{"id":682260,"date":"2026-03-26T03:52:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T03:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/682260\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T03:52:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T03:52:13","slug":"taylor-frankie-paul-faces-third-domestic-violence-allegation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/682260\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Frankie Paul faces third domestic violence allegation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Police are investigating allegations of a third domestic violence incident involving reality TV stars Taylor Frankie Paul and Dakota Mortensen<\/a>, a police spokesperson told The Times on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

According to the West Jordan Police Department in Utah, Mortensen filed a report against Paul in February alleging a domestic violence incident took place two years prior, in \u201cearly-mid 2024.\u201d<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for the department told The Times that police were working on gathering and verifying information and trying to interview those involved. They have spoken with Mortensen and are trying to arrange an interview with Paul.<\/p>\n

No charges have been filed, as the investigation is ongoing and the case is still active.<\/p>\n

Separately, Utah\u2019s Draper Police Department has confirmed it is also looking into a report involving the former couple.<\/p>\n

As a result of the inquiry, Paul has temporarily lost custody of Ever, the son she shares with Mortensen. According to court documents reviewed by The Times, Paul was not granted visitation with their son, and a temporary protective order was issued against Paul on March 20.<\/p>\n

Paul, famous for \u201cThe Secret Lives of Mormon Wives<\/a>,\u201d was set to lead Season 22 of ABC\u2019s \u201cThe Bachelorette<\/a>.\u201d The hit reality dating competition had wrapped production and was slated to premiere last Sunday but was nixed after a leaked video of a 2023 domestic dispute between Paul and Mortensen made its way across the internet.<\/p>\n

Mortensen has denied that he leaked the video to TMZ.<\/p>\n

Although the incident was documented both in court records and on the first season of \u201cMormon Wives\u201d (a portion of Paul\u2019s arrest was shown via police body camera in Episode 1), the recently leaked video clip showed part of the altercation, in which Paul throws metal barstools across the room toward Mortensen.<\/p>\n

An extended body-cam video of Paul\u2019s arrest also has been released.<\/p>\n

In the extended footage, Paul claims that Mortensen pushed her in the garage and that she peed her pants out of fear.<\/p>\n

Representatives for Mortensen did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

Lake County Dist. Atty. Sim Gill said in a statement Tuesday that his office \u201cwould always be interested in any subsequent allegations of criminal conduct\u201d while Paul is \u201con plea in abeyance status<\/a>,\u201d meaning the charges are effectively on hold until conditions of the agreement are met, then dismissed so that a conviction wouldn\u2019t appear on Paul\u2019s record. <\/p>\n

Gill added that late last week his office \u201crequested all the investigative material to screen the most recent allegations for charges\u201d and confirmed that his office was looking into the case submitted by Draper police.<\/p>\n

Gill added in the statement: \u201cWe made the request because of the potential that, if charges are filed, they could be enhanced due to a prior plea in abeyance to a domestic violence offense.\u201d<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Paul told The Times in a statement released last week that \u201cTaylor is very grateful for ABC\u2019s support as she prioritizes her family\u2019s safety and security. After years of silently suffering extensive mental and physical abuse as well as threats of retaliation, Taylor is finally gaining the strength to face her accuser and taking steps to ensure that she and her children are protected from any further harm.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are too many women who are suffering in silence as they survive aggressive, jealous ex-partners who refuse to let them move on with their lives.<\/p>\n

\u201cTaylor has remained silent out of fear of further abuse, retaliation, and public shaming. She is currently exploring all of her options, seeking support, and preparing to own and share her story.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police are investigating allegations of a third domestic violence incident involving reality TV stars Taylor Frankie Paul and…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":682261,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[9],"tags":[12424,29418,281806,171,351,7207,43855,9951,286677,57161,18912,276084,286676,637,67,132,68,989,1628],"class_list":["post-682260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-arrest","tag-charge","tag-dakota-mortensen","tag-entertainment","tag-paul","tag-police","tag-request","tag-retaliation","tag-sim-gill","tag-statement-tuesday","tag-taylor","tag-taylor-frankie-paul","tag-third-domestic-violence-allegation","tag-times","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-video","tag-year"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116293454326712036","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=682260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682260\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/682261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=682260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=682260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=682260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}