Overview
- The Salt Lake County district attorney’s office declined to file charges Tuesday after screening cases referred by Draper and West Jordan police.
- Prosecutors said older incidents were barred by Utah’s statute of limitations, and recent claims lacked specific dates or corroborating evidence to prove a crime beyond a reasonable doubt.
- The office said multiple attorneys reviewed the high-profile file and it will revisit the matter if new corroborating evidence emerges.
- Family-court orders remain in effect, with Dakota Mortensen holding temporary custody and Taylor Frankie Paul limited to supervised visits before an April 30 hearing on protective orders.
- Paul stays on probation from a 2023 aggravated-assault plea in abeyance through August, and the DA said no probation violation will be filed as ABC pulled her Bachelorette season and Mormon Wives paused filming after a leaked 2023 video.