Actress Alice Evans‘ messy break up from her actor ex Ioan Gruffudd has taken one other shock twist immediately as she accused her former partner of not paying any baby assist since Might – claiming that she has been left in such dire monetary straits that she will’t afford to ‘put meals on the desk’ and can be compelled to go on meals stamps.
In authorized paperwork filed by 55-year-old Evans’ attorneys on July 1 – which have been obtained by DailyMail.com – the mother-of-two states that she has ‘100 per cent’ custody of her and Gruffudd’s two daughters, Ella, 14, and Elsie, 10, however that she has acquired no monetary assist from him since their custody settlement was settled two months in the past.
Simply weeks after the couple lastly reached an settlement of their divorce, Evans says she is ‘struggling to place meals on the desk’, whereas she insists her former husband, 50 – who’s at present engaged to accomplice Bianca Wallace – is ‘jetting world wide’ and residing a ‘lavish way of life’.
‘Whereas I’m struggling to place meals on the desk for the kids, Ioan is jet setting world wide,’ she states within the paperwork.
She claims that he has purchased new Rolex watches for himself and his fiancé Bianca and has been on a world press tour for the newest Unhealthy Boys movie, Unhealthy Boys: Trip or Die, whereas she is about to go on meals stamps.
Actress Alice Evans ‘ messy break up from her actor ex Ioan Gruffudd has taken one other shock twist immediately as she accused her former partner of not paying any baby assist since Might
Evans, 55, claimed that she has been left unable to afford meals for his or her youngsters and says she is being pressure to ‘apply for public help as a result of she can’t assist herself of their youngsters’
Evans references ‘tales within the media’ that point out her former partner ‘bought an costly engagement ring for his fiancée’, alleging that he and Wallace additionally ‘lately bought new Rolex watches’.
On the time of publication of this story, each Gruffudd and Wallace’s Instagram accounts had been faraway from public view – nevertheless a Might 2024 put up shared by Wallace confirmed her sporting a inexperienced Rolex watch.
It’s unclear if that is the watch Evans is referring to in court docket paperwork.
Nevertheless, because of her ex’s so-called ‘lavish way of life’, she is asking the court docket to require Gruffudd to pay spousal and baby assist to her, till their monetary trial, which has been delayed from April of this yr till August.
‘Alice is making use of for public help as a result of she is unable to assist herself and the kids,’ her lawyer states within the newest authorized submitting.
‘It seems that the monetary trial can be a number of months away and Alice will be unable to outlive with out the receipt of guideline spousal assist.
‘Ioan has the power to pay spousal assist primarily based upon his better potential to earn earnings and his ongoing lavish way of life. For these causes, Alice requests guideline baby and spousal assist.’
Her lawyer Janina Verano additionally says that since Might 2023 Ioan Gruffudd has not seen the kids outdoors of reunification remedy nor has he ‘exercised his court docket ordered proper’ to have a phone name with them 3 times every week. Reunification remedy resulted in February this yr.
‘Ioan has not telephoned the kids or returned their textual content messages since Might of 2023,’ Evans says. She provides: ‘The kids have been left in limbo and are utterly confused about when or if they’ll see Ioan.’
By way of an order filed by her lawyer, Evans says that she doesn’t comply with the sealing or retaining personal of their stipulation, or custody settlement in its entirety, which is what Gruffudd has requested – accusing him of being ‘disingenuous’ in his request to seal the authorized proceedings with the intention to ‘defend the kids’.
Evans’ legal professional notes that Gruffudd ‘didn’t search to seal any of DVRO [domestic violence] pleadings nor any of the custody pleadings whereby he falsely accuses Alice of abusing the kids’ – calling out the truth that he solely needs to seal these proceedings through which the allegations have been resolved.
