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Dakota Mortensen Accuses Taylor Frankie Paul of Violence

Taylor Frankie Paul's ex Dakota Mortensen accused her of 'scratching, shoving and striking' him during a recent altercation.On February 23, the police started i...

Dakota Mortensen Accuses Taylor Frankie Paul of Violence
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Bintano News

March 31, 2026

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Taylor Frankie Paul's ex Dakota Mortensen accused her of 'scratching, shoving and striking' him during a recent altercation.

On February 23, the police started investigating a domestic assault incident involving the Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star, 31, and her ex-boyfriend, 33.

According to the police report, Mortensen described 'two incidents of physical assault involving "grabbing, scratching, shoving and striking."' 

This comes shortly after Mortensen .

In the report from the Draper City Police Department obtained by People, authorities were responding to a call from his friend reporting that Mortensen had 'been the victim of a  assault by an ex-girlfriend at her Draper residence.' 

At the time, he also told the police he was 'apprehensive' to report the incidents due to the reality star's 'high public profile.' 

The Daily Mail has reached out to Paul and Mortensen for comment.

Dakota Mortensen alleged his ex-girlfriend Taylor Frankie Paul had 'grabbed, scratched, shoved and struck' him during two incidents, in police reports from an ongoing investigation; The two seen in an Instagram photo

The report also noted that the police obtained photographs of Mortensen's 'neck scratches.'

The report also recounted the police's ongoing investigation into an accusation of domestic violence in the presence of a child.

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No charges have been filed and police did not specify the identity of the person accused of said incident, per the outlet.

He also recently filed for a restraining order against Paul in the state of Utah. A hearing is set for April 7; pictured in May 2025

The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star, 31, was set to star on the next season of The Bachelorette when TMZ published a video from a 2023 domestic violence incident, in which Paul pled guilty and remains on probation

The pair share two-year-old son Ever. Paul is also a mother to two children from her past marriage

Paul was previously arrested in 2023 for the alleged domestic violence incident 

Amid the two ongoing cases, Mortensen filed for a protective order against Paul on March 19, and a hearing is set for April 7. 

Paul was previously arrested in 2023 for the alleged domestic violence incident, in which she was accused of throwing metal chairs at her partner as seen in the since-viral video that got her Bachelorette season cancelled. 

She was charged with assault, criminal mischief and commission of domestic violence in the presence of a child, at the time, and she later pled guilty in abeyance to aggravated assault. 

She remains on probation for the 2023 case, which can be affected by the new investigations by separate Utah police departments. 

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