Danny Masterson gives estranged wife full custody of daughter after conviction

21 October 2023 , 00:02

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Danny Masterson gives estranged wife full custody of daughter after conviction

After being sentenced to 30 years to life in prison for rape, Danny Masterson has allegedly given his estranged wife, Bijou Phillips, full custody of their daughter.

TMZ obtained court documents that allegedly showed that the disgraced actor has allowed Phillips full legal and physical custody of Fianna, their nine-year-old daughter. In the documents, Masterson allegedly asked for visitation rights that would be supervised while he's serving his prison sentence. The visitation right hadn't been granted yet, as it seems it still hasn't been decided by the courts.

Last month, the That 70s Show actor was sentenced to three decades in prison for two rapes he committed twenty years ago. He was found guilty in May after his first trial ended in a hung jury in November of last year.

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Bijou Phillips is given full custody of her child with Danny Masterson while he's in prison (zz/Dennis Van Tine/STAR MAX/IPx)

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During the trial, Phillips stayed by her husband's side, and they were even seen leaving and entering the courtroom together. The two started dating in 2004, got engaged in 2009, and eventually married in 2011.

It was reported at one point that she believed her 47-year-old husband was innocent. She was one of the many people who wrote letters of support to the judge ahead of the sentencing and called him an "amazing father".

Phillips seemed to have second thoughts after the trial, as she filed divorce papers from her husband of 12 years shortly after the sentencing was handed down.

Phillips seemed to support Masterson during his trial (Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Danny Masterson was sentenced to 30 years to life last month (Getty Images)

Masterson's That 70s Show co-stars Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis wrote letters of support for him. Kutcher said Masterson was a "role model" for him while his wife, Kunis, wrote that the convicted man had "exceptional character".

After being met with huge backlash, Kutcher and Kunis posted an Instagram video to address their actions. "We support all victims. We have done this historically through all our work and will continue to do so in the future," Kunis said in the video.

Kutcher added: "A couple of months ago Danny's family reached out to us and they asked us to write character letters to represent the person that we knew for 25 years so that the judge could take that into full consideration relative to the sentencing."

Tatiana Krisztina