- Taylor Frankie Paul won't face new charges in connection to recent domestic violence allegations.
- The Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office found insufficient evidence for new charges against Paul.
- Paul's prior charges include aggravated assault; a plea was held in abeyance until this upcoming August.
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah reality star Taylor Frankie Paul will not face new charges in connection with recent allegations of domestic violence.
The Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office announced Tuesday that prosecutors have reviewed cases submitted by Draper and West Jordan police and are declining to file any charges.
"The complainant in these cases reported several incidents — 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. Several 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 date," District Attorney Sim Gill's office said.
The incidents the office declined to file on lacked information such as "when and what actually occurred or corroboration," the office said. "We would be happy to revisit this matter if additional information is developed which supports the prosecution of the suspect."
The district attorney's office added that "no additional individuals were screened for charges."
Paul was charged in 2023 with aggravated assault and two counts of domestic violence in the presence of a child, a third-degree felony; child abuse, a class A misdemeanor; and criminal mischief, a class B misdemeanor, for allegedly assaulting her former boyfriend, Dakota Mortensen, by throwing metal bar stools at him while her daughter was near.
She pleaded guilty a few months later to the aggravated assault charge in exchange for the remaining charges being dismissed. The plea was held in abeyance, and the remaining charge will be dismissed in August if she does not violate any of the terms of her probation.
But following the release of cellphone video from that 2023 incident, ABC announced in March that it would not air "The Bachelorette" that Paul was to star in. The decision to pull the show was made just days before its premiere.
Since then, new allegations of domestic violence were brought up. Mortensen filed for a protective order against Paul on March 19. She, in turn, filed for a protective order against him on April 7.
Attorneys for both parties met in court on April 7 to discuss Paul's parental visitation time pending a full hearing on the protective orders scheduled for April 30. A judge said she could spend supervised time with her 2-year-old son, whom she shares with Mortensen, for eight hours each week. Her attorney assured the judge that the child is safe with Paul.
The judge noted, however, he had concerns about Paul's volatility, even if Mortensen is the root cause of it for allegedly provoking her.
