Overview
- Newly circulated bodycam from Taylor Frankie Paul’s 2023 arrest shows Dakota Mortensen asking officers to take him instead, with police telling him she was the primary aggressor as a child can be heard nearby.
- The Draper City Police Department says a domestic‑assault investigation tied to alleged incidents on Feb. 24–25 is open and includes allegations in both directions.
- Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill says his office requested investigative files to weigh possible enhanced charges that could affect Paul’s 2023 plea‑in‑abeyance, a deal that can drop the felony to a misdemeanor if she completes probation through August 2026.
- Page Six reports Mortensen obtained a protective order and temporary custody pending an April 7 hearing, while both sides trade statements disputing each other’s accounts of the leaked footage.
- ABC shelved the already filmed Bachelorette season after the video surfaced, and Hulu’s The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives paused Season 5 following a cast call with Disney executives over concerns about continuing to shoot.