{"id":633626,"date":"2026-04-28T07:18:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T07:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/633626\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T07:18:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T07:18:17","slug":"taylor-frankie-pauls-request-to-seal-hearing-against-dakota-mortensen-denied","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/633626\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Frankie Paul&#8217;s Request to Seal Hearing Against Dakota Mortensen Denied"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260427_fc4c1c346fb44bcaaa2d67d106b95fe1\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:604580e3-5e2d-4d38-a091-7e801c11717a\" 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\/04\/fc4c1c346fb44bcaaa2d67d106b95fe1_md.jpg\" alt=\"taylor-frankie-paul-dakota-Mortensen-ig-1\" 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>&#8216;s attempt to shut the public out of her legal war with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/dakota-mortensen\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dakota Mortensen<\/a> just got rejected in court.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, a judge denied Taylor&#8217;s request to seal Thursday&#8217;s upcoming protective order hearing and keep the media out &#8230; making it clear her case will be treated like any other case &#8212; despite the massive public attention surrounding the former couple.<\/p>\n<p>            Play video content<\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/4bf11d6f9896451f90e4a47aef644bc6_md.png\" alt=\"dakota-and-taylor-audio-2\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/><\/p>\n<p>During Monday&#8217;s status conference, Taylor&#8217;s attorney, Eric Swinyard, argued the hearing set for Thursday will be far more substantive than previous proceedings and will dive into serious allegations made by both sides.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>He warned the case has already attracted &#8220;hundreds of thousands of viewers&#8221; online and argued continued public access could create long-term consequences for the exes&#8217; 2-year-old son.<\/p>\n<p>Swinyard told the court he worries their child could someday be confronted by classmates over deeply personal allegations tied to his parents&#8217; legal fight.<\/p>\n<p>      <a id=\"gallery-link-f5f19f7f-d063-4ba9-90e7-415249a10294\" class=\"media-link gallery-block__link js-track-link js-click-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/photos\/2026\/03\/20\/taylor-frankie-paul-and-dakota-mortensen-happier-times\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:gallery:f5f19f7f-d063-4ba9-90e7-415249a10294\" data-context=\"{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;gallery-block&quot;,&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;}\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:604580e3-5e2d-4d38-a091-7e801c11717a\" data-gallery-layout=\"list\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/3de9b9dde107431d9f3171113e66f460_md.jpg\" alt=\"Taylor Frankie Paul and Dakota Mortensen Happier Times\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid gallery-block__img-fluid img-aspect-4by3\"\/><\/p>\n<p>              <\/a><\/p>\n<p>TFP&#8217;s attorney also appeared to suggest Dakota may have played a role in the release of the 2023 incident <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/03\/19\/video-of-taylor-frankie-paul-beating-dakota-mortensen\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">video<\/a> obtained by TMZ &#8230; noting it surfaced the same day Dakota filed for his protective order. Dakota&#8217;s team quickly denied that allegation.<\/p>\n<p>Dakota&#8217;s lawyer, Daniela Diaz, opposed sealing the proceedings &#8230; arguing the dispute is already public and noting Taylor&#8217;s own legal team previously presented allegations and evidence in open court.<\/p>\n<p>            Play video content<\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/a8cc696178d94ba9b9f7792c3a356085_md.png\" alt=\"Taylor-frankie-paul-audio-2 (1)\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The child&#8217;s court-appointed representative said he understood concerns about how the case could impact the child later in life &#8230; but didn&#8217;t take a position on whether the courtroom should be closed.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, the judge wasn&#8217;t buying Taylor&#8217;s argument &#8230; saying he has to treat this case like every other similar case, even if it&#8217;s become a major media spectacle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Taylor Frankie Paul&#8216;s attempt to shut the public out of her legal war with Dakota Mortensen just got&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":633627,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,75],"class_list":["post-633626","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\/633626","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=633626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/633627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}