EXCLUSIVE Alice Evans claims she will be homeless in weeks due to 'dire' financial situation amid bitter divorce with Ioan Gruffudd

Daily Mail​

07-05-2025

Ioan Gruffudd 's ex-wife has claimed, in court documents, she will be homeless in three weeks because her financial situation is so 'dire'.
Alice Evans claimed that the Welsh actor was living in comfort in a $5,500 a month apartment with a home gym while she and their two children cannot afford 'basic necessities'.
Alice, 56, a British American actress, claims she will be on the streets by June 1st because she cannot pay her rent and all the shelters in Los Angeles are full.
She accuses Ioan, 51, who married his second wife Bianca Wallace last month, of 'intentionally' turning down acting gigs to keep his income low during their split and avoid having to pay her more.
The bombshell legal filing at a court in Los Angeles comes after Ioan accused Alice of using cocaine in front of their two daughters - and even offering the girls the drug.
Ioan, who starred in the Fantastic Four superhero movie, filed for divorce from Alice in March 2021, shortly after she announced on social media that her husband of 14 years was walking out on her and their children.
Since then the former couple have been engaged in an increasingly bitter divorce which has been playing out in legal filings at the Los Angeles Superior Court.
In her latest court claim, Alice writes that she has long been in a 'precarious' financial situation and has already applied for benefits to make ends meet.
Alice and Ioan formally divorced in July 2023 [pictured in 2016]
In September last year Ioan agreed to pay her $3,000 per month in child support and $1,500 a month in spousal support.
But Alice claims that her financial situation has become 'dire' because that $4,500 is not enough to live in Los Angeles.
Even combined with her earnings from attending fan conventions - she starred in the 2011 TV series The Vampire Diaries, among other projects - was not enough.
The money is 'insufficient to cover the children's and my basic necessities', Alice writes in a 60-page court filing.
During a hearing in March this year, Ioan claimed that he 'does not really believe I am really facing eviction' and secretly has enough money to pay for it, Alice writes.
She claims: 'He went on to testify that I was faking eviction in an effort to make him look bad and negatively impact his public image, and even, quite bizarrely, to 'increase Alice's personal exposure'.
'Apart from the fact that this is simply untrue, it is both shocking and offensive that Petitioner would stoop to such a level as to accuse me of faking not only my own impending homelessness and level of poverty but that of the two children we share who he has chosen not to see in order to affect him in some way. I am astonished by his assertions'.
Despite working constantly including teaching French, Italian, piano, tutoring actors and selling merch related to her career, Alice claims she hasn't been able to pay her rent.
She writes that in January her landlord began eviction proceedings, known in the US as an unlawful detainer case.
By June 1st Alice will have to be out of the home she and her two children with Ioan live in, she claims.
She writes: 'I was pleased that we are able to come to an agreement that allows us to continue living at this apartment through June 1, 2025, so the children can continue in their current schools through the end of the school year.
'It is my belief that Petitioner is taking advantage of my dire financial situation in order to force me into agreeing to an overall settlement that is not in my best interests nor the best interests of our children'.
Meanwhile, Ioan and Bianca have 'managed to upgrade to a more spacious apartment for just the two of them with a pool, a home gym and more natural light, for which they pay $5,500 per month', it is alleged.
Alice claims she appealed to Ioan for help being the co-signer on an apartment because her income is not high enough for most homes.
But he rejected her requests, Alice says in the court documents, adding that she has contacted homeless shelters in Los Angeles but they are 'all full', in part due to the recent wildfires.
'Much as I hope to find a home for us, I need to be realistic and given that the date of June 1st is quickly approaching, I will probably have to place all of our belongings in storage and find a motel or similar temporary lodging for the children and I,' Alice writes.
'It is incredibly scary - I have friends who have offered to put me and the girls up should we not find a place, but only for a week or two'.
Their happy news was met with congratulatory messages from their Instagram followers, with Bianca's sister Chanel remarking: 'So proud! Very exited to have a new brother in our family.'
Alice also makes claims about Ioan's acting career: his latest movie, Bad Boys: Ride or Die has grossed more than $403 million worldwide but it is unclear how much he will get from it.
According to Alice, Ioan once made more than $1 million a year but has been turning away work on purpose.
She claims: 'I believe that Petitioner is intentionally not taking jobs because we are in the middle of litigating the financials of the dissolution of our marriage.
'I believe that he will go back to working regularly, and therefore earn additional income after the support orders are set'.
A judge has ordered that both sides attend court on August 2nd for Ioan's application to renew a restraining order on Alice.
In court documents Ioan says he will testify, as will Bianca and Linda Blank, who was one of the managers of both Ioan and Alice's fan clubs between 2016 and 2014.
Ioan claims that Alice has repeatedly breached the terms of the order, which was put in place in August 2022, including by barging into their child's school while he was having a meeting with a teacher - despite checking they had not booked an appointment at the same time.
Another alleged incident happened in July 2020 when Ioan received panicked phone calls and text messages from his children, stating that their mother was 'openly consuming cocaine'.
He added that while he was on a Facetime call he witnessed Alice attempt to give their daughters the Class A drug, the documents he filed in court say.
It came after the children claimed their mother had left the door to their family home unlocked so a 'drug dealer could enter', the documents also say.
Ioan's lawyers refused to comment when contacted by MailOnline.