Taylor Frankie Paul video surfaces of alleged assault
America’s ABC network has canceled the upcoming season BacheloretteAfter a video emerged of Taylor Frankie Paul allegedly throwing a stool at her ex-partner in 2023.
The unprecedented cancellation of the long-running reality television programme’s already filmed 22nd season in the early hours of Friday morning (AEST) came three days before it was due to premiere on Monday (AEST).
Leaked video published by US website TMZ Paul allegedly hit his former partner Dakota Mortensen before throwing the breakfast bar stool at Paul in front of his daughter, who could be heard crying in the background. According to TMZ, police said The five-year-old girl was shot in the fight and later developed a “goose egg on her head.”
A statement from Disney Entertainment Television, owner of the reality series, revealed that there was a reference to a 2023 video showing a fight between Paul and Mortensen. It was published by TMZ on Thursday.
“In light of the new video that emerged today, we have decided not to move forward with the new season of the series. Bachelorette “Our focus right now is supporting the family,” he said.
Paul was arrested in 2023 and charged with aggravated assault and other crimes, including domestic violence in front of a child; it’s a saga told in the reality series in which he also stars. The Secret Lives of Mormon Womenit also falls under the Disney umbrella.
The 31-year-old pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of aggravated assault the following August, and the other charges were dismissed.
A police spokesman in Draper City, Utah, said: People magazine He said there was an open domestic violence investigation into Paul and his ex-boyfriend, Mortensen, and allegations had been made in both directions. Mortensen is the father of one of Paul’s three children.
In a statement People A spokesman for Paul said on Thursday: “It is sad to see the latest chapter in his never-ending, desperate, attention-grabbing, destructive campaign to harm Taylor with no regard for the consequences for her children.
“Releasing an old video on their son’s birthday with convenient disregard for context is a reprehensible attempt to distract from his own behavior. Fortunately, the public has seen this action before and knows who he is, and unfortunately many will recognize this pattern of manipulation both from his actions on the show and from their own experiences.”
Paul was also scheduled to appear on stage The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Thursday (AEST). However, that show was also canceled. accordingly Hollywood Reporter.
Paul was promoting Bachelorette On ABC as soon as Thursday (AEST) Good Morning America and on the red carpet before the Oscars broadcast.
She became known as an influencer in the #MomTok community, a group of women from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who share their lives on TikTok. In a statement confirming it bachelorette Casting in October, ABC credited Paul with “igniting ‘MomTok’ and going viral by pulling back the curtain on Salt Lake’s soft-rocking scene.”
Paul in 2022, “Getting out” of the terms of an open relationship she and her husband were at home and going through a divorce.
The Secret Lives of Mormon Women Season 4 of the show was released last week and is set to film in 2024. Season 5 was already on pause due to the investigation.
“This was a decision us girls made,” Paul’s co-star Mikayla Matthews said on Instagram on Wednesday in response to a fan question about the production freeze. “Despite everything that was going on, we didn’t feel comfortable shooting.”
Paul posted on Instagram in December that filming was complete BacheloretteHosted by Jesse Palmer.
