Ioan Gruffudd testified that his ex-wife, Alice Evans, threatened to destroy his career by making false, explosive accusations against him.
The “Fantastic Four” star’s trial against Evans kicked off Monday, in which he’s asking the court to renew the restraining order that he and his new wife, Bianca Wallace, had against Evans.
They claim Evans has stalked them and trashed them online.
In court, Gruffudd claimed his ex-wife threatened to destroy him and his career by “Amber Hearding” him, the Daily Mail reported. Gruffudd was referring to Johnny Depp suing Heard for $50 million for defaming him in a 2018 Washington Post op-ed about abuse, which he won.
Ioan Gruffudd (pictured here at a panel at the TCA Summer Press Tour in July 2017) testified in court Monday that his ex-wife, Alice Evans, threatened to destroy his acting career by making false accusations against him. Penske Media via Getty Images
The exes, pictured here at a Jimmy Choo party in London in 2002, went through a bitter split in 2021. Getty Images
The actor described one alleged incident in which he dropped off their kids — daughters Ella, 16, and Elsie, 12 —after a scheduled visit, and Evans loudly berated him and yelled obscenities “at the top of her lungs.”
“She said she was going to destroy me and she was going to ‘Amber Heard’ me,” he said in court, according to the outlet. “Then she said to the girls, ‘If daddy is ever weird or creepy with you in a physical way, please let me know.’”
“She accused me of being a child molester, a pedophile and a drug addict,” he also claimed. “She said I was out of my mind on sex and drugs and millennials.”
The actor, 52, said he was “disturbed” by the lengths Evans was willing to go to denigrate him.
Gruffudd claimed Evans told him she was going to “Amber Heard” him. Heard, pictured here in a Virginia court in June 2022, was sued by her ex Johnny Depp for defamation. POOL/AFP via Getty Images
Heard lost the case against Depp. The two are pictured here at “The Rum Diary” London premiere in November 2011. AFP via Getty Images
Gruffudd claimed Evans, 57, told him, “You won’t be an actor, baby, you’ll just be begging for money.”
He shared, “I was anxious that she would use my public image to create a scandal bigger than Brad and Angelina. I found that to be incredibly threatening.”
Gruffudd claimed Evans’ threats extended to Wallace, 33, whom he married in April 2025, the Daily Mail also reported.
“She said she was going to create a false crime that Bianca perpetrated and she would be deported,’” he claimed, alleging she put a private detective on Wallace.
Reps for Gruffudd and Evans didn’t immediately respond to Page Six’s request for comment.
Gruffudd also shared in court, “I was anxious that she would use my public image to create a scandal bigger than Brad and Angelina. I found that to be incredibly threatening.” The two are pictured here at the “102 Dalmatians” after-party premiere in New York City in November 2020. Getty Images
The actor claimed of his ex-wife, “She accused me of being a child molester, a pedophile and a drug addict.” The two are pictured here at the opening ceremony of the 58th Monte Carlo TV Festival in June 2018 in Monaco. Getty Images
The exes split in 2021, and their divorce was finalized in 2023. Back in October 2021, Evans accused him of having a three-year affair with Wallace, who was previously her friend, and he denied the allegation in court.
In February 2022, Gruffudd filed for a restraining order against Evans. In documents obtained by Page Six, he claimed that 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.”
He further alleged that Evans “told me verbally multiple times that she would do to me what Amber Heard did to Johnny Depp.”
He was granted a three-year restraining order against her in August 2022, but the drama continued. The exes’ oldest daughter, Ella, filed for a restraining order against both her father and Wallace in June 2023, though it was denied.
The “Fantastic Four” actor is seeking to renew the restraining order he and his new wife, Bianca Wallace, have against Evans. The exes are pictured here at the Los Angeles screening of “W” in October 2008. WireImage
In July 2024, Evans (pictured here at the Variety and Formula E Hollywood Gala at Chateau Marmont in April 2015 in Los Angeles) claimed in court docs obtained by Page Six that she’s going broke. She requested that her ex-husband pay her more child and spousal support. Michael Buckner
In July 2024, Evans pled with the Los Angeles Superior Court to order Gruffudd to pay her more child support and spousal support, alleging she was on the brink of going broke.
“While I am struggling to put food on the table for our children, Ioan is jet setting around the world,” she alleged in court docs obtained by Page Six.
“I have drained all of my personal savings paying my prior attorneys in this case and paying for my expenses,” she also claimed.