Bijou Phillips told how she is coping with her ex-husband Danny Masterson's rape conviction and prison sentence last year.
Speaking to E! At the Janie's Fund charity event on Sunday, the 43-year-old actress shared, “I'm fine.”
She added that she and her daughter Fianna, who turns 10 on February 14, make a “great little team.”
This came after it was revealed that Masterson was being sent to the same California state prison where Charlie Manson was staying: Corcoran State Prison.
Danny was convicted of raping two women in May 2023 and sentenced to 30 years to life in prison in September 2023.
Following the verdict, Phillips filed for divorce from the former That '70s Show star and agreed to give her sole custody of their child.
Bijou Phillips shared with E! as she copes with her ex-husband Danny Masterson's rape conviction and prison sentence last year. News: She is “fine”; seen in LA on Sunday
She added that she and her daughter Fianna, who turns 10 on February 14, are a “great little team”; pictured with Masterson in 2015
The public appearance marked Bijou's first return to the red carpet after her tumultuous year.
She was in high spirits as she attended Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler's annual event at the Hollywood Palladium.
It came days after an exclusive report from the Chron revealed she was “triggered” by her ex-husband's move to a maximum security prison.
For the star-studded occasion, she wore a plunging black dress with a sheer, softly pleated skirt.
The look was completed with a black leather motorcycle jacket and she wore her curly, dirty blonde hair loose.
The mother-of-one completed the ensemble with bold red lipstick.
Phillips tied the knot with Masterson in 2011 and filed for divorce in September 2023 as he began his sentence at North Kern State Prison.
He was recently transferred to Corcoran State Prison in central California, which has reportedly taken an “emotional toll” on Bijou.
Masterson was convicted of raping two women in May 2023 and sentenced to 30 years to life in prison in September 2023
The former couple were pictured together at a Golden Globes afterparty in 2005
“The move Danny made to his new prison was very triggering for Bijou and brought up past feelings that she is still trying to come to terms with,” an insider said.
“She was able to go out and take vacations, which was a stress reliever to get back to a somewhat normal life, but she still feels pain inside that her life has changed forever.”
The source continued, “It will get better, but it will also take forever for everything to heal.”
“She has had a very stressful life dealing with this and her father's accusations.” It has been an emotional toll that has taken her to places of extreme stress and heartache. “It’s going to be this way for a long time,” the person said.
In September 2009, Bijou's sister Mackenzie claimed that she and her father John Phillips had had an incestuous sexual relationship for ten years, starting when she was 19.
Bijou defended her father, who died in March 2001, saying in an interview at the time: “I'm 29 now.” I spoke to everyone who was there during that time and asked difficult questions. I don't believe my sister. Our father [was] many things. That's not one of them.'