Bijou Phillips files for divorce from Danny Masterson after rape sentencing

Bijou Phillips filed for divorce less than two weeks after her husband Danny Masterson was sentenced to 30 years to life for rape.

Bijou Phillips has filed for divorce from Danny Masterson, less than two weeks after the That ’70s Show star was sentenced to 30 years to life in prison for rape.

The couple had been together for nearly 12 years and share a nine-year-old daughter, Fianna.

Phillips, a 43-year-old actor, filed for divorce in Santa Barbara, Calif., Superior Court on Monday, citing “irreconcilable differences.” She is seeking spousal support and full custody of Fianna while Masterson, 47, is given visitation rights.

“Ms. Phillips has decided to file for divorce from her husband during this unfortunate time. Her priority remains with her daughter,” her lawyer Peter A. Lauzon stated. “This period has been unimaginably hard on the marriage and the family.”

Lauzon added that Phillips considers Masterson “a wonderful father to their daughter,” echoing statements Phillips wrote in a letter asking for leniency in Masterson’s sentencing.

“We need him more than you can imagine,” Phillips wrote in the letter that became public after the sentencing. “I 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.”

Phillips further wrote that Masterson “has literally been a life-saving partner to me,” in apparent reference to Masterson’s care for her and their daughter after Phillips had a kidney transplant in 2017.

“Our daughter and I are heartbroken that he is not home with us,” she wrote.