. She claimed Matteo was screaming "Mommy! Mommy!" while Chigvintsev said Matteo looked "frightened" by his mother's tone and he was simply trying to "deescalate the situation" as Garcia had allegedly moved from "verbal abuse to physical " and wasn't listening to his pleas for her to "to stop and calm down.
The dancer "had his hands on my chest near my sternum and was pressing down," the report read, so much so that she "felt like she was suffocating." She then "grabbed at his neck" trying to get him off of her. "There was nothing else I could do." A spokesperson for the Napa Valley Police Department, the Napa Valley District Attorney and the County of Napa Court Clerk did not return PEOPLE's request for comment.
The dancer was, however, granted visitation and the ability to exchange their Matteo for court-ordered visits.
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