Danny Masterson’s Wife: Everything To Know About Bijou Phillips & Their Marriage After Rape Conviction

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Image Credit: Eric Charbonneau/Invision/AP/Shutterstock Bijou Phillips is the girl of instrumentalist John Phillips and actress/model Genevieve Waite. She’s followed successful her parents’ footsteps and makes a surviving arsenic a musician, actor, and model. She is joined to That 70s Show actor Danny Masterson, who was recovered blameworthy of raping 2 women. Bijou has publically defended her hubby and stood by him amidst the allegations of rape.

Danny Masterson, 47, was found blameworthy of raping 2 women connected May 31, 2023, and now, helium faces 30 years successful prison. Since the histrion was deed with multiple rape charges, helium has had the enactment of his wife, Bijou Phillips, 43. And Bijou has ne'er wavered successful her loyalty to the That 70s Show actor. Danny and Bijou, who are some Scientologists, showed a agreed beforehand passim some trials (the archetypal 1 ended successful a mistrial successful precocious 2022). Interestingly, Bijou besides has a past of alleged maltreatment from her clip moving successful Hollywood. Here’s everything you request to cognize astir Bijou and her matrimony to Danny.

Danny Masterson and Bijou Phillips (Photo: Eric Charbonneau/Invision/AP/Shutterstock)

Bijou has 2 celebrated parents.

Bijou is the girl of instrumentalist John Phillips and actress/singer/model Genevieve Waite. John was the pb vocalist of the Mamas & the Papas. He died successful March 2001. Genevieve was from South Africa and played the rubric quality successful the 1968 film Joanna. She died successful May 2019.

Bijou was named aft the opus “My Petite Bijou” by Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross. Her parents divided up erstwhile she was young and ended up foster attraction since John and Genevieve were recovered to beryllium unfit to attraction for her. John yet won custody of Bijou erstwhile she was successful 3rd people and she moved successful with him successful Long Island.

Bijou has 1 brother, Tamerlane Phillips. She has 3 half-siblings, Mackenzie Phillips, 62, Jeffrey Phillips, and Chynna Phillips, 54. Mackenzie and Jeffrey are John’s children from his archetypal matrimony to Susan Adams. Chynna is John’s girl from his 2nd matrimony to Michelle Phillips. Chynna is simply a subordinate of the Wilson Phillips popular radical with Carnie Wilson and Wendy Wilson.

She’s a instrumentalist and actress.

Bijou followed successful her parents’ footsteps and pursued a vocation successful Hollywood. She released her debut workplace album I’d Rather Eat Glass in 1999. She’s appeared successful films like Almost Famous, The Door successful the Floor, Hostel: Part II, and Choke. Her astir notable tv gig was a recurring relation successful the Fox sitcom Raising Hope from 2010 to 2013. Bijou did modeling for Calvin Klein and different advertizing campaigns earlier she pursued acting and singing full-time.

She’s been accused of abuse.

Bijou was accused of shaming and assaulting Mean Girls actor Daniel Franzese connected the acceptable of Bully successful November 2017. Daniel claimed successful a Facebook post that Bijou “body shamed” him and “ridiculed” the histrion for being gay. He besides alleged that Bijou “physically assaulted” him connected acceptable by twisting his nipple and kicking him successful the backmost of the head. Bijou apologized for her actions successful a connection to TMZ. “I was a teen and reckless successful my behavior. I cognize Daniel to beryllium a trustworthy and honorable person, and to find retired done societal media that I was not the person I thought I was to him made maine truthful sad,” she said. “I americium truthful mortified by this behaviour and person contacted Daniel and apologized to him privately. I americium not and ne'er person been homophobic. I person thing but emotion for the LGBTQ assemblage and Daniel.”  Daniel accepted Bijou’s apology connected Twitter and said helium forgives her “because I don’t cognize her backstage communicative either.”

Also successful Nov. 2017, The Princess Diaries actress Heather Matarazzo told Daniel connected a podcast that she was besides allegedly physically attacked by Bijou earlier they began filming Hostel: Part II. Heather reportedly claimed that Bijou threw her against the partition and past “choked” her for astir 20 seconds, according to reports astatine the time. Heather referred to the alleged incidental arsenic 1 of the astir “horrifying moments” successful her life.

Bijou and Danny started dating successful 2004.

Bijou and Danny met astatine a poker tourney successful Las Vegas successful 2004. While dating, they starred successful 2 movies unneurotic successful 2009, Made for Each Other and The Bridge to Nowhere. They besides shared the surface connected an occurrence of Raising Hope. Bijou and Danny got engaged successful March 2011 aft 7 years of dating.

Bijou Phillips and Danny Masterson (Photo: Jim Smeal/BEI/Shutterstock)

They got joined and person 1 daughter.

Bijou and Danny tied the knot connected October 18, 2011 astatine a backstage castle successful Ireland. They said “I do” successful beforehand of household and friends including Danny’s brother Chris Masterson who was the champion man, according to People. Bijou reportedly wore a customized Zac Posen gown connected her wedding day. Less than 3 years later, Bijou gave commencement to the couple’s archetypal child, girl Fiona, on Feb. 14, 2014. They announced the quality on Instagram astatine the time, with Danny sharing a photograph of his babe miss sleeping connected his stomach. “Hello friends. Beyond thrilled to denote the commencement of our girl Fianna Francis Masterson!” The Ranch star wrote successful his caption. “Mom and babe are doing amazing. You tin each notation to maine arsenic dj dadpants from present on.”

Bijou has stood by Danny amidst rape allegations.

Bijou has defended Danny ever since helium was accused of raping 3 antithetic women. He denied each the allegations, but was recovered blameworthy of raping 2 of the women successful May 2023. “Obviously, Mr. Masterson and his woman are successful implicit daze considering that these astir 20-year-old allegations are abruptly resulting successful charges being filed, but they and their household are comforted knowing that yet the information volition travel out,” Danny’s lawyer Thomas Mesereau said successful a connection to HollywoodLife successful June 2020. At the time, Bijou deleted her IG relationship connected June 17, 2020 pursuing the D.A.’s charges against her husband. She’s revived her relationship but has comments constricted and lone precocious posted a photograph of Danny successful Nov. 2022 — conscionable aft the mistrial.

Danny is simply a Scientologist, arsenic are the 3 rape accusers, truthful the Church of Scientology played a relation successful some trials. The 3 women each accused Danny of rape successful abstracted incidents that each allegedly occurred successful the aboriginal 2000s.

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