The vicious battle between not too long ago divorced Ioan Gruffudd and Alice Evans over custody of their two younger daughters has gotten even nastier as each hearth offended new accusations at one another.
The Welsh Fantastic Four star referred to as his ex a “child molester” — whereas Evans claimed Gruffudd hadn’t seen or referred to as his youngsters in almost three months, in line with court docket paperwork obtained by DailyMail.com.
Last Thursday, a Los Angeles decide tried to guard their daughters — Ella, 13, and Elsie, 9 — from the fallout from their mother and father’ ugly fights by banning the press from holding a custody listening to and preserving the proceedings secret.
But that hasn’t stopped the feuding former couple – who’re each in search of custody of the women – from firing vicious pictures at one another in written court docket paperwork which are public and unsealed.
Welsh Fantastic Four star Ioan Gruffudd stated in court docket paperwork his ex Alice Evans continues to trigger ‘serious emotional damage’ to their two daughters, Ella and Elsie
Evans claims Gruffudd hasn’t seen or referred to as his daughters Ella, 13, and Elsie, 9, in almost three months
Gruffudd, 49 – who beforehand claimed Evans, 55, had stored him away from his daughters for almost a 12 months – stated in new authorized paperwork that since their cut up in January 2021, “Alice has continued to inflict severe emotional damage on Ella and Elsie by her statements and by disrupting my relationship with them.
“Alice has been berating and undermining me all their lives in front of the girls.
“Since January 2021, Alice has also encouraged and instructed them not to see or communicate with me and she has sent thousands of threatening and abusive messages to me and about me.”
Gruffudd had had sufficient of what he referred to as the barrage of harassing textual content messages, emails and social media posts from Evans and efficiently obtained a three-year restraining order in opposition to her final August to guard himself and his girlfriend Bianca Wallace – who 31 years of age is 24. years youthful than Evans.
But, he added within the new court docket paperwork, “Alice has repeatedly violated the (restraining order) and continues to do so to this day.”
Gruffudd – who blamed his ex because the “person behind” his daughter Ella submitting a restraining order in opposition to him (which was denied) – additionally slammed Evans concerning the remedy the youngsters have obtained.
“While there is an order for the girls to go to therapy, Alice has repeatedly refused to take the girls or prevented me from taking the girls to therapy,” he stated.
“Since the divorce, the girls have missed more therapy sessions than they attended and have had multiple therapists.
“I believe Alice’s actions constitute child abuse and I am deeply concerned for our children.”
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LA Supreme Court Justice Josh Freeman Stinn has granted Gruffudd’s request for a listening to on Thursday, Aug. 17, the place the actor has requested for an knowledgeable to be appointed as quickly as potential to evaluate custody of the kid.
Evans denies abusing or harming her daughters.
She strongly opposes a baby custody evaluate, saying in her new court docket paperwork: “I have read petitioner’s (Gruffudd) statement and disagree with the allegations that I have caused our children’s ‘serious emotional damage’. inflict or inflict’.
“No one has ever contacted me or reported me for such behavior. Not a professional, nor teacher, nor school administrator, nor counselor, nor therapist.
‘The applicant has not seen, complied with or called the children for 11 weeks. I do not understand how “the petitioner believes” that there isn’t a current info and that there’s such urgency {that a} evaluate of the custody of the kid needs to be initiated.’
Evans stated she additionally met with the women’ court-appointed legal professional and that her upbringing was by no means stated to me as insufficient or, because the petitioner suggests, damaging to the well-being of our kids.
“I do not agree that the children and we ourselves should be subject to a lengthy and costly evaluation of the custody of the children if it is based on speculation and conjecture of the petitioner’s suspicions.
“Petitioner says he believes the children are suffering severe emotional damage, but shows no evidence of any symptoms our girls are experiencing to substantiate those allegations.”
Evans claimed that youngsters affected by extreme emotional injury present indicators of their emotional state by being withdrawn, afraid, self-harming, depressed or anxious.
“Our children … are not in any way showing these objective signs of trauma or severe emotional damage,” she stated.
Gruffudd has been relationship Bianca Wallace since his divorce from Evans in 2021. He is asking for extra time along with his daughters, claiming that his ex has not seen him for many of the previous 12 months.
The feuding exes had been legally separated in July – two years after the actor filed for divorce after 14 years of marriage
Gruffudd met Evans once they starred collectively within the 2000 Disney movie 101 Dalmatians. The problems with spousal help and youngster help, in addition to custody of the youngsters, have but to be resolved
Evans described her relationship along with her daughters as “deeply loving and supportive.”
“I don’t talk to them about the case,” she added. “I am subject to and under the order of this court to stay away from and have no contact with the petitioner and I have respected that to the letter.
“The petitioner has his visiting schedule and has the ability to call the children freely, but has not done so for whatever reason.
“Given his silence and lack of effort to build a relationship with the children, I do not believe the petitioner has shown the need or urgency to appoint a child custody evaluator.”
Gruffudd – who met Evans once they starred collectively within the 2000 Disney movie 101 Dalmatians – filed for divorce in March 2021, shortly after the blonde actress claimed on social media that her husband of 14 years deserted her and their two daughters . .
Their divorce was finalized final month. But the problems of spousal help and youngster help – in addition to youngster custody – have but to be resolved.