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We have now an replace on the Nikki Garcia and Artem Chigvintsev divorce.
As beforehand reported, the previous WWE superstar filed to legally split from the Dancing with the Stars skilled in September.
We will now affirm the divorce has been finalized.
In authorized paperwork obtained by Folks Journal and different shops, it’s additionally been confirmed that the celebrities will share joint custody of their four-year previous son, Matteo.
In line with the the settlement, Garcia pays Chigvintsev $3,500 a month in baby assist… in addition to a $200,000 lump sum that will probably be divided into two equal funds, one among which is due proper round now and the opposite earlier than the top of 2025.
Along with these funds, the Garcia is financing the price of Matteo’s medical health insurance, speech remedy and the rest of his preschool training via the 2024-2025 yr.
The exes will break up main holidays and commerce off every year in terms of custody of their son; Garcia and Chigvintsev will retain their respective possessions and belongings, together with houses and companies.
Late final August, Chigvintsev was arrested on suspicion of corporal damage to partner in Napa Valley, California.
On the time, he was given a $25,000 bail, and, simply two weeks later, Garcia filed for divorce.
Issues rapidly turned ugly when each Chigvintsev and Garcia had been granted restraining orders in opposition to the opposite.
Chigvintsev, for his half, tried to clarify final yr {that a} verbal dispute about about their son’s lunch and parental obligations turned bodily — whereas Garcia alleged that Chigvintsev “tackled” her to the bottom and was urgent on her chest to the purpose the place she felt like she was suffocating.
Scary stuff.
“This can be a non-public matter and Nikki asks for privateness for her and her household right now,” her rep mentioned merely final summer time to E! Information.
Garcia has mentioned she hopes she and her ex can change into “nice associates” for the sake of their toddler, however admitted it could take time.
In November 2024, in the meantime, Garcia’s rep mentioned that the previous couple had settled its divorce in a non-public mediation.
“Each events determined to drop the home violence restraining orders in opposition to one another in an effort to maneuver on with their lives and successfully co-parent their son,” the rep mentioned in an announcement.
“Nikki’s primary precedence has at all times been her son and privateness on the matter. She is grateful for the entire love and assist she has acquired throughout this troublesome time.”
