Taylor Frankie Paul now facing investigation on third domestic violence allegation

NBC News now reports that Utah officials are investigating allegations brought by Paul’s ex-boyfriend and co-star, Dakota Mortensen. The allegations stem from a 2024 incident, with the West Jordan, Utah police department telling the outlet that it was looking at photos and videos from the alleged incident to try to piece together a timeline. Few details are publicly available about this case. Police say they haven’t spoken to Paul yet as part of the investigation, but have spoken to her attorneys and want her to come in for a statement. 

Early last week, news broke that production of The Secret Wives Of Mormon Wives was put on pause after a domestic violence incident occurred during the filming of the season. Paul was in the process of promoting her season of The Bachelorette as this was going on, and, on Thursday, TMZ published a video from a different 2023 domestic violence incident, which had led to Paul pleading guilty to aggravated assault. The video appears to show Paul hurling metal barstools at Mortensen, and a police report states that one ultimately hit her then-five-year-old daughter in the head. ABC pulled Paul’s season of The Bachelorette, which had been scheduled to premiere on March 23, hours after the video surfaced.