Overview
- West Jordan police are investigating a 2024 allegation reported by Dakota Mortensen while Draper police review a separate February dispute involving both parties, and the Salt Lake County district attorney has requested case files to screen for possible enhanced counts.
- Bodycam video released by TMZ shows officers separating the couple during the 2023 arrest as Mortensen asks to be taken into custody and an officer identifies Paul as the primary aggressor.
- Following Thursday’s leak of a 2023 clip, ABC pulled Paul’s Bachelorette season, and Hulu’s The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives paused filming after a March 7 call where cast and executives agreed to halt production.
- Court filings state Mortensen was granted a temporary protective order and temporary custody of their son Ever as the February case moves forward.
- Paul and Mortensen issued dueling statements that dispute who leaked the footage and what it shows, while Paul says her daughter is now reliving the night and her 2023 plea left her on probation into August 2026, which prosecutors say could raise the stakes.