{"id":308642,"date":"2024-09-22T01:38:03","date_gmt":"2024-09-22T06:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/maksim-chmerkovskiy-says-hes-reserving-judgement-on-artem-chigvintsev-after-dv-arrest"},"modified":"2024-09-22T01:38:22","modified_gmt":"2024-09-22T06:38:22","slug":"maksim-chmerkovskiy-says-hes-reserving-judgement-on-artem-chigvintsev-after-dv-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/maksim-chmerkovskiy-says-hes-reserving-judgement-on-artem-chigvintsev-after-dv-arrest","title":{"rendered":"Maksim Chmerkovskiy Says He&#039;s Reserving Judgement on Artem Chigvintsev After DV Arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div readability=\"50.7215253387\">\n<section id=\"cb-59f1413aa316bf3c1df665f025cafd1f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-0b68cac8-4558-4793-b226-fee35fcd5aae-271642409-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-0b68cac8-4558-4793-b226-fee35fcd5aae-271642409-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Artem Chigvintsev\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/78\/16by9\/2024\/09\/20\/7818f1fbb2f34fd6a49590c29bc3e55a_md.jpg\" alt=\"092024-maksim-chmerkovskiy-kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">The TMZ Podcast<\/span>\n     <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-59f1413aa316bf3c1df665f025cafd1f--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4fd037039364d029b3bf88cef6b5dd35\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"26.9711934156\">\n<p><strong>Maksim Chmerkovskiy<\/strong> says he&#8217;s going to wait before vilifying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/artem-chigvintsev\/\"><strong>Artem Chigvintsev<\/strong><\/a> for his domestic violence arrest &#8230; saying his alleged actions don&#8217;t jibe with the man he knows &#8212; though he will hold him accountable if they turn out to be true.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4fd037039364d029b3bf88cef6b5dd35--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-12ca3c6f770d0ad5747805e035e074bf\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"31\">\n<p>The &#8220;Dancing with the Stars&#8221; pro sat down for a chat on &#8220;The TMZ Podcast&#8221; &#8230; and, we had to ask him all about his friend and former costar &#8212; and, he says he texted him after he heard about the arrest.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-12ca3c6f770d0ad5747805e035e074bf--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-82064e34d854f561aad080bb4a12271e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20240829_bd368c1a60cc45fcbc01850f58dee9ae\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:5e7821b8-ab35-4487-ab8f-7a4762c16a20\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/bd\/4by3\/2024\/08\/29\/bd368c1a60cc45fcbc01850f58dee9ae_md.jpg\" alt=\"Artem Chigvintsev mug shot\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>                 <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-82064e34d854f561aad080bb4a12271e--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-67adbd3d760e8f1924d00293aa469dc7\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28.2446808511\">\n<p>MC says the Artem he knows would never abuse a woman &#8230; but, he also texted Artem and told him if he did hit his wife <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/nikki-bella\/\"><strong>Nikki Bella<\/strong><\/a>, then he needed to accept responsibility for his actions.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-67adbd3d760e8f1924d00293aa469dc7--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-997fa6312a20467f2b3e1876f6a354bd\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p>Maksim says he can play all kinds of scenarios in his head &#8230; but, he wasn&#8217;t there &#8212; and, he doesn&#8217;t want to rush to judgment.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-997fa6312a20467f2b3e1876f6a354bd--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-1f6072c3432909becc09791352c38623\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20240921_5e83b3afcec24f38b3c593de1623d0ec\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:5e7821b8-ab35-4487-ab8f-7a4762c16a20\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/5e\/4by3\/2024\/09\/21\/5e83b3afcec24f38b3c593de1623d0ec_md.jpg\" alt=\"artem maksim sub\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-1f6072c3432909becc09791352c38623--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-f694497e21928c027542b342d060b7a2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"24.7130434783\">\n<p>Chmerkovskiy adds he&#8217;s close to Nikki too &#8230; and, he&#8217;s wishing her the best during the couple&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/09\/11\/nikki-bella-files-divorce-artem-chigvintsev\/\"><strong>difficult divorce<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f694497e21928c027542b342d060b7a2--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-1e22476a83dfa2cfadb7bd3e808fe01a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p>As for whether we&#8217;ll ever see Artem back on &#8216;DWTS&#8217; &#8230; Maksim gives an interesting answer &#8212; saying he should come back if it&#8217;s just about skill, but sounding less sure if the allegations against Artem prove to be true.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-1e22476a83dfa2cfadb7bd3e808fe01a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-fc7d37d0d70cedf42c74c5f174145378\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default \">\n<div class=\"gallery-block\">\n   <a id=\"gallery-link-f5543a52-d665-4776-bce8-95cda0c7fc67\" class=\"media-link gallery-block__link js-track-link js-click-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/photos\/2024\/08\/29\/artem-chigvintsev-and-nikki-bella-together\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:gallery:f5543a52-d665-4776-bce8-95cda0c7fc67\" data-context=\"{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;gallery-block&quot;,&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;}\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:5e7821b8-ab35-4487-ab8f-7a4762c16a20\" data-gallery-layout=\"carousel\"><br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/63\/4by3\/2024\/08\/29\/636713855d364dcfb380614ad47ac326_md.jpg\" alt=\"Artem Chigvintsev and Nikki Bella Together\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid gallery-block__img-fluid img-aspect-4by3\"\/><\/p>\n<p>       <\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-fc7d37d0d70cedf42c74c5f174145378--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-0c142138abe8b761bcc1a3e19ebae817\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28.4810126582\">\n<p>We broke the story &#8230; Chigvintsev <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/08\/29\/dwts-artem-chigvintsev-arrested-domestic-battery\/\"><strong>was arrested<\/strong><\/a> back in late August after he called paramedics to request medical assistance for the person he allegedly hit. He called off the ambulance minutes later, but cops showed up and arrested him.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-0c142138abe8b761bcc1a3e19ebae817--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-2aea52033ea87183988240324bf4731e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"24.2857142857\">\n<p>He was charged with felony corporal injury to a spouse or cohabitant. Nikki filed for divorce the following week &#8230; and has asked for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/09\/12\/nikki-bella-cites-irreconcilable-differences-physical-legal-custody\/\"><strong>legal and physical custody<\/strong><\/a> of their four-year-old son <strong>Matteo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-2aea52033ea87183988240324bf4731e--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-353cdcf0a18ce90826504f5b3c21e06e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default canvas-video-block--aside \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-b3c62bce-1c30-462f-81c0-6d0f2175ae62-1347336958-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-b3c62bce-1c30-462f-81c0-6d0f2175ae62-1347336958-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/3c\/16by9\/2024\/09\/13\/3c91e3c6aef2404fac11be5ffb3e4310_md.jpg\" alt=\"matthew_perry_doc_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ Studios<\/span>\n     <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-353cdcf0a18ce90826504f5b3c21e06e--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ac03abb35018114d0a936eb804364dc9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"25.0526315789\">\n<p>Artem and Nikki were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/09\/16\/nikki-bella-artem-chigvintsev-together-matteo-photos\/\"><strong>spotted together<\/strong><\/a> for the first time since the arrest earlier this week &#8230; with NB keeping her distance from her estranged husband.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ac03abb35018114d0a936eb804364dc9--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ed78231e5a88692b10fe07428d62f411\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>Sounds like Artem&#8217;s got friends in his corner still &#8230; but, Maksim isn&#8217;t ready to completely overlook the situation yet.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ed78231e5a88692b10fe07428d62f411--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-3a8590b531600646bfe5b2f31785aea5\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>For all this and more, listen to our interview with Maksim on &#8220;The TMZ Podcast,&#8221; 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