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Ioan Gruffudd/Alice Evans

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Notatallanamechange · 28/01/2023 00:46

Don’t know if anyone has followed this, but she had an arrest warrant issued today for failing to appear in court for breaching a restraining order he has for domestic abuse. Their poor children seem like an afterthought.

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LemonTT · 01/02/2023 12:25

HateandLove · 01/02/2023 11:17

@LemonTT

You just sound envious.

Alice's fall from grace has been quite spectacular, her standard of living has nothing to do with being treated badly, just becuase others have not lived her way of life.

Anyone who has a sucessful partner, who has contributed supporting them in life usually has some expectations upon divorce, most decent men wouldn't have their ex's being humiliated by destroying them financially.

Many men are decent towards their children and ex's and try to cause the least disruption given they were selfish in starting a new life and leaving their family but it appears Ioan wants it all.

The rediculousness on this thread, a new I phone ffs.
Honestly the Ioan supporters, I'm sure they won't be happy untill they see Alice wandering arround the strets of LA homeless with liquor in a brown paper bag.

I’m not envious. I have had privilege and advantage in life. I have had had the hard knocks, divorce, bereavement, redundancy etc. I have not hard her opportunities or support which is incredibly elitist.

I don’t blame everything wrong in my life on someone else. Especially not those who have given me so much.

And yes negging on someone’s looks is an act of abuse. Doing it repeatedly in media and to others is abusive and criminal behaviour. As Alice is finding out.

There will be no book because the DVRO will never be lifted. No publisher or platform could print it.

LemonTT · 01/02/2023 12:29

StarsSand · 01/02/2023 11:12

People keep referring to the court documents like they contain absolute objective truths.

They are one persons version of events, which is highly subjective, and will obviously leave out parts that reflect badly on themselves.

I think they're both hideous people BTW, not defending Alice at all.

Court documents are just that. Petitions and evidence submitted to a court.

Court findings are a different matter. They have been a judgement made by someone with authority and expertise. A court has found Alice Evans to be guilty of coercive control and imposed a restraining order on her for a long period of time. The judgement was clear it was based in fact and evidence not opinion.

The finding of coercive control against Alice Evans is legally a fact. Not opinion.

Lotusplanes · 01/02/2023 12:44

HateandLove · 01/02/2023 10:15

I think Alice is a very unwell woman, who has been treated badly and is lashing out in anger due to her pain.

Do you not see a woman driven to despair, someone who has lost control and therefor has mental helath issues going on. Alice's pain is palpable, I can't see anyone wanting to be in her situation if they are honest, the fact that it is all so public aswell takes it to another level.

I honestly think the only way she will calm down is if Ioan accepts his fault and admits that he did wrong, that he hurt her and has continued to provoke, re write history, gaslight and admit to his part in a smear campaign after she was right in finding him to be adulterous.

He won't though because he now is concentrating on financially abusing her.

For everyone who thinks Alice is a narcissist, I just don't see it, I see a woman who has been driven to insanity and ill mental health. The level of hate this woman has recieved on line from people is astonishing, coupled with the hate of her ex and his partner, and her inlaws I can't believe she's actually still standing.

There seems to be little compassion for Alice.

Lol no. Take it from someone who grew up with an abusive narcissist. She's an abusive narcissist, she won't change and those girls should be removed from her care.

HateandLove · 01/02/2023 12:48

Lol no. Take it from someone who grew up with an abusive narcissist.
She's an abusive narcissist, she won't change and those girls should be
removed from her care.

Do you seriously think they would be better off without her.

Do you really believe Ioan would prioritise them ?
I'm not so sure.

MichelleScarn · 01/02/2023 12:50

HateandLove · 01/02/2023 11:32

Yeah I can see where you are coming from a drunken woman calls her daughter a bitch, she's lashing out, it goes like this, Ioan hurts Alice and then Alice takes it out on the kids. He knows the result.

You make a wife happy on the other hand and you get a great mother, it's not rocket science.
And Alice accused Ioan of wanting his family to dissapear, revolting yes, but understandable because he did himself dissapear for a year.

A big nose, he's boring, really you think that's abusive ?
This mumsnet is not the real world.

