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 filled with flowers and a card featuring a butterfly image. “Cried when I got the call 🙏 THANK YOU to those that have stood with me,” she captioned the snap.
The post went live just hours after Us Weekly confirmed via a statement shared by district attorney Sim Gill’s office that Taylor will not be charged as a result 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. According to authorities at the time, allegations were “made in both directions,” and “contact was made with involved parties on [February] 24th and 25th.”
After news of the investigation broke, footage of a 2023 altercation between the pair, who share son Ever, 2, together, was released by TMZ. At the time, Taylor was arrested and pleaded guilty to aggravated assault. Additional charges of domestic violence in the presence of a child, child abuse with injury and criminal mischief were dismissed.
Taylor is currently placed on a 36-month probation which is scheduled to end on Monday, August 24.
The reality TV star, whose season 22 of The Bachelorette was pulled by ABC prior to airing as a result 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 was under so much stress. I was filmed leaving the jail and then that was immediately on the internet. It was a blessing in disguise. It helped me wake up.”
In an Instagram post shared on Thursday, April 9, Taylor thanked fans for their support during the more recent scandal. “Just want to say THANK YOU to those that have all helped carry,” the post read. “Nothing but gratitude for these gifts given by different people at different times that have been essential for me through this specific time.”
Her post continued, “Thank you to every message, meal, gift, call, prayer, and support of any kind sent. There is the human side of this and then it gets to a point of it being miraculous when you start to see it from a bigger lens.”
