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Convicted rapist Danny Masterson’s wife Bijou Phillips still ‘can’t accept’ that he sexually assaulted two women, and called him an ‘amazing father’ who worked to ‘shield younger actors from temptation’ in a letter begging a judge for leniency in his sentencing.
Phillips, 43, stayed at the actor’s side throughout two trials, looking downcast as she sat amid a grim group of Scientology friends and family members as he was jailed for 30 years on Thursday.
A source told DailyMail.com that Phillips believes in his innocence and is concerned for his safety in prison as a notorious convicted rapist.
But the actress’ letter – and that of his celebrity friends Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis – apparently did not move Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Charlaine Olmedo, who handed down the harshest possible sentence of 30 years – 15 for each felony rape conviction.
Masterson, 47, blew a kiss at his wife of nearly 20 years as he was escorted to begin his sentence.
In her letter, Phillips claimed Masterson was a ‘life-saving’ partner who dedicated himself to farming to support his family when the accusations about him started to emerge and he lost his acting career.
Danny Masterson has been sentenced to 30 years to life in prison for raping two women. His wife, actress Bijou Phillips, 43 – who had been at his side through two criminal trials – looked dejected as she sat amid a grim group of Scientology friends and family members
Convicted rapist Danny Masterson blows his wife Bijou Phillips a kiss in the court room as he is sentenced to 30 years behind bars
She also noted Masterson’s aversion to drugs – a common principle of Scientology – and his apparent dedication to helping young actors escape the downfalls of wealth and fame.
A source close to Phillips told DailyMail.com: ‘Bijou’s only positive outlook on things stems from her trust in Danny and the appeal process. She is hanging on to the fact that she completely trusts he never did what he was charged for, she can’t accept that to be true. And she is looking to the appeal process for justice to be served.
‘Danny is adamant he did nothing wrong and Bijou believes him. Her other thoughts are a little more scary and morbid, she doesn’t believe Danny will harm himself in jail, but she is very worried someone will harm him or even kill him and the stress that is bringing her is on its own level of stress that she never has felt before. It is a nightmare, but she will be on his side moving forward and continue to be present for their daughter.’
DailyMail.com has reached out to Phillip’s representatives for comment on this story.
Before he was sentenced, Masterson’s attorney, Shawn Holley, urged the judge to impose concurrent, not consecutive 15 year to life sentences saying that would be ‘fair and just.’
Bijou Phillips is seen sobbing in court as her husband, and the father of her young daughter, is sentenced to 30 years in prison for the rape of two women
Bijou is coming to terms with the prospect of raising her child alone after her husband, 47, was convicted on two counts of rape in an LA court in May
Prosecutor and Deputy District Attorney Reinhold Mueller asked the judge to hand down a 30-to-life sentence, saying that Holley’s plea for just 15 years was ‘not fair and just…absolutely not. Thirty years to life in prison is deserved.
‘After Masterson raped the first time he had time to think about what he had inflicted,’ he said. ‘Despite that, he raped again.’
Masterson had two trials. His first, six months earlier, resulted in a mistrial after a different jury were hopelessly deadlocked on all three rape charges. He was freed on $3.3million bail throughout both, but that freedom ended with his double conviction May 31.
He has been locked up in the notorious Men’s Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles since then.
Masterson’s victims tearfully told the courtroom how he had ruined their lives.
‘You are pathetic, disturbed and extremely violent and the world is a safer place with you in prison,’ said Jane Doe #2, looking straight at the actor, dressed in a gray suit and open-neck gray shirt.
‘You are a true coward and heartless monster,’ added Jane Doe #1. ‘I think life is an appropriate sentence.’
His accusers – whom DailyMail.com is identifying only as Jane Does 1 through 3 – are all former Scientologists and are also suing the actor and the Church of Scientology in civil court, claiming that they’ve been harassed and intimidated since reporting him to police. A status hearing on that civil case is scheduled for September 26
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