I'm sure the judges understand, they are just trying to quieten Alice down so she doesn't give him anymore ammunitian to beat her with.
Hopefully she will get some justice when the divorce finalises.

That's a terrifying view and shows if this is her mindset that she is an abysmal parent.

"I could be a good positive parent, but because I'm not being seen as priority no1 and having my needs met first I won't be till l get what l want".

alloalloallo · 01/02/2023 12:54

LemonTT · 01/02/2023 12:29

Court documents are just that. Petitions and evidence submitted to a court.

Court findings are a different matter. They have been a judgement made by someone with authority and expertise. A court has found Alice Evans to be guilty of coercive control and imposed a restraining order on her for a long period of time. The judgement was clear it was based in fact and evidence not opinion.

The finding of coercive control against Alice Evans is legally a fact. Not opinion.

Agree. And on the court documents when the temporary RO was made permanent, the judge made a note to say that he’d only allowed the claims where there was actual, clear evidence. Some of the claims he didn’t consider because it was via a 3rd party/hearsay and there wasn’t the original evidence submitted.

Plus, Alice had ample opportunity to submit her own evidence refuting Ioan’s claims - she did not.

CauliflowerCheese30 · 01/02/2023 13:35

HateandLove · 01/02/2023 11:45

She needs the divorce out of the way.

Then she needs to do a book deal and then a netflix deal.

Not with a DVRO she won't.

HateandLove · 01/02/2023 13:40

CauliflowerCheese30 · 01/02/2023 13:35

Not with a DVRO she won't.

So it is is Ioans interest to have her seen as a domestic abuser for the future.

CauliflowerCheese30 · 01/02/2023 13:43

HateandLove · 01/02/2023 13:40

So it is is Ioans interest to have her seen as a domestic abuser for the future.

She's done that all herself.

Sunshinegirl82 · 01/02/2023 13:48

@HateandLove

The court issued the DVRO. IG didn't issue it, he asked for it, presented evidence (which AE did not refute) and was granted it. The judge made the decision based on the evidence.

HateandLove · 01/02/2023 13:53

What's the difference from asking for it, isueing a DVRO has to come from all courts does it not.

Will he be applying for full custody seeing as she is a domestic abuser, who is she accused of abusing Ioan or the children ?
Would anyone want to leave their children with an abuser.

HateandLove · 01/02/2023 13:57

So this is basically a gagging order for 3 years.

Rainbowsandbutterflies1990 · 01/02/2023 14:11

HateandLove · 01/02/2023 10:15

I think Alice is a very unwell woman, who has been treated badly and is lashing out in anger due to her pain.

Do you not see a woman driven to despair, someone who has lost control and therefor has mental helath issues going on. Alice's pain is palpable, I can't see anyone wanting to be in her situation if they are honest, the fact that it is all so public aswell takes it to another level.

I honestly think the only way she will calm down is if Ioan accepts his fault and admits that he did wrong, that he hurt her and has continued to provoke, re write history, gaslight and admit to his part in a smear campaign after she was right in finding him to be adulterous.

He won't though because he now is concentrating on financially abusing her.

For everyone who thinks Alice is a narcissist, I just don't see it, I see a woman who has been driven to insanity and ill mental health. The level of hate this woman has recieved on line from people is astonishing, coupled with the hate of her ex and his partner, and her inlaws I can't believe she's actually still standing.

There seems to be little compassion for Alice.

I'm curious is this what every victim of abuse should do, admit fault as to by they are being abused ? Or just men who are abuse victims? The judge didn't issue a restraining order just for a bit of fun. He would have seen the evidence hence issuing it.

Sunshinegirl82 · 01/02/2023 14:32

HateandLove · 01/02/2023 13:57

So this is basically a gagging order for 3 years.

No, it's an order that endeavours to prevent AE from abusing IG. I'm really struggling to see your POV on this.

IG established to a judge's satisfaction that he was being abused by AE and that the legal threshold for the court to intervene to prevent further abuse had been met.

Not everyone that requests a DVRO will be awarded one.

