James ‘Arg’ Argent has been arrested in Spain on suspicion of domestic violence following an incident involving his current girlfriend, former Miss Sweden Nicoline Artursson
Former TOWIE star James Argent has reportedly been arrested in Spain following an alleged domestic incident involving his current girlfriend.
James ‘Arg’ Argent, was detained by the Spanish Civil Guard in Marbella, Costa del Sol, on Sunday May 5, on suspicion of domestic violence. He was taken into custody and later released. The 37-year-old allegedly attacked his model girlfriend Nicoline Artursson while on holiday together.
The Guardia Civil confirmed the arrest to The Mirror, saying: “We can confirm Mr Argent was arrested by ‘Policia Local’ of Mijas for an alleged crime of domestic violence on 5th May.”
Read below The Daily Star’s round up of his tumultuous love life.
Nicoline Artursson
James Argent started dating Miss Sweden winner Nicoline Artursson, 32, in July 2024. Back in September, he posted some loved up snaps of them on holiday with the caption: “I honestly started to think that it might not happen for me but I found you and everything changed! Jag alskar dig @nicolineartursson.”
“Jag alskar dig” translates to “I love you” in Swedish.
Artursson is a Swedish fashion model, modelling for Abercrombie & Fitch, as well as being a contestant on Robinson:Fiji in 2018.
Stella Turian
James Argent raised eyebrows when he began dating 19-year-old Stella Turian, with fans quick to note the couple’s 16-year age gap.
The pair enjoyed a whirlwind year-long romance, and break-up reports have surprised fans, as just a few weeks ago Arg was dropping wedding hints. Things appeared to be heating up as they travelled to the likes of Venice, Verona and Lake Garda in Italy together.
Speaking on the My Dirty Laundry podcast, the reality star revealed he had to steer clear of social media to protect his mental health.
Having battled addiction, shed 15 stone and stayed sober for two years, James said: “I’m in a really good place. Everything in my life is perfect, apart from my love life. It would be nice if that would change.
“But, I couldn’t help it. There was times where I’d just have a little glance and all you would see was couples. Everyone’s madly in love. Everyone’s happy.
“Everyone’s out on dates. There’s flowers, there’s balloons, there’s chocolates, there’s date nights or trips or happily married couples – and yeah, it did start to affect me a little bit.”
Arg spoke fondly about his relationship with Stella during an appearance on This Morning , sharing the details of their first meeting and how he wooed her with romantic film night dates. He said on the ITV daytime show: “I’ve got a new girlfriend. She looks like a young Sophia Loren or Monica Belluci. She lives in northern Italy. She’s very special. She’s a great woman. Lord knows how I done it. I think she thought I was an English Michael Bublé when we met. That’s what I tried to tell her, anyway.”
Gemma Collins
Gemma Collins and Arg first dated briefly in 2012 before rekindling their romance in late 2017. Their on-off relationship ended for good in 2020.
Gemma revealed she hit an “all-time low” over Christmas 2019, saying their relationship turned “very sour” due to Arg’s drug addiction, which she said “changed him as a person”.
The pair split after James, who had struggled publicly with drugs and alcohol, told Gemma he wanted an open relationship.
Speaking on Piers Morgan’s Life Stories, Gemma said: “For anyone who ever thinks about taking drugs, or just trying it for one night, you can end up getting addicted. “I was really happy with James. We did get on, but the drugs changed him as a person. I fought every day for three years to get him well. “Christmas was an all-time low. I saved his life three times, I had this insatiable love for him – I never wanted to give up on him. “It was hard, there was a lot of love there – the relationship turned very, very sour because of the drugs.”
In late 2019, Arg was taken to hospital twice in two months, with fears he had overdosed. Paramedics found him “disorientated” at his £1.3million Essex home. Friends, including Mark Wright, stepped in to support him.
James has battled addiction since rising to fame on TOWIE. He was suspended in 2014 after failing a drugs test, later checking into The Priory and returning to the show in 2015.
Lydia Br
TOWIE stars Lydia Bright and Arg were teenage sweethearts, dating from 2002–2012 and briefly reuniting in 2015–2016.
In his autobiography, James admitted cheating on Lydia with Amy Childs at an ITV party, writing: “It happened when I was with Lydia. I didn’t sleep with Amy but we kissed and I got caught.” Sam Faiers walked in on the moment.
In 2011’s second series of TOWIE, cracks in the relationship began when Lydia, then 22, grew uneasy over James’ close friendship with Amy. The couple had a row at Harry Derbidge’s 17th birthday, and Amy later confronted Arg at Mark Wright’s pool party over lies he had told Lydia.
A year later, after they split again, Lydia learned the full truth. On the show, she broke down to her mum, Debbie: “I literally feel sick. For four years how can someone be so deceitful? I’ll never trust anybody again.”
Despite fan speculation about a secret reunion in recent years, James and Lydia remain friends. She and mum Debbie stood by him during his battles with addiction, as he fought to get clean.
If you have been affected by issues of domestic violence or coercive control you can call Refuge’s 24-Hour National Domestic Abuse Helpline for free. The number is 0808 2000 247
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
