Just read through all these comments, so it's interesting to see the support for an abusive partner.
No-one has mentioned that she had an affair with one of the lead actors in Vampire Dairies. Her children were very young at the time. Ioan agreed to take her back for the sake of the children
At one point,they had 2 nannies plus a cleaner, so Alice could continue her career but apart from Vampire Dairies, she never had a career in Hollywood. She got a bad name in the industry because of her bad behavior on set.
He hired Gloria because he was worried about Alice's behavior when he had to work aboard. In the court documents, he described having to leave for Australia with Alice flat out drunk on the kitchen floor as she had been drinking since 11 am in the morning.
As for the school, he never agreed to it but Alice went behind his back when he was working in Australia. Despite her go fund me, she had plenty of money stashed way, as she stole $100,000 from his account. He has financially paid for everything since the separation up until March 2022 . Even now he still paying for things that should have been her responsibility by now. He had to borrow money from his parents to stop the house from going into foreclosure.
People have said that he should of move back to the UK as he would of had more opportunities there. Yes, that is true but that would mean Alice agreeing to moving back. She was never going to agree to that as she is American by birth. In any custody battle, the children would have stayed with her because American judges will not side with the non American born partner unless there are exceptional reasons. Kelly Rutherford found that out the hard way when she managed to get her ex's grrencard rescinded which led to an automatic ban from the States. The judge in that case sided with the ex husband and the children had to move to Luxembourg where he lived.
Now with the latest episode,that exception has been reached.
Alice managed turn his own fan club against him. That was well before they separated.
She has written to the production teams, directors and actors, threatening to post untrue stories about them and Ioan. She even accused the actress who play the daughter in Harrow, of having an affair with him. This has effected his ability to find jobs anywhere, let alone Hollywood.
Their house was meant to be sold last year but Alice pulled out at the last moment.
I know we tend to laugh about male abuse victims but there way more than people believe. I remember laughing with my colleagues when our office manager would come in and tell us about the latest injury her husband had suffered. We would joke how many more cupboard doors will he smashed into. The truth is that we knew he was being battered by this woman, and we were scared of her as well.Think of how hard it for women to admit they are victims of abuse and then think of how much harder it is for a man.
Yes, I support Ioan but I don't think he is saint and he not the greatest actor around 🤣. I suspect he is taking advice from his legal team and that has led to some odd decisions about the kids. Now the divorce will go ahead before a decision has been made about custody. Originally it was being decided at the same time as the final divorce settlement. Now there is interim period between Feb to July when the final decision will be made separately,from the divorce. This is no doubt a changing situation which Alice's blatant disregard for the law!