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Alice Evansis seeking custody of her two children, 12-year-old Ella and 8-year-old Elsie, after herestranged husbandIoan Gruffuddfiled for a restraining orderagainst her on Tuesday.
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Evans' response was filed on Feb. 15 — in which she denied the domestic violence accusations made against her — the same day Gruffudd’s restraining order against her was filed.
PEOPLE has reached out to attorneys for Gruffudd and Evans for additional comment.
Gruffudd and Evans separated on Jan. 1, 2021, after more than 13 years of marriage, and in March that year, theHarrowactorfiled for divorce.
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In his petition, Gruffudd wrote that theChristmas Cardactress “repeatedly told me between August 2020 and our separation on January 1, 2021 that if I left her, she would make false public accusations about me, sell false stories about me to the press, and destroy me and my career.”
“Alice told me verbally multiple times that she would do to me what Amber Heard did to Johnny Depp,” theTitanicactor said in the petition.
Added Gruffudd: “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.”
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“Alice told me she would win, and everyone would believe her over me,” he continued.
A court hearing is scheduled for early March on Gruffudd’s request for a restraining order.
source: people.com
