Who is Ioan Gruffudd dating? Actor’s ex-wife Alice Evans faces arrest over no-show in court
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Alice Evans, the ex-wife of actor Ioan Gruffudd, is facing arrest after failing to appear in court to answer two charges of violating his restraining order against her. Gruffudd separated from Evans, to whom he had been married since 2007, in January 2021 following 14 years of marriage and filed for divorce two months later. But the split turned sour following legal proceedings with Ioan filing for a restraining order against his ex-wife in addition to their custody battle over their two daughters, Ella, 12, and eight-year-old Elise. Details of the alleged breach were not revealed. He had filed the restraining order in February last year.
According to DailyMail, after two and a half hours of waiting, LA Superior Court Commissioner James Cooper issued a referral for an arrest warrant after Evans failed to appear at the Airport Courthouse in Los Angeles for a scheduled arraignment at 8.30 a.m. on Thursday, January 26. Neither she nor her attorney communicated with the court to explain her absence. As court commissioners cannot authorize warrants, a referral was sent to a judge to issue one for Evans. The judge to whom the referral will be made is unknown, but Evans can be arrested once the warrant is signed. She could, however, avoid going into custody by posting bail until the next hearing is scheduled, Cooper told the outlet.
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The 'Fantastic Four' actor applied for the order on February 15 and submitted 113 pages of abusive text messages, emails, and social media posts that he received from Evans. Gruffudd claimed in the court appeal that Evans’ harassment began after he told her of wanting divorce in August 2020. He claimed Evans threatened him with going before the media and accusing him of abuse. Gruffudd said, “Alice told me verbally multiple times that she would do to me what Amber Heard did to Johnny Depp. Alice threatened to tell people I had abused her and our daughters; she threatened to call the police on me if I did not comply with her demands. She threatened to tell people I am a drug addict and put me in prison. She threatened to write a fake diary that reflected an abused victim and to have the diary published, and she threatened to destroy my mother. Alice told me she would win, and everyone would believe her over me,” as reported earlier by MEAWW.
Who is Ioan Gruffudd dating?
The actor is dating Bianca Wallace, who is an Australian actress, model, and producer. In an Instagram post, Gruffudd revealed that he is in a relationship with her as he shared a picture of the pair smiling and credited Wallace for “making me smile again.” According to DailyMail, she was born to Kerryn Hayes and Shawn Wallace in 1992. The 30-year-old moved to Queensland in 2011 to establish a career in acting.
It has been reported that Gruffudd had an extra-marital affair with his current girlfriend while he was married to Evans. However, Wallace's friend and co-worker, Amy said, “Being [Bianca’s] friend I KNOW it didn’t happen. I know her as a person and her principles. You do not. So don’t believe everything you’re fed by manipulating people who try to make themselves the victim and ruin other people’s reputations.”