‘Dancing With the Stars’ Alum Arrested in Ukraine, Flees Country

‘Dancing With the Stars’ Alum Arrested in Ukraine, Flees Country
'Dancing With The Stars' Season 18 participants Derek Hough, Amy Purdy and Maksim Chmerkovskiy arrive to ABC's 'Good Morning America' at Times Square on May 21, 2014 in New York City. Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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Maksim Chmerkovskiy with “Dancing with the Stars” said he was arrested while trying to flee Ukraine, his native country, but he is now traveling back to the United States after fleeing the war-torn nation.

“There’s a lot of fighting everywhere,” Chmerkovskiy said on social media. “Streets are crazy. At one point I got arrested… but all good, promise. That was probably the least traumatizing moment in this whole thing as far as Ukraine is concerned, but for me it was just a reality check … a crazy reality check.”

Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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