Artem Chigvintsev once accused of telling dance partner ‘go home before I kill you’ years before domestic violence arrest

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per Daily Mail.Britton’s interview has resurfaced since the “Dancing With the Stars” pro, 42, was arrested for domestic violence Thursday morning.The English TV presenter and author said in a 2015 conversation with The Times newspaper that “[Artem] would look at my feet and just kick me or shove me.”Britton, who was eliminated fifth on the show’s 10th season in 2012, recalled Chigvintsev allegedly saying: “You just stand there and don’t move; I dance round you.”She added: “He was like, ‘Shut your face.

Go home before I kill you.’”“I would say, ‘Oh please just kill me, it would be easier,’” Britton continued. “Or what was his other one? ‘If you go for a cup of tea now, I will blow off like an atomic bomb.’ I thought, well I won’t correct him on that one.”The author also explained that while she and Chigvintsev “did love each other for a moment or two,” her partner “wasn’t charm personified.”As Britton put it: “I did kind of enjoy it, but it was grim at the same time.”Chigvintsev responded to the “Breakfast Time” co-host’s claims at the time, telling the Daily Express in 2015: “I believe I treated Fern with respect and genuine care and these claims about me are the opposite of everything I believe in and the person I am.”“I cannot imagine what has prompted such statements which come as a shock to me,” he concluded.In 2014, Chigvintsev exited “Strictly” to compete on “Dancing With the Stars.” He most recently danced last year on Season 32 alongside Charity Lawson, coming in fourth place.The Post confirmed that the Napa County Sheriff’s Department arrested Chigvintsev just before 10 a.m.

on a felony domestic violence charge. His bail is set at $25,000 and he is still in lockup, according to online records. The booking report.