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Ioan Gruffudd files for joint custody of two daughters with Alice Evans amid bitter divorce-Kim Novak-Entertainment – Metro
The pair split last year.
Alice Evans and Ioan Gruffudd are in the midst of custody arrangements for their kids (Picture: Getty)
Ioan Gruffudd has filed for joint custody of his two daughters with estranged wife Alice Evans amid the pair’s divorce.
The actor, 48, filed papers in Los Angeles Superior Court to have joint custody and visitation rights to see his daughters, Ella, 12, and Elsie, eight.
It comes months after Alice, 53, filed for sole custody of the girls amid the former couple’s bitter split.
Ioan claimed the 102 Dalmations actress was trying to cut communication between him and his children and asked that the girls attend face-to-face counselling and ‘reunification’ therapy via Zoom with him ahead of court-ordered mediation about custody.
He also repeated allegations in the application claiming Alice had been verbally abusive during their 14-year marriage and targeted his appearance.
In the filing, he alleged: ‘Alice made fun of my appearance often, making hair-loss comments and telling me I had “saggy-vagina eyes.”’
The former couple split last year (Picture: Toni Anne Barson/FilmMagic)
He also alleged in the documents that Alice ‘has inflicted serious emotional harm on Ella and Elsie by her statements and by interfering in my relationship with them’.
Ioan had filed for divorce in March 2021, citing irreconcilable differences, and has since moved on with new girlfriend Bianca Wallace, 30, who he is living with in Los Angeles.
The pair have been embroiled in a long court case to hash out their divorce, while Ioan also filed for a restraining order against Alice in February.
He shared 113 pages of alleged abusive text messages, emails and social media posts from his ex, who in turn claimed she would receive no financial support from Ioan and would be unable to ‘feed or clothe’ their daughters due to her mounting legal bills, adding that she was ‘completely out of money for food and bills’.
Ioan and Alice had met on the set of 102 Dalmatians in 2000 and were married for 14 years.
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