Taylor Frankie Paul Skirts New Charges After Ex's Allegations

Taylor Frankie Paul's latest domestic violence case has ended before it began. Prosecutors in Utah said Tuesday they will not bring new charges against the Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star after reviewing allegations from ex-boyfriend Dakota Mortensen that she scratched, shoved, choked, and hit him during a February dispute, the New York Times reports. A Salt Lake County prosecutor wrote that much of Mortensen's account was either too old to charge, did not constitute a crime, or couldn't be proven beyond a reasonable doubt because of vague timelines and lack of corroboration. No charges were considered against anyone else.

The decision spares Paul, 31, from a potential parole violation tied to her 2023 guilty plea for assaulting Mortensen, a case that helped derail her stint as lead on a filmed-but-shelved season of The Bachelorette. Disney pulled the show after video of that assault leaked, the AP reports. The former couple remain locked in a custody and protective-order battle over their 2-year-old son, with each accusing the other of physical abuse in conflicting court filings. Mortensen currently has temporary custody; Paul was recently granted supervised visitation, with a new custody hearing set for later this month. Paul has two other children from a previous relationship, NBC News reports.