In a statement, Mortensen, the father of Paul’s third child, said he is “focusing on our son and his safety”.
A spokesperson for Disney, which owns ABC, said it made the decision to pull the season “in light of the newly released video just surfaced today”, referring to the footage, which was published by TMZ.
The new season of The Bachelorette was set to premiere on Sunday.
ABC did not provide detail on what the network planned to air during the show’s allocated timeslot instead.
Before the cancellation was announced, Paul appeared on ABC’s Good Morning America programme on Wednesday to promote the series, during which she addressed the allegations against her.
“Honestly, it’s been a heavy time to see the headlines, especially during this time of ‘The Bachelorette’ being released,” she said.
“It was supposed to be a really exciting time.”
Paul also confirmed that production has been paused for the upcoming fifth season of Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, which first premiered in 2024.
“It was a decision that all of us girls came up with,” Paul’s co-star, Mikayla Matthews, said on Wednesday on social media.
“We didn’t feel comfortable filming with everything that was happening.”