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Cheryl Burke Reacts to Artem Chigvintsev’s ‘Emotional’ Domestic Violence Arrest: ‘He Is My Family’

Cheryl Burke reacted to Artem Chigvintsev’s shocking and ‘emotional’ domestic violence arrest and shared that the former DWTS pros were close like ‘family.’

Cheryl Burke reacted to former Dancing With the Stars professional dancer Artem Chigvintsev ’s domestic violence charge, whom she considers “family.” “I hesitate to smile right now because of the current news … which I am in complete shock about,” Burke, 40 said during her Thursday, August 29, episode of the “Sex, Lies and Spray Tans” podcast. “This is a private matter, and Nikki asks for privacy for her and her family at this time,” the former WWE wrestler’s rep told Us Weekly in a statement on Friday, August 30.

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