Bijou Phillips has made the choice to finish her marriage with Danny Masterson, lower than two weeks after he bought 30 years to life for rape.
In accordance with authorized docs, obtained by TMZ, Bijou filed to finish issues Monday in a California court docket. Her lawyer, Lauzon Paluch, tells TMZ, “Ms. Phillips has determined to file for divorce from her husband throughout this unlucky time. Her precedence stays together with her daughter.
She continues, “This era has been unimaginably arduous on the wedding and the household. Mr. Masterson was at all times current for Ms. Phillips throughout her most tough occasions of her life. Ms. Phillips acknowledges that Mr. Masterson is a superb father to their daughter.”
Bijou stood by Masterson all through his rape trial and re-trial … even accompanying him at his sentencing listening to.
Danny was convicted on two counts of rape in Could, however the jury was held on the third depend. He was first charged again in 2020, with the three girls saying the incidents went down between 2001 and 2003.
Bijou and Danny have one daughter collectively, born in 2014 … and experiences acknowledged Bijou was devastated after his sentencing. In a letter used as a personality reference in his sentencing listening to, Bijou referred to as Danny, “a life-saving companion to me.”
As we reported, Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis acquired a ton of warmth for letters of help they wrote for Masterson, talking to his character and their friendship with the actor. Each issued an apology within the wake of the backlash, and Ashton stepped down from his place inside the anti-child intercourse abuse org he co-founded.