A History of Taylor Frankie Paul's Legal Trouble with Ex Dakota Mortensen Emily BlackwoodThu, March 19, 2026 at 2:51 PM UTC 0 Taylor Frankie Paul at "The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives" season 2 premiere on May 09, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.Credit: JC Olivera/Variety via Getty Taylor Frankie Paul's tumultuous relationship with her exboyfriend, Dakota Mortensen, has been a central storyline on her Hulu reality series The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives In 2023, she pleaded guilty to aggravated assault after she was arrested on allegations of domestic violence during an argument with Mortensen,...
A History of Taylor Frankie Paul's Legal Trouble with Ex Dakota Mortensen
Emily BlackwoodThu, March 19, 2026 at 2:51 PM UTC
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Taylor Frankie Paul at "The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives" season 2 premiere on May 09, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.Credit: JC Olivera/Variety via Getty -
Taylor Frankie Paul's tumultuous relationship with her ex-boyfriend, Dakota Mortensen, has been a central storyline on her Hulu reality series The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives
In 2023, she pleaded guilty to aggravated assault after she was arrested on allegations of domestic violence during an argument with Mortensen, with whom she shares a son
The former couple have been involved in another domestic assault investigation since February 2026
It's been a rough few years for Taylor Frankie Paul.
Despite rising to fame through MomTok and her hit Hulu reality series The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, the Utah mom of three has faced ongoing legal issues stemming from her volatile relationship with ex-boyfriend Dakota Mortensen.
A heated argument between the two in 2023 landed the TikTok influencer in court with multiple charges, including one for aggravated assault. Though Paul pleaded guilty to a felony count, she did so under a plea deal that would reduce the charge to a misdemeanor in three years if she abided by the agreement.
Weeks before her season of The Bachelorette was set to air, the former couple became involved in another domestic violence investigation that halted production on season 5 of Mormon Wives.
Here's a complete history of Taylor Frankie Paul's legal troubles and what she's said about her ongoing case.
Paul was arrested and charged with felony counts after an alleged domestic violence incident in 2023
Dakota Mortensen and Taylor Frankie Paul in May 2023.Credit: Taylor Frankie Paul/ Instagram
On Feb. 17, 2023, Paul was arrested after Mortensen called police, claiming that she had been hitting him in front of her two children, whom she shares with ex-husband, Tate Paul.
The Salt Lake Tribune reported at the time that police obtained video of the altercation, which showed the reality star throwing "heavy metal chairs" in her ex-boyfriend's direction — one of which appeared to strike her then-5-year-old daughter.
Though court documents state that Paul admitted to throwing the chairs, she claimed during a September 2025 appearance on Call Her Daddy that she "never" hurt her daughter or "intentionally did anything" with her children.
In March 2025, she was charged with one felony count of aggravated assault and two felony counts of domestic violence in the presence of a child, along with one misdemeanor count each of child abuse and criminal mischief.
Paul pleaded guilty in abeyance to aggravated assault six months later
Taylor Frankie Paul during The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Reunion Special.Credit: Fred Hayes/Disney
The Bachelorette lead entered a plea in abeyance in August 2023 to a third-degree felony count of aggravated assault. According to court documents, if Paul adhered to the terms of her plea agreement for three years, then the charge would be entered as a Class A misdemeanor.
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Under the terms of her probation, Paul cannot consume any alcohol or illegal drugs, per court documents obtained by PEOPLE.
Her four other charges were dismissed with prejudice.
Police confirmed there's an open "domestic assault investigation" between Paul and Mortensen in March 2026
Dakota Mortensen; Taylor Frankie Paul.Credit: Araya Doheny/Getty (2)
TMZ broke the news on March 15 that filming for season 5 of Mormon Wives had halted due to a major fight between Paul and Mortensen. Days later, a spokesperson for the Draper City Police Department confirmed that there is an open "domestic assault investigation" regarding the former couple and that "allegations have been made in both directions."
The investigation has been ongoing since at least Feb. 24, which was when the spokesperson claimed contact was made with one of the involved parties.
Paul and Mortensen broke their silence on the domestic assault investigation days later
Taylor Frankie Paul on GMA.Credit: ABC
Though Paul hasn't touched on any of the specific details regarding her ongoing domestic assault allegation, she did open up about the "hard" timing of it all — considering that her season of The Bachelorette is set to air on March 22.
"Honestly, just like, my heart hurts to see it, to go through it, especially at this time," she told PEOPLE. "It's just heavy. It's a heavy time, and it's unfortunate. I'm struggling for sure, but also at the same time I feel like if I don't show up, then I'm just giving these opportunities away and not enjoying what we've worked on and something super exciting that's coming."
The reality star also told Entertainment Weekly that she cut off contact with Mortensen three weeks ago and that they are using a "third-party" to deal with "pick-up, drop-offs, communication." She also claimed she never intended to "bring anything to the public eye," suggesting that Mortensen had a different "plan."
A rep for the Mormon Wives cast member later denied that he was the reason the investigation was made public, telling Entertainment Weekly that "his number one priority here is protecting [their 1-year-old son], Ever."
"He knew there was a possibility it could come out, but he was not going to be the one to proactively do that because he has always wanted a decent relationship with Taylor," the rep added. "It's been really hard to achieve that, but he wants to co-parent well."
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Published: March 19, 2026 at 11:00AM on Source: PRIME TIME
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