Mormon Wives Returns Amid Taylor Frankie Paul News

Rich Ferguson, the chief of police in Draper, Utah, previously told TMZ that he had passed on Paul's case to the Salt Lake County District Attorney, leaving her fate in his hands.

In the statement from the DA's office, Gill noted that he made his determination not to charge Paul based on evidence collected by the Draper Police Department and West Jordan Police Department, both of which are located in Utah.

Last week, the reality star revealed how she has been coping with the fallout of her ongoing  scandal as she shared a teary-eyed selfie. 

The controversy has played out publicly, with Paul and Mortensen both accusing one another of violence and receiving

After Mortensen was granted a temporary protective order against Paul, she was granted her own order against him on April 8, which bars him from contacting her or coming within 100yards of her until their hearing on April 30 to determine if the orders will be made permanent.

More recently, Paul is getting through the ordeal with the help of poignant gifts sent to her before the scandal broke. 

In an Instagram post published on Thursday, Paul revealed how she has been comforted by gifts that have 'been essential for me through this specific time.'  

'Just want to say THANK YOU to those that have all helped carry. Nothing but gratitude for these gifts given by different people at different times that have been essential for me through this specific time. 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.' 

The post began with a photo of Paul, sitting in her car with tears welling up in her eyes and her hand covering her mouth. 'It's miraculous that every essential or reminder I've needed was GIVEN through people,' the selfie read. 

The photos included a picture of a Starbucks beverage she purchased with a comforting message from the barista reminding her she is 'loved.' 

The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star also appears to be leaning into her faith, showing a photo of Jesus Christ that appeared to have been a housewarming gift from her mother. 

She is also now working through a book given to her last year that was presented to Paul to provide her with 'peace and comfort through the good and bad days'. 

Paul filed for her temporary protective order on Tuesday and claimed Mortensen had demonstrated a 'pattern of abusive conduct and coercive control' during their relationship, according to court filings obtained by People.

She also described several times in which he allegedly acted violently towards her. Paul also included alleged screenshots of text messages and pictures of bruises that she claimed to have incurred during disputes with Mortensen.

Last month, Mortensen was against Paul after he characterized her as an 'immediate threat' to his safety.

Paul's history with domestic violence has come back to haunt her just days before her season of The Bachelorette was set to debut.

It emerged that filming on her other show, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, as she and Mortensen faced an investigation into domestic assault. 

The Draper City Police Department confirmed to People at the time the existence of an open 'domestic assault investigation' into Paul and Mortensen.

'Allegations have been made in both directions,' a spokesman for the department told the publication, adding 'contact was made with involved parties on [February] 24 and 25.'

It came three years after Paul pleaded guilty to aggravated assault over another domestic violence incident with Mortensen.

Paul pleaded guilty to aggravated assault after she threw chairs at Mortensen with her daughter, Indy, in the room in 2023.

The young girl could be heard crying as the fighting continued, with Mortensen telling Paul that her daughter 'just got hit in the head by a metal chair.'

Video of the incident was released and led to her Bachelorette downfall, with ABC announcing it would be canceling her season 'at this time.'

'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,' it said. 

In response to the resurfaced footage, Paul’s representative told the Daily Mail, ‘It’s sad to see the latest installment of his never-ending, desperate, attention-seeking, destructive campaign to harm Taylor without any regard for the consequences for their child. 

'Releasing an old video, which conveniently omits context, on their son’s birthday is a reprehensible attempt to distract from his own behavior.'

Just two days before the video was made public, Mortensen filed for a protective order in Utah, citing alleged incidents that took place on February 23 and 24, according to TMZ.

As part of his filing, he requested temporary custody of their two-year-old son, Ever, and asked that Paul be prohibited from drinking or using drugs during her parenting time.

Mortensen claimed that a verbal argument turned into a physical confrontation, where Paul allegedly choked him.

He alleged that he had to physically remove her hands from his neck, after which she shoved him into a window and struck him.

Describing the situation as ‘chaotic’ and ‘frightening,’ Mortensen said their son woke up from the commotion, which included Paul screaming and yelling, according to TMZ.

The order was granted, as well as his custody request.

After an hour-long hearing on April 7, the judge ruled that Paul will be allowed up to eight hours of supervised visitation with her son each week.

This temporary custody arrangement will remain in place for three weeks and two days, until the next court hearing on April 30.