Behind Bijou Phillips’ surprise divorce from Danny Masterson
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Phillips and Masterson are prominent, longtime members of the organization, whose controversial practices became an issue in both both trials in Los Angeles. The three women who accused Masterson of drugging and raping them in the early 2000s were Scientologists, and prosecutors alleged that the actor used his prominence in Scientology to receive the church’s help in keeping these women from reporting his crimes to police for years, the Associated Press said.
Still, Phillips publicly stood by her husband through his arrest on multiple rape charges. She also attended every day of his two trials and reportedly let out an anguished sob when a jury in the second trial found him guilty on two of three counts of rape. But one report says that the divorce filing may be less a statement about Phillips’ feelings about her husband and more about the couple’s need to protect their assets. Another report said that the Church of Scientology could have played a role in her decision.
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