Taylor Frankie Paul Faces Protective Order Hearing In Utah After 'bachelorette' Cancellation

A Utah judge is group to perceive arguments Tuesday connected a protective bid sought by a erstwhile partner against Taylor Frankie Paul, nan prima of “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” and a precocious filmed play of “The Bachelorette” that was canceled complete maltreatment allegations successful nan relationship.

Dakota Mortensen, who has impermanent custody of his and Paul's 2-year-old son, is asking nan tribunal to move a short-term protective bid against her into a semipermanent 1 arsenic authorities analyse home unit reports from earlier this year.

Paul and Mortensen are expected to participate successful nan proceeding remotely while their lawyers look successful personification astatine nan Salt Lake City courthouse. Details of nan impermanent protective bid person been kept sealed.

Attorneys are expected to reside reports nether investigation from February, not a 2023 conflict that led to Paul’s apprehension and resurfaced conscionable earlier her “Bachelorette” play was expected to premiere, though nan older issues whitethorn beryllium discussed.

ABC past period announced nan unprecedented move of shelving an entire, already-filmed caller play of “The Bachelorette” pinch Paul successful nan title role. The web and its genitor institution Disney blamed nan cancellation connected a leaked video, changeable successful 2023 and posted by TMZ connected March 19, successful which Paul appears to punch, footwear and propulsion chairs astatine Mortensen while her young girl watches and cries.

Police assemblage camera footage of Paul's apprehension successful that lawsuit was featured successful nan bid premiere of “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives," which first aired successful 2024. Paul is shown calling it “the worst nighttime of my life.” Video of nan conflict itself, which appears to beryllium from Mortensen's constituent of view, was not made nationalist until past month's leak.

Paul was charged pinch aggravated battle and different offenses, including home unit successful nan beingness of a child. She pleaded blameworthy to a misdemeanor battle charge, and nan different counts were dismissed.

Paul has 2 children pinch her ex-husband, Tate Paul, on pinch nan boy she had pinch Mortensen aft their 2023 dispute.

A Paul typical said aft nan cancellation that she had been “silently suffering extended intelligence and beingness maltreatment arsenic good arsenic threats of retaliation” and was “finally gaining nan spot to look her accuser.”

Mortensen said successful a connection that he was “used to these baseless claims astir maine and our relationship, which I categorically deny.”

Production has besides been paused connected nan 5th play of “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives,” nan Hulu bid that made Paul a reality star. Her casting connected “The Bachelorette” offered synergy betwixt nan shows for Disney, which owns some Hulu and ABC.

She became known arsenic an influencer successful nan #MomTok community, a group of women from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sharing their lives connected TikTok. The group, and Paul's admissions of polyamory wrong it, helped spawn nan deed reality show.

On Sunday, Paul announced she was leaving what is wide known arsenic nan Mormon church. She said connected Instagram that she will ever person emotion and respect for nan Utah-based belief institution but, “It's clip to detach myself.”

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Dalton reported from Los Angeles.