Actor Ioan Gruffudd’s 13-year-old daughter, Ella, has asked her father to be forced to undergo an “violent abuser intervention program” to stop abuse after she had an ugly row over his new girlfriend Bianca Wallace vs applied for a domestic violence restraining order.
In publicly available legal documents viewed by , the teen, whose mother is actress Alice Evans, says she is “scared” of her father, accusing him of “threatening to call the police whenever she misbehaves”. visits.
Ella filed for a restraining order against her father on May 31 — the same day she filed for a restraining order against his girlfriend — after an ugly incident broke out at their home in which Bianca allegedly slammed a door open her head’.
In her lawsuit against her father, Ella is demanding that he stay at least 100 meters away from her and have no contact with her for five years, and is asking that Ioan undergo a “52-week anti-violent intervention program.”
The program, which includes weekly classes, is designed — the document says — to “stop abuse, teach accountability, the effects of abuse and gender roles.”
Ioan Gruffudd’s 13-year-old daughter Ella Evans (seen left with her younger sister Elsie and their father) has filed for a domestic violence restraining order against him
In her filing, Ella requests that a court order her father to undergo an “abuse program” whose goal is to “stop abuse.”
The injunction has not yet been issued and will be presented to a court later this month.
Ella is requesting that the restraining order also apply to her nine-year-old sister Elsie, pointing out that she “lives with her sister and is afraid of it”. [Ioan] I will abuse and/or continue to allow my sister to be abused.
She’s also demanding that her father pay “some or all of her attorney’s fees and costs” and demands that her and her sister Elsie’s phone accounts be transferred to her mother, alleging that Ioan “threatened to close my sister’s account.” quit”. “Phone Account” and “My Phone Account”.
Along with her filing for a restraining order, Ella included a statement in evidence in her case, in which she shared her memories of a bitter argument she says took place when she and nine-year-old sister Elsie visited her father’s home on March 26 .May.
The statement closely resembles the statement contained in her request for a restraining order against her father’s friend, Bianca. The teenager claims she got into a heated argument with the couple over the actress’ presence during a late-night visit.
Ella admits she was “so angry” at her dad when she realized Bianca was at his apartment when she arrived that she started throwing food on his bed, on the floor and at him before trying to flee the apartment – which she says the actress “slammed a door in her head” leaving her with a “small bump” and a “bruise on her arm”.
As additional evidence, she included pictures of the bruises.
However, in her restraining order against Ioan – who is currently embroiled in a nasty custody battle with 54-year-old Alice over their two children – Ella adds more details, claiming that she suffered a “panic attack” before arriving at the property.
Ella has also sought a restraining order against actress and girlfriend of 49-year-old Ioan, Bianca Wallace, 29, claiming she “slammed a door on her head”.
Ioan and his ex-wife Alice Evans (pictured with Ella and her sister Elsie) are currently in the middle of a terrible custody battle following their split in 2021
According to Ella, when her father picked her up from the West Hollywood Police Station to begin her late-night visit, her father was accompanied “by a psychologist friend,” who she said was a man in his 70s and 80s. whom she had never met before.
She says they then drove from the police station to her siblings’ school to pick her up and then took Elsie to a dance class.
“Elsie had forgotten her leotard, so she suggested several times that we return to our apartment, which was a 10-minute drive away, as dance class was an hour away,” she explains.
‘The Answerer [Ioan] refused and drove us to The Grove [shopping mall]. The defendant insisted that we get a new jersey.
“I was overwhelmed by the amount of people at The Grove so I got back in the car. I told him to please leave me in the car and he could get Elsie jersey.
“The defendant told me that he could not leave me alone in the car and that I therefore had to stay in the car with his psychologist friend. I had never met this man before and he is around late 70’s to 80’s old. “I texted my mom because I was having a panic attack.”
She states that she then called her mother and started “crying” in the midst of a “full blown panic attack.”
When her father returned to the car with Elsie, she said he repeatedly told her to calm down, calm down.
When they arrived at Elsie’s dance class, Ella revealed that her sister then had a “panic attack in the bathroom,” prompting her to return to Ioan and Bianca’s house – with “the psychologist friend” in tow.
“I was so angry with my dad because it was an overnight visit and I had told him in the past that I didn’t want to meet his girlfriend who was now his significant other,” she says.
In her public file, Ella recounts an ugly domestic incident that she believes happened on May 26 at her father’s house
“Rather than listen to my wishes, my father let the court order the sleepovers while his girlfriend was staying with him.” I was so upset that I threw milk on his bed, I spilled mustard on the floor, and I have raw ones Thrown oatmeal at him.’
That’s when Ella says her father and Bianca started calling her “manipulative, abusive, and narcissistic” — leading to her deciding she “couldn’t be in that apartment anymore.”
However, when she tried to leave the property, she said Bianca “tried to stop her” by “raising her arms,” and then “slammed the door in front of her … and hit her on both the head and the ground.” slapped my arm”.
She states that her nine-year-old sister was “right behind her when that happened.”
According to Ella, she and Elsie were able to leave the apartment and “ran outside” while their father gave chase.
“The defendant told me to come back and said to him, ‘Your girlfriend slammed the door on me!’ And the defendant kept saying, ‘No she didn’t, no she didn’t, stop lying ‘ she recalls.
The teen says she called her nanny, Gloria Flores, who arranged for the father of one of Elsie’s friends – a man named Dennis Hauk – to pick her up and take her back to her mother’s house, noting that “the incident.” finished ‘.
She finds that both her nanny and Mr. Faulk have agreed to testify against her father and his girlfriend in her case.
Ella also adds notes about the “history of abuse” to her statement in that file, explaining that her father called her “a liar and a gaslighter” on every occasion she “mentions her feelings or opinions” to him.
She claims he “threatened to call the police if she misbehaved during his visits for the past two years”.
The teenager concluded the statement by saying, “I fear for my personal safety from the defendant and respectfully ask the court to grant a five-year restraining order.”
Ella’s account of the shocking incident marks the latest dramatic development in a bitter domestic drama that began in 2021 when Ioan left then-wife Alice after 14 years of marriage.
Ioan, the British star of “The Fantastic Four”, and Alice, who is best known for her appearance in “102 Dalmatians”, have been fighting a bitter divorce ever since.
The actor has already obtained a restraining order against his estranged wife, barring her from mentioning him on social media for three years.
Both Ioan and Alice are demanding custody of their daughters, both claiming that they have no money.
Last month, the former couple’s $2 million Los Angeles marital home was sold at the request of Ioan after he said he no longer had the money to pay for it, forcing Alice and her two daughters to move in to move into a rental property in LA.
Ioan met aspiring actress Bianca in Australia while filming the series Harrow and she recently moved into his Los Angeles apartment.
He and Alice announced in January 2021 that their marriage had ended, and in October of that year he went public with his romance with Bianca.
Ioan filed for joint custody of his daughters last July after Alice filed for sole custody.
In addition to requesting visitation rights, Ioan also claimed in his custody filing that Alice deliberately attempted to cut off communications between him and his children.
He also requested that the girls attend in-person and reunion therapy with him via Zoom pending a court-ordered custody arbitration.
Ioan accused Alice of swearing at him during their marriage and repeatedly “undermining” him in front of the girls.
“Alice often poked fun at my looks, made comments about hair loss, and told me I had ‘saggy vaginal eyes,'” the court filings read.
He further claimed that Alice “caused serious emotional damage to Ella and Elsie through her testimony and by interfering in my relationship with them.”
In March of this year, allegations that Alice breached her restraining order were dropped.
has reached out to Ioan, Alice and Bianca’s representatives for comment.