How did Ioan Gruffudd and Alice Evans meet? Relationship timeline explored as Fantastic Four star accuses ex-wife of giving kids cocaine

Days after Ioan Gruffudd tied the knot with his longtime girlfriend Bianca Wallace, the Daily Mail revealed some shocking developments around his first marriage.

According to the tabloid, the Fantastic Four star, who was previously married to Alice Evans, alleged that her ex-wife and the mother of his daughters tried to give cocaine to their children. The Daily Mail cited a new court filing from the actor to report the claim. Gruffudd has reportedly applied to renew the three-year-old domestic violence restraining order against Evans, which has been in effect since August 2022.

Ioan claimed in the filing that while Alice tried to give cocaine to their daughters, she left the door to their family home open for a drug dealer to enter. The alleged incident happened when the Black Hawk Down actor received texts and calls from his kids regarding their mother’s open consumption of the drug. Ioan Gruffudd claimed that he watched his former spouse trying to give their daughters cocaine during a follow-up FaceTime call.

The Bad Boys: Ride or Die actor, who filed for a divorce in March 2021, previously accused his ex-wife of violating the restraining order, which has been in place for three years. For those unaware, Alice Evans and Ioan Gruffudd first met on the set of 102 Dalmatians, which also starred Glenn Close and Gerard Depardieu. The couple starred opposite in the film, which was shot between November 1999 and April 2000, per IMDb.

The 102 Dalmatians co-stars seemingly started dating after the actress’s break-up with Olivier Picasso and eventually married in Mexico.

A look at Ioan Gruffudd and Alice Evans’ relationship timeline

The Another Life actor and the 10 Things I Hate About You actress didn’t start dating after their first meeting on the set of 102 Dalmatians. As mentioned, Evans was dating Olivier Picasso at the time, per Gruffudd’s 2008 interview with The Times. After she parted ways with her former boyfriend, Alice started her relationship with Ioan in the early 2000s.

According to The Times, the couple moved to Los Angeles in 2003 to stay together. Four years later, Ioan Gruffudd and Alice Evans tied the knot in Mexico. According to People Magazine, the ceremony happened at One&Only Palmilla Hotel in Los Cabos, Mexico. A source close to Ioan Gruffudd told the magazine at the time,

“It was an intimate gathering. Friends and family traveled all over the world for it.”

Gruffudd previously told People Magazine at the MTV Movie Awards in June 2007 about planning the wedding with Alice. He told the magazine why the wedding was not happening in Wales, where he was born,

“We thought we’d celebrate our new life here. We moved here about five years ago. We’ve embraced it and are loving living here.”

The couple welcomed their firstborn, Ella Betsi, in September 2009. Four years later, Ioan Gruffudd and Alice Evans’ second daughter, Elsie Marigold, was born. The couple stayed together for more than 13 years until January 2021, when they officially announced their separation. Commenting on the split, Alice Evans wrote on X (formerly Twitter) in a now-deleted post,

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“Sad news. My beloved husband/soulmate of 20 years, Ioan Gruffudd, has announced he is to leave his family, starting next week. Me and our young daughters are very confused and sad. We haven’t been given a reason except that he ‘no longer loves me’. I’m so sorry.”

During an interview with The Guardian in 2020, the Titanic actor reflected upon being away from his family due to work commitments. Later that year, Ioan witnessed Evans attempting to give his kids cocaine, the actor alleged in a court filing, per Daily Mail. Eventually, they got officially divorced in July 2023.

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