Overview
- The Hulu series has restarted Season 5 after a pause triggered by domestic violence investigations involving Taylor Frankie Paul and ex-boyfriend Dakota Mortensen, and producers have not said who will appear.
- The Salt Lake County district attorney declined to file new charges on April 14th, citing incidents that were too old under Utah’s two-year limit for misdemeanors and others that lacked specific, corroborated evidence.
- Family court orders remain in place with Mortensen holding temporary custody of their son and Paul limited to up to eight hours of supervised visits each week ahead of an April 30 hearing.
- ABC canceled Paul’s already filmed season of The Bachelorette after TMZ released 2023 court video that showed her throwing metal barstools with a child nearby.
- Both have addressed the fallout on Instagram, with Paul describing a focus on healing after the no-charge decision and Mortensen saying he is stepping back to prioritize their child and disputing how events have been portrayed.