Alice Evans has hit back after her appearance at a recent court hearing was savaged by an anonymous online troll.
The British actress is currently in the midst of a protracted legal dispute with ex-husband Ioan Gruffudd regarding child support payments for their two daughters.
But her latest court appearance in Los Angeles on July 24, which was also attended by Gruffudd and his pregnant new wife Bianca Wallace, subsequently prompted hateful comments about her physical appearance.
In a private message sent by a nameless follower, Evans, 56, was also attacked for wearing the same outfit – a black blouse and matching skirt – on more than one occasion.
Sharing a post with Instagram followers on Sunday evening, she wrote: ‘Just received a random DM telling me I am grossly overweight and ‘looked like a freaking walrus walking into court on Wednesday’.
‘It went on to say that my choice of outfit was ‘horrible’ because I had worn it before in public settings many times, ( the horror of wearing clothes twice!) that it was ‘cheap’ and ‘badly fitting’ and that I had ‘clearly made no effort to understand proper court attire.
Alice Evans has hit back after her appearance at a recent court hearing was savaged by an anonymous online troll
Evans is in the midst of a legal dispute with ex-husband Ioan Gruffudd (pictured outside court with new wife Bianca Wallace) regarding child support payments for their two daughters
‘Strangely, this message came from an account with no profile, which is odd, given that I would have loved to have taken hints from the person’s own personal style, which obviously must be dazzling – and who doesn’t t want a few tips from a dazzling dresser?’
The actress, who accompanied her post with a shot of herself outside court day earlier, admitted she was already wracked with insecurity about what to wear for the hearing after spending months attempting to lose weight.
She wrote: ‘I attach one of the pics of me walking into court on that day because I have actually worked hard on losing weight in the past year, and silly me, I thought I looked ok!
‘Also, in the two hours before leaving, I changed outfits several times in an ever increasing panic, realizing that nothing I loved fit me, and the things that fit me made me want to cry!
‘But this is not a sad post. It’s a strong post. I was terrified walking into court this week. I have been terrified to turn up to all the hearings I have been summoned to in the past 3 years – so much so that the first one in aug ‘22 I could not even bring myself to turn up to, such was my panic. ( I literally hid u see the bed shaking. How pathetic is that!) [sic]
‘But I’m still here. I have two incredible girls to bring up. I live for them. And if that means I look fat or old or unfashionable then so be it. I am being as strong as I have ever been in my life.’
Wednesday’s court appearance was supposed to be an evidentiary hearing in which Gruffudd and Evans were to joust over her demands for him to shell out more than the $4,500 he is currently paying in support money for her and their two daughters.
Taking to Instagram on Sunday, Evans says she was subjected to abuse regarding her physical appearance and choice of clothing for the court hearing
But instead, after a 90-minute delay during which Judge Josh Stinn huddled with their lawyers, he scheduled another hearing August 12 when a date will be set for the case to go to trial.
In the past week, Evans has filed court documents – found by DailyMail.com – in which she claimed poverty and was so broke that she had to borrow money from friends and set up a GoFundMe account that raised $18,000 in donations.
She said that she and her girls – Ella, 15 and Elsie, 11 – were recently evicted from their LA home because she couldn’t afford to pay the $6,500 per month rent.
She contended that she had to ‘burn through’ her savings to pay living expenses and legal fees.
And she insisted Gruffudd – who married Wallace in April – can afford to pay more than the $3,000 per month child support and $1,500 spousal support he now pays.
Evans was apparently attacked for wearing the same outfit – a black blouse and matching skirt – on more than one occasion (pictured in the outfit outside court)
Gruffudd and Wallace are currently expecting their first child together as a couple. The Welsh actor is already a father to two daughters with ex-wife Evans (pictured outside court)
But Gruffudd is fighting his ex’s cash demands and in his own court filing, blasted Evans’ claims, saying that she ‘purposely got herself evicted… intentionally ceasing paying rent and instead taking the children on a vacation trip to Europe.’
Her motive, he said, was to ‘support her false public narrative of financial destitution in an attempt to further harm my reputation… as a fraudulent way to strong-arm me into paying more support than I can afford.’
Gruffudd also maintained that subpoenaed bank records show that, far from being broke, Evans made more than $130,000 in 2024 and is expected to earn a similar amount this year – a claim that Evans called ‘false and misleading.’
In his recent court filing Gruffudd told how he was ‘mortified’ to have received ‘dozens of stressed messages from our minor children in which they have parroted Alice’s false and manufactured claims of becoming homeless in the immediate future.’
In the past week, Evans has filed court documents – found by DailyMail.com – in which she claimed poverty and was so broke that she had to borrow money from friends
But in her new court documents, Evans denied manipulating the children to send plaintive messages to their father.
‘I absolutely did not ask the children to send messages to (Gruffudd) about our eviction and pending homelessness,’ she said. ‘The children are well aware of our financial distress and the eviction.’
Gruffudd and Evans met on the set of the movie 102 Dalmatians more than 20 years ago. They fell in love in real life and were married in Mexico in 2007.
Gruffudd filed for divorce in March 2021, shortly after Evans announced on social media that her husband of 14 years was leaving her.
They were divorced in July 2023.
