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Brooke Burke embraces ‘small town’ Arizona life with rodeo, 'country swinging' and desert sunsets

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Brooke Burke embraces ‘small town’ Arizona life with rodeo, 'country swinging' and desert sunsets

Brooke Burke, her fiancé, Scott Rigsby and the couple’s blended family will never turn down a trip to the rodeo.

During an interview with Fox News Digital, Burke explained that growing up in Tucson, Arizona, and opting to raise her family in the Grand Canyon State, one of her “favorite experiences” is going to the rodeo.

“For those people that have never been to a rodeo, it’s definitely a must-have bucket list; fun, great music, live bands, bull riding. Everybody is in denim and cutoffs. It’s casual. There’s like a cowboy barbecue. It’s so much fun and I love country music and I love to dance.”

Brooke Burke and her family live in Arizona. ( River Callaway/Variety via Getty Images)

“So I love line dancing. I love country swinging. It’s just a blast. I take the kids, so much fun,” she said.

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Burke and her ex-husband, David Charvet, share daughter Rain and son Shaya. She also has two daughters, Neriah and Sierra, with her first husband, Garth Fisher. Rigsby has two kids of his own.

WATCH: Brooke Burke loves living in a ‘secluded’ area in Arizona

Since living in Arizona, Burke and Rigsby are very content living a “simple” life. 

“There’s something about the desert that’s just so calming and so peaceful for me. I love the desert sunsets. It really represents family time for Scott and I and the kids. Our parents are there and my mom, his mom and dad. It’s a lot of R&R, and I need that,” she said. 

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Since Burke’s family lives in a “secluded” area in Arizona, she gets to enjoy the perks of living in a small town. 

“There’s something about the desert that’s just so calming and so peaceful for me. I love the desert sunsets. It really represents family time for Scott and I and the kids.”

— Brooke Burke

“It is secluded. We’re in the mountains. I absolutely love it. It’s got this very small downtown that’s sort of a small-town feel,” Burke began. “There’s a rodeo there. I mean, it really brings me back to my roots. It’s very simple. I mean, Scott and I get there. We hardly ever leave the house unless for the rodeo. We cook, we make pizzas.”

“For me, I’ve really created sort of a blue-zone concept there. So I’ve brought only good things that are really inspirational and designed around wellness into that space. So we work out, we sauna, we cook, I juice, I do my smoothies, I create content like crazy when I’m there because the lighting in the house is gorgeous; the architecture lends to that. And it’s just we hike, our dogs go with us. It’s amazing, I love it,” she concluded.

Rigsby and Burke are in the middle of wedding planning. They were originally set on tying the knot in May 2024, but the wedding planning process has taken more time than Burke thought.

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Brooke Burke and Scott Rigsby got engaged in 2021. (Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)

Brooke Burke and Scott Rigsby originally planned to get married in May. (Emma McIntyre/WireImage)

“We’re always wedding planning, and we have ideas, and they change so often. And I know last time we spoke, I was like, ‘It’s going to be May this year.’ Well, here comes May. We just might surprise everyone. We’re always wedding planning,” she said.

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The couple got engaged in 2021, shortly after Burke’s 50th birthday. In June, Burke told People that 2024 proved to be a busy year for her family.

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WATCH: Brooke Burke says Arizona’s desert is ‘so peaceful’

“School, two of our children turning 16, getting their driver’s license, Sierra graduating from USC. Neriah was supposed to be on tour. We finished building our home in Arizona. We didn’t have a minute to breathe, let alone plan the greatest party of our life. So back to the drawing board, and now we need to get really busy,” she said at the time.

Rigsby hopes the future ceremony will be very special for their family.

Scott Rigsby and Brooke Burke’s blended family includes six children. (Getty Images)

“I think for us, it’s having the experience. I mean, the whole reason to do it, too, is for the kids and for us and the family. So we want to do it right. We just don’t want to rush into it,” he told People before Burke added, “Yeah, I’m not rushing.”

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Rigsby continued, “I said we could always go get married on a weekend or plan something quick, but we want to just do it right.”

 In 2023, the fitness guru spoke to the outlet about her plans for her future wedding. 

WATCH: Brooke Burke says the rodeo in Arizona is one of her ‘favorite experiences’ 

“We really want to design a wedding that we can enjoy, that’s not just a big party for show,” Burke said at the time. “For me, it has to be meaningful or not at all, which is the challenge. To do something fabulous and grand and keep that intimacy and keep it special.”

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Man found guilty of sex trafficking victim along L.A.’s Figueroa Corridor

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Man found guilty of sex trafficking victim along L.A.’s Figueroa Corridor

A former Riverside County man was found guilty of sex trafficking a female victim and forcing her to engage in commercial sex acts along L.A.’s notorious Figueroa Corridor.

Elias Abdul Shabazz, 34, formerly of Perris, was found guilty by a jury following a five-day trial, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.

Prosecutors said Shabazz had led the victim to believe they were in a romantic relationship before he turned physically and sexually violent. He began demanding that the victim engage in commercial sex acts from May to October of 2021, court documents said.

He carried a handgun with him and, on occasion, was accused of using it to pistol-whip the victim. He also fired the gun at her feet while threatening to kill her, prosecutors said.

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At trial, the victim said Shabazz demanded that she meet a daily quota of commercial sex proceeds and that she was terrified of the consequences of not meeting that quota. 

She testified that Shabazz compelled her to work in the notorious Figueroa Corridor in South L.A., a dangerous area known for human trafficking and prostitution.

Shabazz had confiscated her identification card, Social Security card and birth certificate. He constantly monitored her cell phone to stop her from communicating with any friends or family.

“He also introduced her to addictive narcotics and controlled every aspect of her life, including when she ate, slept and showered,” prosecutors said.

In May 2025, Shabazz was arrested and has remained in federal custody. His last known address at the time was in Washington, D.C.

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On June 26, 2026, Shabazz was found guilty of one count of coercing or enticing interstate transportation for purposes of prostitution.

A sentencing hearing is scheduled for Oct. 6, where he faces 15 years to life in prison.

“Sex trafficking matters rank among the most tragic cases our office prosecutes,” said First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli. “This defendant will now face many years in a federal prison cell for his sick, disgusting, and disturbing behavior.”

“Elias Shabazz preyed on a vulnerable victim using physical and sexual violence and cruel psychological coercion to compel commercial sex acts for his own profit,” said Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. “There is no place for this type of conduct in civilized society. We deeply respect the victim’s courage to face her trafficker in court. The Criminal Division will continue to bring these cases and try them.”

Anyone with information about human trafficking can report tips to the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 888-373-7888

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Woman ambushed, violently attacked by robber in downtown Long Beach

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A woman was hospitalized with serious injuries after she was violently attacked by a robber in downtown Long Beach. On June 18, Jennifer Silva, 34, was attending a World Cup watch party at a Hooters restaurant at 90 Aquarium Way. After the game ended, she left the restaurant just before 11 p.m. As she walked […]

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