Danny Masterson’s estranged wife, Bijou Phillips, and their daughter, Fianna, visited the disgraced actor in prison for the first time since he began his 30-year sentence behind bars.
The mother of one, 43, was photographed walking into the California Men’s Colony in San Luis Obispo alongside the 10-year-old on Saturday — just three days after the convicted rapist’s 48th birthday.
Phillips, who shielded her face with dark sunglasses, looked solemn as she and Fianna entered the facility, according to photos obtained by the Daily Mail.
The “Raising Hope” alum dressed casually in a green crewneck with yellow trousers, carrying her daughter’s gray sweatshirt and a pile of paperwork in one arm.
Masterson was found guilty on two of three rape counts in May 2023 and was handed down his decades-long sentence in September.
Before his sentencing, Phillips called Masterson her “life-saving partner” in a pleading letter to the judge presiding over his case
“We need him more than you can imagine. I know he has been convicted of serious crimes,” Phillips wrote, “but the man I married has only been an extraordinary husband to me and a devoted father to our daughter.”
Despite being in jail, she noted that Masterson still played a huge role in their daughter’s development, calling the tween every night to help with her homework and teach “her math with kindness and patience”
“She is far above grade level in all subjects, reading three grades above her own, and that is thanks to the guidance and attention of her father.”
Regardless of Philipps’ plea — along with character letters from other celebrities like Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher — Masterson was still sentenced to serve a minimum of…
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