Fantastic Four star Ioan Gruffudd is calling out his ex-wife Alice Evans for allegedly violating a restraining order by continuing to make ‘harassing and abusive’ social media posts about him and his new love, his fiancée Bianca Wallace.
Earlier this month, Evans, 56, admitted he had posted “mean” messages about the couple in the past, but denied he still does, stating: “I haven’t engaged in that behavior in years.”
But in new Los Angeles Superior Court documents obtained by DailyMail.com, Gruffudd, 50, says that far from stopping his vitriolic online barrage, his ex is “escalating” his rantings as the former duo fight for custody and the financial support of his two. daughters Ella, 15, and Elsie, 11.
“Alice has continued to violate court orders and disturb my peace,” the actor said in court documents.
Alice Evans has been accused of violating her restraining order by continuing to make ‘abusive’ social media posts about her ex-husband Ioan Gruffudd and his fiancée Bianca Wallace, in court papers filed by the actor.
Gruffudd submitted a 100-page file to the court containing extensive evidence of what he says are Evans’ posts and comments on Instagram, where her profile bio lists “legal abuse, financial abuse and post-separation abuse.”
‘I have discovered several posts by Alice on social media in which she has openly disparaged me and my fiancée, and where she has posted medical information about our children, in continued violation of the DVRO (domestic violence restraining order) and in violation of our Stipulation (child custody agreement).
“Alice’s public harassment affects my public reputation and my ability to get a new job,” Gruffudd added.
In his new 100-page court filing, Gruffudd includes several nasty comments and social media posts that he says Evans posted in the week between Sept. 17 and Sept. 24.
One example showed that Evans had commented on a discussion post asking social media users to share “common misconceptions about family court that they wish they had understood better.”
“That you can turn in a DVRO for ‘bad text messages,’ but when actual violence occurs, there’s no DVRO because it’s ‘hard to prove,'” he said.
She continued: “That my ex could just make up a bunch of lies about our 20 year relationship, say it was abusive and that I abused the children and the court (and BOTH sets of lawyers at the time) would just believe him.” . . Despite abundant evidence to the contrary in the form of his own words in later interviews.
Another screenshot showed that Evans appeared to have engaged in an argument about “dealing with a toxic baby daddy who just wants control.”
And in a comment believed to be about Wallace, her ex-husband’s 32-year-old fiancée, she said: “Imagine deliberately ruining a father’s relationship with his children because of jealousy.”
She made another angry post bemoaning the high cost of healthcare, even with insurance, and showed a $402 prescription bill for medications to treat a pulmonary congestion disorder her daughter Elsie has been suffering from.
On September 23, Evans allegedly made an angry post bemoaning the high cost of healthcare and showed a $402 prescription bill for medication to treat a pulmonary congestion disorder for her daughter Elsie.
She complains about the inconvenience if she wants her daughter’s ‘father to contribute’
In the comments, he claimed that Gruffudd’s girlfriend ‘attacked’ his daughter.
‘If I want your father to contribute to this, I have to email my attorney ($600 per hour) to email his three attorneys ($300, $300, and $600 per hour) so that those attorneys can then respond by email. and so on if my ex, who has no custody and doesn’t see the kids or return their calls… should pay it or should I, the single mother with no help who has to leave the kids with friends for four nights this weekend because I don’t have a babysitter and his father has decided not to help…’
In another online attack that Gruffudd claims to have posted on Monday, Evans wrote: “My ex has tried to gag me with every penny he has but I think to hell with this: I’m living what I’m living and my kids are suffering. .why the hell does he become so moralistic?
His court filing also cites a recent, more public example of “harassment” by Evans: when she brazenly took photographs of him at his Sept. 9 custody and support hearing in Los Angeles.
The 56-year-old woman was temporarily thrown out of the courtroom after she was caught taking photos with her cell phone, which is strictly against court rules and could have landed her with a contempt charge.
He also liked and participated in a discussed comment for a post about ‘toxic baby daddies’.
In the comments, she wrote: “Imagine deliberately ruining a father’s relationship with his children because of jealousy.”
One example showed that Evan had commented on a discussion post asking social media users to share “common misconceptions about family court that they wish they had understood better.”
A screenshot shows Evan commenting: “That you can turn in a DVRO for ‘bad texts’ but when real violence happens, there’s no DVRO because it’s ‘hard to prove.’
“Alice took that opportunity to get up from her seat in the courtroom, walk to my seat on the opposite side of the courtroom, invade my personal space, and take photographs and/or videos of me as I sat, minding my business.” . business,” Gruffudd complained.
“I was left in complete shock and confusion at Alice’s willingness to openly harass me in this way, even while we were sitting in court.”
Gruffudd also claims that Evans’ recent request for a “protective order,” which would limit how much she has to answer questions during a court-ordered deposition, is a deliberate attempt to delay the proceedings, “thus dragging this case down.” .
Gruffudd’s most recent allegations against Evans are the latest skirmish in a war over child and spousal support that has raged for more than three years.
At the Sept. 9 court hearing, Judge Josh Freeman Stinn signed a stipulated agreement in which Gruffudd pays $3,000 a month in temporary child support and $1,500 a month in temporary spousal support until another hearing scheduled for Feb. 13, when a more permanent support agreement will be forged. .
In August, it was revealed that Gruffudd called his fiancée Bianca Wallace to testify in court against Evans, who they claim “harassed, harassed and abused” her in violation of a legal restraining order.
Gruffudd went public with her new romance with Wallace in October 2021, nine months after announcing their marriage was over. She confirmed her engagement earlier this year.
The February hearing promises some fireworks, as Gruffudd plans to call Wallace as a witness against Evans.
Wallace is expected to testify that Evans ‘harassed, harassed and abused’ her, repeatedly violating a three-year domestic violence restraining order (DVRO) that she and Gruffudd took out in August 2022, after enduring a ‘campaign of defamation’ of hateful text messages. , emails and posts from her on social media.
Gruffudd claims Evans “engaged in a pattern of harmful and defamatory conduct against me, intended to intimidate and harass me and my fiancée, Bianca Wallace, while alienating our two young children from me.”
And he has complained that Evans sabotaged a court-ordered plan to reunite him with his daughters in therapy sessions.
Gruffudd, whose latest film, Bad Boys: Ride or Die, has grossed more than $403 million worldwide, has fought Evans’ demands for more money, alleging that he has paid about $400,000 more in spousal support than he did. that he needed according to his prenuptial agreement.
