{"id":268755,"date":"2026-04-15T07:57:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T07:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/268755\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T07:57:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T07:57:12","slug":"taylor-frankie-paul-wont-face-domestic-violence-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/268755\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Frankie Paul won’t face domestic violence charges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Taylor Frankie Paul<\/a> won\u2019t face criminal charges in connection with alleged domestic violence incidents between her and her ex-boyfriend, the Salt Lake County district attorney\u2019s office said Tuesday. <\/p>\n

The embattled \u201cSecret Lives of Mormon Wives<\/a>\u201d star\u2019s cases were reviewed by multiple attorneys due to their high-profile nature, according to the district attorney\u2019s office.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter reviewing reports and evidence submitted to the Draper Police Department and West Jordan Police Department, the Salt Lake County District Attorney\u2019s Office has declined to file charges against Taylor Frankie Paul,\u201d the statement reads. <\/p>\n

According to the news release, Dakota Mortensen<\/a>, Paul\u2019s ex and the father of her youngest child, reported several domestic violence incidents, \u201csome of which occurred more than three years ago.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cAny incidents of misdemeanor offenses which are alleged to have occurred more than two years ago are barred by the statute of limitations,\u201d the district attorney\u2019s office wrote, adding that \u201cseveral incidents that were submitted do not rise to the level of criminal offenses.\u201d The remaining incidents lack sufficient evidence to support filing criminal charges, according to the district attorney\u2019s office. <\/p>\n

Mortensen filed a report with the West Jordan Police Department in Utah in February alleging an incident of domestic violence that he said occurred in early to mid-2024. Utah\u2019s Draper Police Department was also looking into a separate incident involving the former couple. <\/p>\n

Days before the premiere of Season 22 of \u201cThe Bachelorette,\u201d in which Paul was set to star, a leaked video of a 2023 domestic dispute between Paul and Mortensen circulated online.<\/p>\n

That 2023 incident resulted in Paul being arrested. She eventually pleaded guilty in abeyance to aggravated assault, and Paul\u2019s arrest was featured in the first season of \u201cSecret Lives.\u201d <\/p>\n

Although the incident had already been addressed publicly and dealt with in court, the leaked video featured previously unseen footage of the dispute. As a result, Paul was hit with a restraining order, she temporarily lost custody of Ever,<\/a> the 2-year-old son she shares with Mortensen, and ABC pulled \u201cThe Bachelorette.<\/a>\u201d Production on the hit reality series had already wrapped and the premiere was slated for March 22. <\/p>\n

Last week, a Utah judge ruled that Paul can have supervised visits with Ever,<\/a> until another hearing for a protective order later this month. <\/p>\n

The exes are also ordered to appear remotely at a court hearing April 30 to review the merits of Mortensen\u2019s protective order against Paul. Paul has also filed her own protective order against Mortensen, which a Utah judge signed off on last week.<\/p>\n

Mortensen sought a protective order after two incidents in February that involved \u201cgrabbing, scratching, shoving, and striking\u201d that allegedly left Mortensen with marks on his neck, according to police documents. A judge granted the order last month. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Taylor Frankie Paul won\u2019t face criminal charges in connection with alleged domestic violence incidents between her and her…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":268756,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[14748,103748,21290,7359,117074,117078,117079,4456,48,52,51,5562,47,50,49,346,39324,117075,106496,117076,117077],"class_list":{"0":"post-268755","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-criminal-charge","9":"tag-dakota-mortensen","10":"tag-dispute","11":"tag-district-attorney","12":"tag-domestic-violence-charge","13":"tag-draper-police-department","14":"tag-ex","15":"tag-incident","16":"tag-la","17":"tag-la-headlines","18":"tag-la-news","19":"tag-last-week","20":"tag-los-angeles","21":"tag-los-angeles-headlines","22":"tag-los-angeles-news","23":"tag-office","24":"tag-paul","25":"tag-protective-order","26":"tag-taylor-frankie-paul","27":"tag-utah-judge","28":"tag-west-jordan-police-department"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}