LemonTT · 01/02/2023 15:11

HateandLove · 01/02/2023 13:40

So it is is Ioans interest to have her seen as a domestic abuser for the future.

That she is an abuser is a legal fact proven with evidence. It’s not in dispute even by her and she had the opportunity to appeal.

She abused him though coercive control. Legal fact.

HateandLove · 01/02/2023 15:16

So does this DVRO prevent her from speaking about the truth of their relationship.
Can she not write a book about her story, such as Princess Dianna did.

It is her life is she not entitled to write an autobiograhy.
Is she to be censored forever more.

LemonTT · 01/02/2023 15:18

HateandLove · 01/02/2023 13:57

So this is basically a gagging order for 3 years.

It’s not a gagging order. No one is allowed to do what she did. Which as a court found was to threaten, harass and abuse two other people. None of us are allowed to do that. We don’t even try to because we know it is wrong.

The restraining order places serious consequences on her for repeating the behaviour. Hence the current criminal charges.

Sunshinegirl82 · 01/02/2023 15:22

HateandLove · 01/02/2023 15:16

So does this DVRO prevent her from speaking about the truth of their relationship.
Can she not write a book about her story, such as Princess Dianna did.

It is her life is she not entitled to write an autobiograhy.
Is she to be censored forever more.

No one has an unfettered right to say/write whatever they want about other people. We are all bound by the laws of the relevant jurisdiction in which we live.

She can write a book provided that she complies with the obligations imposed by the DVRO and does not print statements that are libellous. I imagine any publisher would be examining the legalities very carefully before agreeing to publish.

LemonTT · 01/02/2023 15:23

HateandLove · 01/02/2023 15:16

So does this DVRO prevent her from speaking about the truth of their relationship.
Can she not write a book about her story, such as Princess Dianna did.

It is her life is she not entitled to write an autobiograhy.
Is she to be censored forever more.

She can write the truth but she cannot tell lies. She cannot abuse or threaten anyone with the content of the book. Threatening people with the truth in order to bend them to your will or get revenge is blackmail and coercion. There are examples of her threatening to write a book in order to get him to do what she wanted. It was very explicit and it is illegal.

When people break laws they forfeit freedoms. She forfeited freedoms by harassing, threatening and abusing people.

HateandLove · 01/02/2023 15:32

So she will be writing a book about the truth.

I wonder if she's already had offers.

CraneBoysMysteries · 01/02/2023 15:36

"Yeah I can see where you are coming from a drunken woman calls her daughter a bitch, she's lashing out, it goes like this, Ioan hurts Alice and then Alice takes it out on the kids. He knows the result.

You make a wife happy on the other hand and you get a great mother, it's not rocket science"

Honestly, I really hope you don't post on DV threads @HateandLove

So to reframe what you've written above...

A drunken man calls his daughter a bitch (and other derogatory terms as Alice has) but he's just lashing out. His wife has hurt him so he hurts his kids. The wife knows what the result would be.

You make a husband happy on the other hand and you get a great father. It's not rocket science.
^
What the actual fuck...?^

HateandLove · 01/02/2023 15:39

A drunken man calls his daughter a bitch (and other derogatory terms as Alice has) but he's just lashing out. His wife has hurt him so he hurts his kids. The wife knows what the result would be.

Yes, I would definitely be applying for full custody, worried about leaving children with a domestic abuser.

Why has he not done this.

MichelleScarn · 01/02/2023 15:41

@CraneBoysMysteries have said same above and that I find that attitude quite chilling!!
basically "make me happy or l will make your and our children's life miserable"

MichelleScarn · 01/02/2023 15:42

HateandLove · 01/02/2023 15:39

A drunken man calls his daughter a bitch (and other derogatory terms as Alice has) but he's just lashing out. His wife has hurt him so he hurts his kids. The wife knows what the result would be.

Yes, I would definitely be applying for full custody, worried about leaving children with a domestic abuser.

Why has he not done this.

So you. Agree Alice is an abuser then?

ambientrock · 01/02/2023 15:45

So you. Agree Alice is an abuser then?

I don't see how anyone could disagree!

I do hope it's all resolved as quickly as possible for the sake of the children. Too much time has passed already.

Is the nanny still around?

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