Taylor Frankie Paul Files for Restraining Order Against Ex Ahead of Court Date

Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment In the latest legal escalation tied to a reality TV scandal that has rocked the genre, Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Taylor Frankie Paul , whose Bachelorette season was recently scrapped amid investigations into alleged domestic violence incidents, filed for a temporary restraining order against her ex-boyfriend, Dakota Mortensen, in Salt Lake City District Court on Tuesday. The filing came just an hour before the former couple was scheduled to appear in court over an existing order of protection Mortensen had filed against Paul. Both requests stem from a late-February altercation in which the two accused each other of domestic violence. A lawyer for Paul confirmed to NBC News that her filing was “hot off the presses.” Related Stories TV Taylor Frankie Paul Says She's Leaving Mormonism: "There Is More Out There to Learn" TV Lisa Vanderpump Says Dakota Mortensen "Didn't Have a Big Storyline" on 'Vanderpump Villa,' Despite 'Mormon Wives' Depicting Otherwise While many of the details of Paul’s request to the court remain unknown as of today, People reported that Paul alleges that Mortensen has a “pattern of abusive conduct and coercive control.” Jordan and Draper, Utah, currently have open investigations into the couple stemming from domestic violence claims. Mortensen has made allegations against Paul in the Jordan case, and NBC reports that police are reviewing multiple videos from the alleged 2024 incident. In Draper, an incident in February involving both Paul and Mortensen, with allegations on both sides, is underway. The dispute is the latest development in a saga that has already disrupted one of reality TV’s buzziest franchises. In the immediate aftermath of the incident, Hulu announced that filming on the latest season of The Secr...