Ioan Gruffudd files for joint custody of his two daughters, 8 and 12 years old
‘Fantastic Four’ actor Ioan Gruffudd has filed for joint custody of his two daughters, months after his estranged wife, Alice Evans, filed for sole custody amid a bitter divorce. Gruffudd, 48, filed the request in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday, seeking custody and visitation rights to see his children, Elsie, 8, and Ella, 12. The ‘Titanic’ actor claimed in the filing that Evans deliberately tried to cut off communication between Gruffudd and the children. He also petitioned for the girls to attend face-to-face therapy and reunification therapy via zoom with him pending court-ordered mediation on custody. In the filing, Gruffudd repeated allegations that Evans had verbally abused them during their 14-year marriage, and “damaged[ing him] in front of girls all their lives.’ ‘Alice often makes fun of my appearance, makes hair loss comments and says I have ‘saggy-vagina eyes,” the court papers filed Friday read. He went on to claim that Evans “has inflicted serious emotional harm on