Mormon Wives Stars Banned After Domestic Violence Scandal

The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives' executive producer has revealed Taylor Frankie Paul and Dakota Mortensen are banned from filming together following a temporary filming shutdown.

The show, which launched on Hulu in September 2024, follows a group of Utah-based influencers in their professional and personal lives.

Filming for the hit reality series was scandal involving Paul, 31, and Mortensen, which led to uncertainty surrounding the fate of Season 5.

Jeff Jenkins, 58, who has also produced , has now revealed how the scandal will impact the next season. 

He explained the pair have official 'stay away' orders, meaning 'fortunately or unfortunately, whatever your perspective, we won’t be able to shoot with them together, ever again, or at least for a very long time.' 

Jenkinstold Variety: 'I've talked to Taylor and she wants to come back and I want her to come back. So I’m really hopeful that that’s going to happen. She’s amazing.' 

Speaking about the impact it has had, Jenkins added: 'I think everyone in the existing cast has strong opinions about the last two months, and those opinions are every perspective you can imagine. 

'So it’s going to be very interesting when we start back up any day now. How does that sort out? We’ve got to shoot together to sort it out. But once that all sorts out, how is that going to impact the friendships, the relationships, and MomTok as a whole? 

'I don’t have the answer. I’m excited to see. I don’t have a lot of detail on where each woman’s head is at. I’ve just heard through the grapevine.' 

Sources previously told TMZ that Paul would at some point return to the series, but it may not be immediately, as she's allegedly devoting her energy at the moment to her family and her children.

Sources emphasised that even though Paul is spending her time on family at the moment, she's staying in touch with the production and plans to get in front of cameras in the future. 

In addition to the failed Bachelorette star, Jen Affleck, Jessi Draper, Miranda Hope, Whitney Leavitt, Mikayla Matthews, Mayci Neeley and Layla Taylor all star on The Secret Lives Of Mormon Wives.

Production originally came to a halt in March shortly after Paul's ex, Dakota Mortensen, accused her of domestic violence.

Days later, a video resurfaced from 2023 that showed the reality star attacking her ex-boyfriend and throwing metal chairs at him, one of which shockingly hit her own child instead of Mortensen.

The disturbing video prompted ABC to before it had even aired.

Even as Paul's professional woes mounted, she scored a legal victory last week when the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office announced that it had declined to file charges against her over the alleged domestic violence episode from February.

Mortensen, 33, had accused Paul — with whom he shares a two-year-old son named Ever — of choking him, before hitting him and shoving him into a window 

She had previously pleaded guilty in 2024 to one count of aggravated assault over another fight with Mortensen from 2023 that was also filmed.

Paul had previously accused Mortensen of being abusive toward her in 2023.

After it was revealed that she wouldn't face charges, Paul shared her jubilant reaction to the District Attorney's decision in an Instagram Stories post. 

She posted a photo of a vase filled with colorful flowers that overlooked a white piece of paper with a butterfly drawn on it.

'Cried when I got the call 🙏,' the former Bachelorette star wrote over the photo. 'THANK YOU to those that have stood with me.'