Nikki Bella is on the hunt for a divorce lawyer … TMZ has discovered.
Sources with direct information inform TMZ … Nikki has been making calls since Friday, and we’re informed her intention is to file to finish her marriage to Artem Chigvintsev.
Nikki started the search a day after Artem allegedly attacked her, leading to some bodily damage that triggered his arrest for felony home violence.
As we reported, Nikki has not been sporting her marriage ceremony ring for the reason that incident. She hosted the Chestnut/Kobayashi scorching canine consuming contest over the weekend in Vegas, and her finger was naked.
Our sources additionally say Artem is just not staying on the household residence … we’re informed he is been staying at a pal’s home. Nikki is within the household home with their 4-year-old son Matteo.
TMZ broke the story … Artem was arrested Thursday for felony corporal damage to a partner or cohabitant after he known as paramedics to request medical help for the alleged sufferer. Radio dispatch audio confirms he known as for, then canceled, the go to … however cops nonetheless confirmed up on the home.
Officers say they noticed apparent accidents on the sufferer’s physique, and so they arrested Artem for the felony. He was launched on bail hours after his arrest.
Nikki and Artem met in 2017 after they competed collectively on season 28 of “Dancing with the Stars” … kicking off a romantic relationship a number of years later when she cut up with John Cena.
Their son Matteo was born in 2020, and the two married in 2022 … celebrating their second anniversary simply days earlier than AC’s arrest.
We have reached out to Artem for remark … to date, no phrase again.
