{"id":584730,"date":"2026-04-15T01:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T01:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/584730\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T01:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T01:16:09","slug":"taylor-frankie-paul-wont-face-charges-bachelorette-star-cleared-of-domestic-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/584730\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Frankie Paul Won’t Face Charges; ‘Bachelorette’ Star Cleared Of Domestic Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe latest season of The Bachelorette<\/a> may or may not be coming to a screen near you one day, but Taylor Frankie Paul<\/a> isn\u2019t heading to court over two domestic violence claims that saw the ABC<\/a> reality show yanked from the schedule last month. <\/p>\n

\n\t\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 announced DA Sim Gill\u2019s office this afternoon. <\/p>\n

\n\tABC pulled the plug on\u00a0The Bachelorette\u00a0on March 19, just ahead of its planned premiere on March 22<\/a>, after a new video emerged showing Paul throwing metal stools at ex-boyfriend Dakota Mortensen and apparently hitting one of her children. A 2023 incident, also caught on film, had already seen Paul enter a guilty plea in 2024 on one count of aggravated assault for the dust-up with Mortensen. More allegations against Paul emerged in late March<\/a> after the unscripted romance series was shelved, to no small cost to ABC (AKA tens of millions).<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Secret Lives of Mormon Wives<\/a> lead remains under ongoing probation. Paul could have seen that privilege revoked and been hit with up to five-year prison sentence for a third-degree felony if DA Gill had decided to pursue further charges.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn letters sent Tuesday to the Draper and West Jordan cop shops, the Utah prosecutor stated: \u201cThe complainant in these cases reported several incidents \u2013 some of which occurred more than three years ago. Any incidents of misdemeanor offenses which are alleged to have occurred more than two years ago are barred by the statute of limitations. Incidents which are alleged to have occurred within the statute of limitations have also been reviewed.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tThe DA added: \u201cSeveral incidents that were submitted do not rise to the level of criminal offenses. The remaining incidents lack sufficient evidence to support filing criminal charges where the State must be able to prove such allegations beyond a reasonable doubt. Such incidents lack specificity as to when and what actually occurred or corroboration.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cBased on the evidence submitted for screening by the Draper Police Department and West Jordan Police Department, the Salt Lake County District Attorney\u2019s Office declines to file any charges.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tABC parent company Disney<\/a> declined to comment on today\u2019s lack of charges against Paul. Reps for the much accused Mormon Wives star did not respond to request for comment from Deadline. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe good news for Paul today comes a week after a Beehive State official ruled the mother of three cannot spend \u201cunsupervised\u201d time with her toddler son with Mortensen. A protective orders hearing for Paul and Mortensen before Third District Court Commissioner Russell Minas has been set for April 30.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The latest season of The Bachelorette may or may not be coming to a screen near you one…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":584731,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[1855,3716,88,90715,64613,13285],"class_list":{"0":"post-584730","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-abc","9":"tag-disney","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-taylor-frankie-paul","12":"tag-the-bachelorette","13":"tag-the-secret-lives-of-mormon-wives"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=584730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584730\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/584731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}