TMZ has shared a video from 2023 that shows Taylor attacking her ex-boyfriend and father of her youngest child, Dakota Mortensen, in front of her daughter. Unfortunately, the young girl got caught in the crossfire.
The video shows Paul pushing and hitting Mortensen while he repeatedly asks her to stop.“This is called physical abuse,” he says. “Your daughter is right here.”
“She pleaded guilty to a felony count under a deal that reduced her felony charge to a misdemeanor in three years if she abided by the agreement,” the outlet notes.
Mortensen filed for a protection order against Paul on Thursday. Police bodycam footage from Paul’s arrest featured on the first episode of Hulu’s ‘Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.’
“In light of the newly released video just surfaced today, we have made the decision to not move forward with the new season of ‘The Bachelorette’ at this time, and our focus is on supporting the family,”
A spokesperson for Paul said she was “gaining strength to face her accuser and taking steps to ensure that she and her children are protected from any further harm.”
Taylor Frankie Paul was set to be the next Bachelorette. Instead, newly surfaced video shows her violently attacking her ex-boyfriend and accidentally striking her own young daughter with a chair in the process.
The show is canceled. The video is public. And a family is left picking up the pieces.