Nikki Garcia Ditches Wedding Ring After Artem Chigvintsev’s Arrest
![Nikki Garcia Ditches Wedding Ring After Artem Chigvintsev’s Arrest Nikki Garcia Ditches Wedding Ring After Artem Chigvintsev’s Arrest](https://i0.wp.com/akns-images.eonline.com/eol_images/Entire_Site/2024731/rs_1200x1200-240831134030-1200-nikki-garcia-2023-cjh-083124.jpg?fit=around%7C1080:1080&output-quality=90&crop=1080:1080;center,top&w=780&resize=780,470&ssl=1)
Garcia’s rep told E! News in an Aug. 30 statement, “This is a private matter and Nikki asks for privacy for her and her family at this time.”
Garcia, 40, had noted on social media one day prior that she was in Napa, where their family owns a $1.5 million home, writing on her Instagram Stories that she got a facial at a medical spa in the city.
Three days prior to his arrest, Garcia and Chigvintsev shared social media tributes to each other to mark their second wedding anniversary.
“Happy anniversary my love,” the Strictly Come Dancing star wrote to his wife on Instagram Aug. 26. “Can’t see my life with out you. You are my everything.”
In her tribute, Garcia quoted lyrics from Elvis Presley‘s “Can’t Help Falling in Love.”
“I’ll never forget where I was when I asked Jesus about Artem,” she wrote. “Having a conversation with He & God. How my feelings felt too soon. It all felt too fast. And then this song came on. And that’s when I knew that I was falling in love with him and that it was all meant to be. Happy Anniversary @theartemc I love you.”