Danny Masterson gives full custody of daughter to ex-wife after rape conviction

Los Angeles, October 21 (IANS): Actor Danny Masterson allegedly gave his ex-wife Bijou Phillips full custody of their daughter after he was sentenced to 30 years to life for rape.

TMZ has obtained court documents that allegedly prove the disgraced actor has given Phillips full legal and physical custody of Fianna, their nine-year-old daughter, reports Mirror.co.uk.

In the documents, Masterson allegedly asked for supervised visitation rights while he served his prison sentence.

Visitation rights have not yet been granted as the courts appear to have not yet decided it.

Last month, the That ’70s Show actor was sentenced to three decades in prison for two rapes he committed twenty years ago, according to Mirror.co.uk.

He was found guilty in May after his first trial ended in a hung jury last November.

During the trial, Phillips remained close to her ex-husband and they were even seen leaving and entering the courtroom together.

They started dating in 2004, got engaged in 2009, and eventually got married in 2011. At one point it was reported that she believed her 47-year-old husband was innocent.

She was one of many people who wrote letters of support to the judge before sentencing and called him an “amazing father.”

Phillips appeared to change her mind after the trial, as she filed divorce papers from her husband of 12 years shortly after the verdict. Masterson’s That ’70s Show co-stars Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis wrote him letters of support. Kutcher said Masterson was a “role model” for him, and his wife Kunis wrote that the convict had “an exceptional character.”