Alice Evans Breaks Down Over Ioan Gruffudd Divorce

Alice Evans broke down in a Los Angeles courtroom as she described the moment her 20-year marriage to Ioan Gruffudd unraveled. 

The actress told a judge she didn’t hear about the divorce from her husband directly, but from a lawyer. 

What followed, she said, was shock, humiliation, and a public spiral that played out online. 

Now, years after their split, Gruffudd and Evans are locked in yet another emotional legal battle.

Taking the stand on Thursday, Evans recalled how she learned her marriage was over. 

After Ioan Gruffudd left their Los Angeles home in January 2021, she believed the separation was temporary. 

“I thought he just needed some space…to get his head straight,” she testified per the Daily Mail. “I thought we were just taking a break.” 

However, a month later, a lawyer called with devastating news that Gruffudd had filed for divorce. 

Evans told the court she didn’t want a divorce, adding that her husband “never” told her directly that he planned to end their marriage. 

Fighting tears, she said she was “terrified,” “alone,” “utterly shocked,” and “devastated.” 

The split marked the end of a relationship that began in 2000. According to the 57-year-old, the sudden silence that followed left her feeling stranded after two decades of daily communication.

Months after the divorce filing, Alice Evans faced another painful moment, this time online. 

While Ioan Gruffudd was filming in the south of France, she asked if she could follow him on Instagram. Evans testified that “he accepted me as a friend.”

What she saw next stunned her. The first post that appeared announced the actor’s romantic relationship with Australian actress Bianca Wallace. 

Evans described it as “the biggest shock I have ever had in my life.”

That discovery, she admitted, triggered a wave of emotional reactions. She began sending emails and posting online about Gruffudd and Wallace. 

When asked how often she contacted him, she replied tearfully, “Too often.” She explained it was fueled by panic, saying her “world was being overturned” and she felt stuck in limbo.

“I was desperate for us to work things out by talking to each other,” she told the court. “I just wanted to talk to my husband… I stupidly thought we could get back together.”

The courtroom testimony comes as Gruffudd seeks to renew a domestic violence restraining order against Evans. 

He alleges a “relentless five-year campaign of harassment and abuse” directed at him and Wallace, whom he married in April last year. The couple welcomed a daughter, Mila, in November.

Gruffudd claims his ex-wife violated a previous three-year restraining order by following him to a parent-teacher meeting. 

Evans has denied intentionally breaching the order, insisting she didn’t know he would be there.

The “102 Dalmatians” star also pushed back against earlier allegations that she attempted to give their daughters cocaine, physically assaulted Gruffudd, and passed out drunk in front of the children. Those accusations, she said, are untrue.

Evans told the court her daughters, Ella and Elsie, were frightened after the restraining order was issued. 

“I’m the only person they’ve got – they don’t have any other family. I’m all they have,” she said, adding that one daughter claimed her father told her, “Your mother’s going to be in jail.”

Beyond the restraining order dispute, the former couple remains at odds over finances and parenting. Their divorce was finalized in 2023, but disagreements continue.

Evans says she is struggling financially and is asking the court to increase the $1,500 monthly spousal support and $3,000 monthly child support payments. 

Ioan Gruffudd, however, wants to eliminate spousal support entirely, arguing that Evans’ alleged misconduct and violations justify the move. He also claims he has “overpaid” her by more than $300,000.

Gruffudd has accused Evans of alienating their daughters from him, saying they have been “poisoned and alienated.” 

Evans doesn’t agree, maintaining that she has not engaged in ongoing harassment.

The legal fight has grown increasingly bitter, with both sides presenting starkly different accounts of their post-marriage reality.

During her testimony, Alice Evans expressed regret for her online behavior. 

Looking toward Gruffudd in the courtroom, seated less than 20 feet away, she apologized, saying, “I now can say I’m sorry… I was posting way too much. Now I feel ashamed and humiliated.” 

She added that she felt mortified, hugely regretful, and apologetic to Wallace, too. 

Evans admitted she skipped an August 2022 hearing where the restraining order was granted because “I was terrified of seeing them together. I could not go. I stayed home. It was stupid.”

She also addressed accusations that she publicly revealed Wallace’s multiple sclerosis diagnosis, telling the court she thought it was public knowledge. “I feel terrible about it – I am deeply apologetic,” the actress said. 

Regarding emails sent to Gruffudd’s mother, Evans described herself as “just a desperate person because my family was falling apart.” 

She acknowledged her actions were terribly stupid and concluded, “I feel a huge sense of shame and embarrassment. I don’t recognize that person – she lost her mind.”