Actress Alice Evans is in dire financial straits – and has told friends that she cannot pay her rent or afford food, and is contemplating taking a job in Starbucks.
Evans, 55, is in the throes of a marathon divorce fight with actor Ioan Gruffudd.
She has told pals that the money which she got from the sale of the marital home, believed to amount to $100,000 is all gone, much of it on lawyers, and she is now in a financial crisis.
A friend said: ‘Alice has been extremely upset and says that she can’t afford to make rent when it is due later this month – at least not if they want to eat – and has just hit a financial rock bottom. She says she has nothing – not even medical insurance.’
Actress Alice Evans is in dire financial straits – and has told friends that she cannot pay her rent or afford food, and is contemplating taking a job in Starbucks
Evans, 55, is in the throes of a marathon divorce fight from actor Ioan Gruffudd
They continued: ‘She’s been told that she should get a job but has not found any acting work and in any case she needs to look after their children who are school age.
‘This week she has been discussing trying for a job in Starbucks but she thinks they might not want her as she is probably too old for them at 55. Also her agent doesn’t want her to do it in case it looks bad.’
The friend added: ‘She is feeling desperate and is out of ideas about how she can get along. She has been crying herself to sleep.’
She and Gruffudd are divorced but custody, spousal and child support have yet to be settled and the next hearing in the case is due in March next year.
Unhappily, she continues to be trolled on social media, particularly on X, formerly Twitter and on the gossip website Tattle Life.
On November 12, she posted footage of her children and wrote: ‘PS: hey tartlets – we’re SO happy and you are a sad group of hogs. Anyone who wants to find out what a loser is should check out Tattle.Life – honestly, you will need a shower!’
Her life imploded two years ago after the seemingly sudden end of her marriage to Gruffudd who she had met on the set of the film 101 Dalmatians.
Evans announced on Twitter in January 2021: ‘Sad news. My beloved husband/soul mate of 20 years, Ioan Gruffudd, has announced he is to leave his family, starting next week.
She has told pals that the money which she got from the sale of the marital home, believed to amount to $100,000 is all gone, much of it on lawyers and she is now in a financial crisis
Gruffudd, famous for the ITV drama Liar and the Fantastic Four film, went public in October 2021 with new girlfriend Bianca Wallace, an aspiring actress who had a role as an extra in the drama Harrow which was filmed in Australia
‘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.’
Gruffudd, famous for the ITV drama Liar and the Fantastic Four film, went public in October 2021 with new girlfriend Bianca Wallace, an aspiring actress who had a role as an extra in the drama Harrow which was filmed in Australia.
They now live together in Los Angeles. Evans lives with their daughters Elsie and Ella.
In June 2022, she launched a Go Fund Me page asking for $25,000 to try and pay her bills, saying: ‘I never in a million years thought I would be doing this. However in August 2020, just as the pandemic was really kicking in, my entire world fell apart.
‘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.
‘Yesterday all my accounts ran out and I couldn’t buy anything. On the same day, my husband’s lawyer sent me a letter telling me I was due in court on 2 August to argue “my case” in the divorce. I currently have no lawyer and no funds to pay one.
‘If I don’t turn up at court I will be in contempt, and I have no idea what will happen to me or my kids at that point.’
In August this year, a judge granted Gruffudd’s request for appointment of a child psychiatrist ‘evaluator’
Following the hearing in August 2022, she is subject to a restraining order after Gruffudd argued that her posts on social media were false and amounted to harassment.
Gruffudd said that he had been subject to hundreds of posts and added: ‘Alice threatened to tell people I had abused her and our daughters, threatened to call the police on me if I did not comply with her demands… threatened to tell people I am a drug addict and put me in prison… threatened to write a fake diary that reflected an abused victim, and to have the diary published; and… threatened to destroy my mother.’
Evans said in court papers: ‘I have not hit, struck, attacked, threatened, assaulted, harassed, followed, stalked, molested, destroyed the personal property of, kept under surveillance, impersonated, blocked the movement of, annoyed by phone or electronic means by repeated contact, or disturbed the peace [of Gruffudd or Wallace].’
Evans now believes that she cannot speak about her situation in the press or post on social media as it risks violating her restraining order and could lead to a criminal trial.
In June this year, daughter Ella filed for a restraining order against Gruffudd following a disagreement during a custody visit at the home he shares with Wallace. This was later withdrawn.
In August this year, a judge granted Gruffudd’s request for appointment of a child psychiatrist ‘evaluator.’
Judge Stinn issued a written order ruling that Evans must take Ella and Elsie once a week to one-on-one individual sessions with a therapist, to be chosen by the girls’ court-appointed attorney.
In addition, the judge ordered Evans to take the girls, separately, to weekly meetings with their father and ‘reunification therapist’ Karin Manger – who will also counsel Evans in separate therapy sessions.
Judge Stinn cautioned both Evans and Gruffudd not to take pot shots at each other in front of the girls during therapy stints.
‘Neither party shall make derogatory remarks about or disparage the other party, either directly or indirectly, to or within the hearing of the minor children…’, the judge wrote in his order.
