Ioan Gruffudd witnessed ex-wife Alice Evans attempting to give their kids cocaine, adding a shocking turn to their high-profile divorce.

According to court documents, Ioan Gruffudd alleged that his ex-wife Alice Evans attempted to give their children cocaine by leaving the door of their family home unlocked for a drug dealer to enter.

The bombshell claim comes as the Welsh actor applied to renew his restraining order against Alice, who he says has harassed him. 

Following their tumultuous divorce two years ago, Alice and Ioan have been embroiled in a bitter dispute regarding the financial support and custody arrangements for their two daughters, Ella and Elsie.

In July 2020, Ioan reportedly received distressed phone calls and text messages from his daughters, claiming that their mother was openly using cocaine, as detailed in the court papers.

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. 

Other bombshell claims from the court documents include allegations actress Alice repeatedly breached the terms of a restraining order dating from August 2022.

Ioan said in court documents she barged 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.  

Alice and Ioan are still battling fiercely over spousal support and custody and financial support for their two daughters Ella, 15, and Elsie, 11 [pictured in 2018 with daughters Ella and Elsie]

Alice and Ioan underwent a messy divorce two years ago and have since been locked in a fierce battle over the support and custody of their two daughters Ella and Elsie

Ioan Gruffudd is pictured with his new wife Bianca Wallace 

‘I signed up to attend a private parent teacher conference at my children’s school on November 17, 2022,’ he wrote in his court declaration in California. 

‘I selected the final appointment of the day to ensure no possibility of running into Evans and confirmed that Evans had not signed up to attend a conference. 

‘My private meeting with my child’s teacher was in progress when Evans stormed into the classroom. I went into a state of shock.’

In court documents, Ioan also accused his estranged wife of giving him and his new wife Bianca Wallace the middle finger when they bumped into each other in the street in 2023. 

He said Alice drove past them when they were walking their dog and made a u-turn towards them.

‘Evans then stopped next to us and began beeping her car horn at Bianca and myself, waving at us, and gesturing the ”middle-finger”,’ Ioan has claimed. 

Linda Blank, who was one of the managers of both Ioan and Alice’s fan clubs between 2016 and 2014 also submitted a witness statement to support Ioan’s claims. 

She refers to emails in which Alice talks about how she could ‘ruin’ Ioan’s career by making allegations such as that he was using sex workers. 

Ms Blank wrote in her statement filed in court documents: ‘Alice told me she was going to publicly state that Gruffudd was making her and the children homeless, that Gruffudd is a drug addict, and that Gruffudd “uses sex workers.”

Alice and Ioan formally divorced in July 2023 [pictured in 2016]

‘Evans told me that Gruffudd’s reputation and image with his fans and within the film industry is that of somebody “wholesome and kind” and that these accusations would “ruin him”. 

‘Evans asked me to post these false stories to my social media accounts. I refused to do this on her behalf.’ 

Ioan – whose latest movie, Bad Boys: Ride or Die has grossed more than $403 million worldwide – has also fought against Alice’s claims for more money to support their children. 

In earlier court papers, he called her claims of poverty ‘exaggerated’ and said it’s a ‘false narrative’ that she and the children have been left destitute.

Meanwhile in the latest documents Ioan claims that Alice started a GoFundMe when she had $86,000 available to her from personal accounts. 

‘Since that date I have been not only struggling as a single mother to my babies, but also trying to cover bills and food and legal fees (ha! don’t even talk to me about legal fees) which dwarf any other expense in my life and have finally drained everything – savings, accounts, pension, the lot’, she reportedly wrote on the page.

‘Yesterday all my accounts ran out and I couldn’t buy anything… Anything you can spare.’ 

 Alice and Ioan met on the set of the movie 102 Dalmatians more than 20 years ago.

Alice and Ioan met on the set of the movie 102 Dalmatians more than 20 years ago

They fell in love in real life and were married in Mexico in 2007.

Ioan filed for divorce in March 2021, shortly after Alice announced on social media that her husband of 14 years was walking out on her and their two daughters.

Meanwhile, in February this year, Alice revealed she’s being evicted from her LA home after being ‘unable to pay her rent’.

 The actress wrote on Instagram that she and her daughters have ‘no way of renting even the cheapest room in the city’ after being beset by financial woes amid her bitter court battle with ex-husband Ioan.

Sharing a sweet throwback snap with her two daughters, Alice shared that she is like many others in Los Angeles trying to find a new place to live after the city was devastated by fires in January.

Alice was thought to be renting a home in California with her two children after her bitter divorce from Ioan.