Billy Bob Thornton's daughter Amanda Brumfield has been sent to jail for 20 years. Photo / Supplied
Billy Bob Thornton's daughter has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Amanda Brumfield - the 32-year-old offspring of the actor and his first wife Melissa Parish - was found guilty of aggravated manslaughter earlier this year and today was sentenced for the offence.
In May, a court convicted Brumfield over the 2008 death of her best friend's 12-month-old daughter Olivia Madison Garcia, who she had claimed hit her head in a fall as she climbed out of her playpen.
However, prosecutors had argued it was "impossible" for the three-and-a-half inch skull fracture Grace suffered could have came from a fall at that height, though her defence claimed it could have aggravated an old injury.
A source close to Brumfield - who had been found not guilty of first degree murder and aggravated child abuse charges - told RadarOnline.com that she plans to appeal the sentence.
Billy Bob has been estranged from Brumfield for some time.
The actor has been married five times - including to Hollywood beauty Angelina Jolie - in total and has fathered four children by three different women.
- BANG! Showbiz
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