Earlier than Bijou Phillips Filed for Divorce, She Instructed Choose That Danny Masterson Is an ‘Extraordinary Husband’

Phillips filed for divorce from the ‘That ’70s Present’ star this week, after he was sentenced to 30 years in jail

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Bijou Phillips referred to as estranged husband Danny Masterson an “extraordinary husband” and “devoted father” to their daughter simply weeks earlier than she filed for divorce.

The That ’70s Present alum was sentenced to 30 years in jail earlier this month after being convicted of two counts of forcible rape .

Forward of his sentencing, Phillips was one in every of many individuals who wrote a character letter to Choose Charlaine F. Olmedo on Masterson’s behalf. In her letter, which was obtained The Messenger, Phillips wrote of the disgraced actor: “We want him greater than you may think about. I do know he has been convicted of great crimes. However the man I married has solely been a rare husband to me and a faithful father to our daughter.”

Phillips additionally praised Masterson for his function as father to their 9-year-old daughter, Fianna Francis.

Whereas in jail, Masterson referred to as his daughter on daily basis and sometimes helped together with her homework, in accordance with his spouse’s letter.

She wrote of Fianna, partly, “Greater than something, she loves her father. When he calls us every day, she ends with ‘I really like you an excessive amount of Daddy.'”

Phillips defined that Masterson stepped up for his household after he discovered himself unable to work in Hollywood. (Former co-stars together with Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis in addition to first responders additionally wrote letters on Masterson’s behalf.)

“He toiled lengthy days on the land to make it worthwhile for our household,” Phillips wrote. “He took courses to find out about rising grapes, wines and he turned a sommelier. He additionally studied the enterprise finish of it.”

In response to courtroom paperwork, the actress filed for divorce in Santa Barbara Superior Court docket on Monday. By way of her lawyer Peter A. Lauzon, Phillips said that the interval since her husband’s sentencing has been ” unimaginably hard ” on her and their daughter. They have been married for nearly 12 years.