Taylor Frankie Paul has spoken publicly about avoiding charges following her recent alleged domestic violence dispute with ex Dakota Mortensen.
Taking to her Instagram Stories on Tuesday, April 14, Taylor, 31, shared a blurry photo of a vase crammed with flowers and a card featuring a butterfly image. “Cried after I got the decision 🙏 THANK YOU to people who have stood with me,” she captioned the snap.
The post went live just hours after Us Weekly confirmed via a press release shared by district attorney Sim Gill’s office that Taylor is not going to be charged consequently of an alleged dispute that halted production of season 5 of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives in February. (News of the alleged altercation and filming halt broke on March 16.)
“After reviewing reports and evidence submitted to the Draper Police Department and West Jordan Police Department, the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office has declined to file charges against Taylor Frankie Paul,” the statement read. Deadline was first to report on the news.
Us confirmed in March via a spokesperson for Utah’s Draper City Police Department that there was an open “domestic assault investigation” into an alleged altercation between Taylor and Dakota, 33. Based on authorities on the time, allegations were “made in each directions,” and “contact was made with involved parties on [February] twenty fourth and twenty fifth.”
After news of the investigation broke, footage of a 2023 altercation between the pair, who share son Ever, 2, together, was released by TMZ. On the time, Taylor was arrested and pleaded guilty to aggravated assault. Additional charges of domestic violence within the presence of a toddler, child abuse with injury and criminal mischief were dismissed.
Taylor Frankie Paul’s Instagram Story Courtesy of Taylor Frankie Paul/Instagram
Taylor is currently placed on a 36-month probation which is scheduled to finish on Monday, August 24.
The fact TV star, whose season 22 of The Bachelorette was pulled by ABC prior to airing consequently of the recent investigation, spoke about her 2023 arrest during season 1 of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. “It was the worst night of my life,” she said on the Hulu series. “After the arrest, I used to be under a lot stress. I used to be filmed leaving the jail after which that was immediately on the web. It was a blessing in disguise. It helped me get up.”
Taylor Frankie Paul shouldn’t be in touch with Dakota Mortensen after their alleged altercation. “Without delay, they aren’t in communication in any respect,” a source tells Us Weekly exclusively. “The whole lot regarding custody of Ever is handled through relations.” News broke on Monday, March 16, that Taylor, 31, and Dakota were involved in an alleged domestic […]
In an Instagram post shared on Thursday, April 9, Taylor thanked fans for his or her support throughout the more moderen scandal. “Just wish to say THANK YOU to people who have all helped carry,” the post read. “Nothing but gratitude for these gifts given by different people at different times which were essential for me through this specific time.”
Her post continued, “Thanks to each message, meal, gift, call, prayer, and support of any kind sent. There’s the human side of this after which it gets to a degree of it being miraculous while you begin to see it from an even bigger lens.”