Bijou Phillips is requesting spousal assist from her ex-husband Danny Masterson of their divorce after he was not too long ago given 30 years to life in jail sentence in his rape retrial.
Based on paperwork acquired by Folks journal, the actress, 43, filed for divorce from the That ’70s Present actor, 47, on Monday after virtually 12 years of marriage.
She additionally requested the court docket to “terminate the court docket’s skill to grant assist” to Masterson, with whom she shares 9-year-old daughter Fianna.
In change for being awarded visitation privileges, Masterson would have full authorized and bodily custody of Fianna, in accordance with Phillips’ request.
With no point out of a prenuptial settlement within the paperwork, she additionally requested that the court docket divide their belongings as distinct property.
She cited “irreconcilable variations” as the rationale for his or her break up. A separation date was listed as “TBD.”
The doc additionally reveals that Phillips is asking Masterson to cowl her authorized bills.
“Ms. Phillips has determined to file for divorce from her husband throughout this unlucky time. Her precedence stays together with her daughter,” Phillips’ lawyer Peter A. Lauzon tells the outlet.
He continues, “This era has been unimaginably exhausting on the wedding and the household. Mr. Masterson was at all times current for Ms. Phillips throughout her most troublesome occasions of her life. Ms. Phillips acknowledges that Mr. Masterson is a superb father to their daughter.”
Based on Selection, Phillips was within the courtroom with members of Masterson’s household for the sentence on September 7. In a court docket sketch, the actor could be seen kissing his spouse earlier than being led away to jail.