The actress accuses Gruffudd, 50, of residing a ‘lavish way of life’ whereas she suffers, calling consideration to the ‘costly engagement ring’ he bought for fiancee Bianca Wallace
She additionally alleges that each Gruffudd and Wallace have each lately ‘bought new Rolex watches’ (Wallace seen modeling a inexperienced Rolex in Might of this yr)
‘…It seems that Ioan’s “concern” is disingenuous,’ the lawyer writes. ‘In brief, his place is that the general public ought to have entry to all of his accusations towards Alice, however not the doc that resolves stated allegations.’
Evans provides that the one funds agreed thus far are $3,000 a month in interim baby assist.
Gruffudd additionally paid $7,000 a month as an advance of spousal assist from December 2023 to April 2024. It was initially understood that the monetary points would go to trial by April 2024 however that has now been postpone to August.
Within the meantime, Evans says that she has incurred authorized charges of $112,000 and is in ‘dire’ monetary straits.
‘I can’t wait months for a trial to obtain baby assist and spousal assist,’ she says, claiming that she at present makes round $300 a month in royalties and hopes to make additional cash by showing at fan conventions.
‘I’ve drained all of my private financial savings paying my prior attorneys on this case,’ she writes, explaining that, whereas she has some designer objects held in storage that may very well be bought, she can’t pay the month-to-month storage price.
‘Because it stands I’m behind on lease and utility funds and mates have began dropping off groceries and meals so the kids can eat. I can be making use of for meals stamps and welfare.’
She claims that Gruffudd earns tens of hundreds of {dollars} a month, per his tax filings, and that he additionally acquired ‘roughly $390,000 from the gross sales proceeds of the house simply in December 2023’.
‘On this case, a disparity in entry to funds to pay charges exists as a result of Alice earns only some hundred {dollars} monthly, whereas Ioan’s self-reported common month-to-month earnings on his Revenue and Expense Declaration filed January 24, 2024, is $21,023 for the 36 months ending December 31, 2023 and $18,264 for the 12 months ending December 31, 2023,’ the authorized submitting states.
Evans claims that her former husband (seen with Wallace in Italy final month) has been ‘jet setting world wide’ whereas she is ‘struggling’ to afford meals
Gruffudd and Wallace met on the set of the TV present Harrow, through which she featured as an additional (seen collectively on set)
‘Furthermore, Ioan continues to get roles in films, comparable to Unhealthy Boys 4, which was simply launched this yr. Ioan additionally acquired roughly $390,000 from the gross sales proceeds of the house simply in December 2023.’
As per her pre nup Evans says she is entitled to twenty per cent of his earnings, however she calls the premarital settlement ‘obscure and ambiguous.’
She is asking the court docket to pay her attorneys and alleges that he has been paying two totally different legislation corporations and a forensic accountant.
Evans was made topic to a restraining order by her estranged husband in February 2022 after she posted quite a few messages about him and his new girlfriend on social media and allegedly despatched him over 100 texts. One recommended: ‘You’ve got obtained your nuts caught in her veneers.’ She denied abusing or harassing him.
The order was prolonged for 3 years in August 2022, and Evans was forbidden from posting about both Gruffudd or Wallace.
In June final yr, elder daughter Ella, then 13, utilized for a restraining order towards Gruffudd after a custody go to resulted in chaos. She stated: ‘I used to be so mad at my dad as a result of this was an in a single day go to, and I had advised him prior to now that I did not need to meet his girlfriend who was now his live-in girlfriend.’
She claimed that Wallace had slammed a door towards her head as she was working from their house after pouring milk and mustard round in protest.
In publicly out there paperwork she stated that she was ‘afraid’ of her father and stated that he had threatened to ‘name the police on her anytime she misbehaves’ throughout visits.
The request for a restraining order was dropped in court docket by Ella, who confronted her father’s authorized workforce.
In August final yr a decide agreed to Gruffudd’s request for a kid psychiatrist, and agreed that Evans ought to take the kids to weekly ‘reunification remedy’ periods.
Evans stated it was not crucial as he had not seen or referred to as his daughters in three months.
The couple married in Mexico in 2007 after assembly on the set of the Disney movie 102 Dalmatians.
