{"id":543906,"date":"2026-03-18T05:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T05:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/543906\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T05:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T05:46:09","slug":"new-taylor-frankie-paul-mug-shot-2023-assault-arrest-still-hanging-over-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/543906\/","title":{"rendered":"New Taylor Frankie Paul Mug Shot, 2023 Assault Arrest Still Hanging Over Head"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Taylor Frankie Paul<br \/>\n                          Doe-Eyed Deer in Mug Shot Headlights &#8230;<br \/>\n                          2023 Arrest Still an Issue<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              March 17, 2026<br \/>\n                            5:07 PM PDT\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260317_c621988d573c4ecfae3eafda67e67bef\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:8d11588f-31fc-476d-b83b-df5834604f71\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/c621988d573c4ecfae3eafda67e67bef_md.jpg\" alt=\"taylor-frankie-paul-mug 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/taylor-frankie-paul\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Taylor Frankie Paul<\/a> is super comfortable in front of the camera, even when it&#8217;s snapping a mug shot &#8230; and only TMZ has the never-before-seen police portrait from her 2023 assault case.<\/p>\n<p>The mug shot was snapped after the &#8216;Secret Lives of Mormon Wives&#8217; star&#8217;s February &#8217;23 arrest in Utah for allegedly getting violent with her then-boyfriend, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/dakota-mortensen\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dakota Mortensen<\/a> &#8230; and the alleged fight played out in front of one of her kids.<\/p>\n<p>As you can see, TFP is staring straight into the camera with her pale blue eyes &#8230; and there&#8217;s good reason for her to look that shocked, because we&#8217;ve learned she&#8217;s still dealing with the case.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260316_212b0794f85445a8bd59e51350bdea38\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:8d11588f-31fc-476d-b83b-df5834604f71\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/212b0794f85445a8bd59e51350bdea38_md.jpg\" alt=\"Taylor-Paul-Dakota-Mortensen-sub-ig-2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The arrest and domestic violence allegations were a big part of the first season of &#8216;SLOMW.&#8217; Taylor eventually struck a plea deal in August 2023 &#8230; agreeing to plead guilty in abeyance to a third-degree felony count of aggravated assault.<\/p>\n<p>Four other charges were dismissed, and Taylor was required to check in with a probation officer, submit to drug testing for 3 years and avoid violating any laws until August 2026.<\/p>\n<p>And get this, TFP did so well in the program, prosecutors offered to end her probation last year &#8230; but she agreed to remain under supervision for the whole sentence. Maybe she likes having guardrails.<\/p>\n<p>TMZ broke the story &#8230; the fifth season is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/03\/16\/secret-lives-mormon-wives-paused-by-domestic-violence-incident\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">on ice<\/a> amid a fresh round of abuse claims involving Taylor and Dakota. She&#8217;s denied any wrongdoing, and claims Dakota&#8217;s the one who got physical.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor&#8217;s also featured in the upcoming season of &#8220;The Bachelorette&#8221; &#8230; like we said, she never met a camera she didn&#8217;t like.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Taylor Frankie Paul Doe-Eyed Deer in Mug Shot Headlights &#8230; 2023 Arrest Still an Issue Published March 17,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":543907,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,75],"class_list":["post-543906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=543906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/543907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=543906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=543906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=543906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}