Alice Evans Seeks Custody of Kids After Estranged Husband Ioan Gruffudd Files for Restraining Order
Alice Evans is seeking custody of her two children, 12-year-old Ella and 8-year-old Elsie, after her estranged husband, Loan Gruffudd filed for a restraining order against her on Tuesday.
In court documents obtained by PEOPLE, Evans, 53, is asking for both legal and physical custody of the couple’s children, while asking that child visitation rights be granted to Gruffudd, 48.
Additionally, the court documents state that Evans is citing irreconcilable differences in the dissolution of their marriage, and is asking for spousal support, termination of the court’s ability to award spousal support to Gruffudd, and for her attorney fees to be paid by her estranged husband.
Evans also wants the court to determine the rights to their shared home in Los Angeles.
Evans’ response was filed on Feb. 15 — in which she denied the domestic violence accusations made against her — the same day Gruffudd’s restraining order against her was filed.
Gruffudd and Evans separated on Jan. 1, 2021, after more than 13 years of marriage, and in March that year, the Harrow actor filed for divorce.
On Tuesday, Gruffudd filed a petition for a domestic violence restraining order against his estranged wife that requires her to stay at least 100 yards away from him and his girlfriend, Bianca Wallace, as well as not be allowed to contact them, according to documents.
In his petition, Gruffudd wrote that the Christmas Card actress “repeatedly told me between August 2020 and our separation on January 1, 2021 that if I left her, she would make false public accusations about me, sell false stories about me to the press, and destroy me and my career.”
In her response, Evans stated that she did not agree with the accusations made in the Fantastic Four actor’s petition, claiming she had “no idea what he is going to accuse me of,” per court documents.
“However, this I know for certain: I have not hit, struck, attacked, threatened, assaulted, harassed, followed, stalked, molested, destroyed the personal property of, kept under surveillance, impersonated, blocked the movement of, annoyed by phone or electronic means by repeated contact, or disturbed the peace of either” Gruffudd or Wallace, Evans said in her response.
A court hearing is scheduled for early March on Gruffudd’s request for a restraining order.
