Ioan Gruffudd and Alice Evans.Photo: Christopher Polk/Walt Disney Television via Getty Images; Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic
Charges previously brought againstAlice Evansthat alleged the actress had violated her ex-husbandIoan Gruffudd’s restraining order against her were dropped last week.
On Friday,The Daily Mailreported that prosecutors chose to drop the charges against Evans, 54, after they told Commissioner James Cooper during last Thursday’s hearing at Los Angeles' Airport Courthouse that they were “unable to proceed” with the charges.
The actress had previously pleaded not guilty to two charges of violating the restraining order, which bars her from posting remarks about Gruffudd, 49, or his current girlfriendBianca Wallaceon social media.
At a follow-up hearing last Friday, Commissioner Cooper deferred ruling on Evans' attorney’s ask for the court to rule Evans “factually innocent” of the charges until a hearing tentatively scheduled for April 25, the outlet reported.
Ioan Gruffudd and Alice Evans.Donato Sardella/WireImage
“Hi guys. I just wanted to say thank you to everybody who has been so supportive of me over the past few days, few weeks, few months, few years, since 2019, actually,” Evans said in a video sheshared to Instagramon Sunday, in apparent reference to the dropped charges. “I’ve tried to read everything and I know that [at] the moment I’m not on social media and I can’t really come back to you personally, but I promise I will and you will never be forgotten.
“Things are going well. Me and the girls are good, and I just wanted to send so much love and gratitude,” Evans finished in the video as she blew a kiss to the camera.
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It is unclear what alleged restraining order violation prompted the charges against Evans.
In his petition, Gruffudd claimed he had told Evans he was “unhappy” in their relationship in August 2020. The actor said Evans “repeatedly told me between August 2020 and our separation on January 1, 2021 that if I left her, she would make false public accusations about me, sell false stories about me to the press, and destroy me and my career.”
Gruffudd and Evans met in the 2000 set of102 Dalmatiansand were married in 2007. The actorfiled for divorcein March 2021. The former couple share two children, daughters Ella, 13, and Elsie, 9.
In that February 2022 petition, Gruffudd claimed that Evans “told me verbally multiple times that she would do to me what Amber Heard did to Johnny Depp,” among other claims.
source: people.com
