Nikki Garcia's twin sister Brie 'encouraged' her to leave Artem Chigvintsev after domestic violence arrest

Brie Garcia is supporting her twin sister Nikki, reportedly advising her to end things with Artem Chigvintsev following his recent arrest for domestic violence. Brie Garcia is supporting her twin sister Nikki, reportedly advising her to end things with Artem Chigvintsev following his recent arrest for domestic violence; Brie and Nikki in February The 40-year-old former pro wrestler 'encouraged' her sister to end her two-year marriage just days before her estranged husband filed for joint custody of their four-year-old son, Matteo, amid their ongoing divorce, a source told ET on Saturday; seen in 2019 The report comes after Artem, who briefly removed and then re-added Nikki from his Instagram profile, has responded to her divorce filing by citing 'irreconcilable differences.' Any sort of violence does not fly, and they were very worried about Nikki and her son,' the insider said Artem and Nikki are still both following each other on the social media platform; seen in 2019 Insiders told DailyMail.com that Artem has to be supervised 'if and when' he wants to see his young son Matteo, four 'Artem is very frustrated and mad that he wasn't asked to be on this season of Dancing with the Stars, and now it looks like he will never be back,' they said. His arrest — which reportedly happened after Nikki threw shoes at him — came days after he and Nikki celebrated their second wedding anniversary; they are seen in 2017 Sources said Chigvintsev is currently scheduled to face court in Napa on Tuesday over the incident and cannot leave Napa County until the case is resolved Last week, an insider close to former WWE star Brie said she is 'disgusted' by the news of Artem's arrest, and wants her twin to have nothing to do with him.