Actress Bijou Phillips has filed for divorce from Danny Masterson, less than 2 weeks after he was sentenced to 30 years to life in prison for rape. Phillips lawyer said in a statement to THR, "Ms. Phillips has decided to file for divorce from her husband during this unfortunate time. Her priority remains with her daughter. This period has been unimaginably hard on the marriage and the family..."
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00:00 Actress Bijou Phillips has filed for divorce from Danny Masterson less than two weeks after
00:05 he was sentenced to 30 years to life in prison for rape.
00:09 Phillips' lawyer said in a statement to THR, "Ms. Phillips has decided to file for divorce
00:14 from her husband during this unfortunate time.
00:17 Her priority remains with her daughter.
00:19 This period has been unimaginably hard on the marriage and the family."
00:23 Phillips had stood by her husband's side throughout his years-long legal battles, so the divorce
00:27 filing was seen as shocking to some.
00:30 Masterson was sentenced on Sept. 7 to 30 years to life in prison for the rapes of two former
00:35 members of the Church of Scientology at his Hollywood Hills home in the early 2000s.
00:40 During the trial, the women described in graphic detail violent assaults after they were served
00:44 drinks that quickly disoriented them.
00:47 Masterson, who will be eligible for parole in roughly 25 years when he's 72 years old,
00:52 has denied the accusations.
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