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Bijou Phillips desires to have her daughter's final identify modified, dropping Masterson from it after her father, Danny Masterson, was convicted of raping two ladies in Could 2023.
The Nearly Well-known actress has filed to vary her 11-year-old youngster's identify from Fianna Francis Masterson to Fianna Francis Phillips, swapping out her ex-husband's surname for her personal, in line with paperwork obtained by PEOPLE on Friday, Oct. 24. The submitting is awaiting approval from a decide.
Phillips and the That '70s Present star married in 2011, after having dated since 2004. She filed for divorce in September 2023 after his sentencing. They share just one youngster.
Each Phillips' and Masterson's authorized statuses have been modified to "single" on the identical day, in line with a separate court docket doc obtained by PEOPLE.
Representatives for Phillips and Masterson didn’t instantly reply to Leisure Weekly's request for remark.
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Masterson was charged in 2020 with raping three ladies in separate incidents between 2001 and 2003. In Could 2023, the actor was discovered responsible of two counts of rape. The third depend of rape resulted in a hung jury.
In September 2023, Masterson was convicted for the rape of two ladies and sentenced to 30 years to life in jail.
Phillips filed for divorce, citing "irreconcilable variations," two weeks later.
Masterson filed to enchantment his conviction in December 2024, together with his legal professionals claiming that his trial was "rife with inaccurate judicial rulings that skewed the jury’s view of the proof towards him" and {that a} "beautiful quantity of exculpatory proof" was by no means offered to the jury.
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Phillips had been supportive of Masterson throughout his trials, and was one of many individuals who wrote a personality letter for him forward of the sentencing.
"Danny is a tremendous father," she wrote. "Our daughter and I are heartbroken that he’s not residence with us. It has been very tough with out him right here. Regardless that he’s now in jail, he calls her on daily basis. He helps her with homework each night time."
In February 2024, Phillips instructed E! News that she was "doing good," saying she and her daughter have been "an incredible little staff."
Masterson has additionally starred in Netflix's The Ranch, the TBS comedy Males at Work, and the 1997 motion flick Face/Off. He performed Steven Hyde on That '70s Present for eight seasons, from 1998 to 2006.
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