Bijou Phillips<\/a> has filed for divorce from Danny Masterson<\/a>, lower than two weeks after the\u00a0That \u201970s Show<\/em> star was sentenced to 30 years to life<\/a> in jail for rape.<\/p>\n The couple had been collectively for almost 12 years and share a nine-year-old daughter, Fianna.<\/p>\n Phillips, a 43-year-old actor, filed for divorce in Santa Barbara, Calif., Superior Court on Monday, citing \u201cirreconcilable differences.\u201d She is in search of spousal assist and full custody of Fianna whereas Masterson, 47, is given visitation rights.<\/p>\n \u201cMs. Phillips has decided to file for divorce from her husband during this unfortunate time. Her priority remains with her daughter,\u201d her lawyer Peter A. Lauzon acknowledged. \u201cThis period has been unimaginably hard on the marriage and the family.\u201d<\/p>\n Lauzon added that Phillips considers Masterson \u201ca wonderful father to their daughter,\u201d echoing statements Phillips wrote in a letter asking for leniency<\/a> in Masterson\u2019s sentencing.<\/p>\n Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u201cWe need him more than you can imagine,\u201d Phillips wrote within the letter that turned public after the sentencing. \u201cI know he has been convicted of serious crimes. But the man I married has only been an extraordinary husband to me and a devoted father to our daughter.\u201d<\/p>\n Phillips additional wrote that Masterson \u201chas literally been a life-saving partner to me,\u201d in obvious reference to Masterson\u2019s look after her and their daughter after Phillips had a kidney transplant in 2017.<\/p>\n \u201cOur daughter and I are heartbroken that he is not home with us,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n Phillips sat with different Masterson relations in courtroom all through two lengthy trials, the primary of which\u00a0led to a mistrial<\/a>, the second of which led to a conviction on two of three rape counts<\/a> from 2003.<\/p>\n She wept in courtroom when the responsible verdicts have been learn on May 31, and confirmed comparable emotion at occasions throughout his Sept. 7 sentencing listening to, when a decide gave Masterson a jail time period that may require him to be held for 25-and-a-half years earlier than he’s eligible for parole.<\/p>\n A supply advised People<\/a> that Phillips was shocked that Masterson was discovered responsible.<\/p>\n \u201cShe wasn\u2019t prepared for the verdict. She never expected him to be found guilty,\u201d the unnamed insider mentioned. \u201cShe couldn\u2019t believe that he was taken into custody right away and remanded.\u201d<\/p>\n Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Masterson maintains his innocence and his legal professionals have mentioned they plan to enchantment, contending there have been issues with proof and constitutional points together with his conviction.<\/p>\n Masterson was arrested in 2020<\/a> after a three-year investigation into claims he sexually assaulted a number of ladies within the early 2000s.<\/p>\n \n\t\tTrending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\tIndia points Canada journey advisory as tensions rise over Nijjar homicide<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n \n\t\t\t\tBank of Canada frightened about elevating hopes for charge cuts in newest choice<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n He was convicted of raping two ladies he knew by way of the Church of Scientology in 2003. Both testified that he put medicine of their drinks and violently raped them. Jurors couldn’t attain a unanimous verdict on a 3rd rely alleging he raped a former girlfriend in 2001.<\/p>\n Masterson starred with Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis and Topher Grace within the Fox sitcom That \u201970s Show<\/em> from 1998 till 2006. Kutcher and Kunis each confronted backlash after it was revealed that they had written letters<\/a> to the decide in Masterson\u2019s case, asking for leniency in his sentencing. The pair apologized for the letters<\/a> in a video.<\/p>\n Phillips and Masterson started courting in 2004. They introduced their engagement in 2009 and married in Ireland in 2011.<\/p>\n Phillips is the daughter of The Mamas and the Papas<\/em> singer-songwriter John Phillips and actor Genevieve Waite. She labored as a mannequin as a youngster and launched an album earlier than shifting into appearing.<\/p>\n She has appeared in movies together with Almost Famous<\/em> and tv reveals together with Raising Hopes<\/em> and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit<\/em>.<\/p>\n Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u2014 With information from The Associated Press<\/em><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\")
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