Ioan Gruffudd spotted after his 13-year-old daughter filed restraining order

Ioan Gruffudd is an actor who has made a name for himself in the entertainment industry over the years. Recently the actor was photographed by paparazzi alongside his 29-year-old girlfriend, Bianca Wallace. This comes days after the 49-year-old actor’s daughter, Ella, filed a restraining order against her father and his girlfriend. According to Page Six, Ella and her younger sister Elsie were reportedly visiting their father at his house, which he owns with his girlfriend.

Ella is a daughter Gruffudd shares with his estranged wife, Alice Evans. Gruffudd and Evans married in 2007 and filed for divorce in March of 2021. According to Us Weekly, the teenager filed the case under “domestic violence prevention” in Los Angeles Superior Court on May 31^st, and a hearing has been set for June 23^rd.

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ELLA FILES RESTRAINING ORDER AGAINST HER FATHER AND HIS GIRLFRIEND

According to Daily Mail, following an incident that allegedly took place at Gruffudd’s house while his two daughters were visiting him in Los Angeles, Gruffudd’s 13-year-old daughter filed for a restraining order against him and a civil harassment protection order against his girlfriend, Bianca. 

Tweeps took to Twitter to share their thoughts on the matter. One tweep said, “I couldn’t do that at 13. UK police will probably laugh it off”. The psychic medium wrote, “His abusive ex is most likely behind it; he’s got a 3-year restraining order against her. She’s using her kids for revenge to hurt him”.

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GRUFFUDD AND EVANS SEPARATIONS

Ella’s restraining order is the latest in the drama happenings in her family. Drama has overwhelmed the family in recent years. In March 2021, the couple filed for divorce, which led to a public war of words between the two. According to THE SUN, the Fantastic Four star banned his ex-wife from mentioning him on social media and claimed to have been a victim of abuse in his marriage. In an interview with Page Six, Evans said, “I am still fighting against it because I love our kids, and I still love him, but something has happened inside his head, and whatever it is, I don’t see him coming back to us”.

In 2022 Loan filed a restraining order against his estranged wife, he claimed at the time that she threatened to make false accusations about him to destroy his career. “Alice threatened to tell people I had abused her and our daughters”, wrote Gruffudd in a petition, according to Page Six.

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