Mormon Wives Pauses Amid Taylor Frankie Paul Domestic Violence Allegations

Production has paused on Season 5 of “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” due to allegations of domestic violence Taylor Frankie Paul and her ex-boyfriend Dakota Mortensen have made against each other.

A source tells Variety that cameras are down as the Draper City Police Department in Utah investigates the allegations on both sides after a recent incident. The pause is temporary, the source says, and it appears likely that production will resume soon without a major impact on the season’s release timeline. The incident did not occur while cameras were rolling.

Paul stars in Season 22 of “The Bachelorette,” which debuts on ABC on March 22 and is currently in New York City promoting the season ahead of a premiere event in Los Angeles this weekend. The investigation will not impact the release schedule or press plans for “The Bachelorette.”

This is not the first incident of this nature between Paul and Mortensen, who share a son. In Season 1 of “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives,” before their son was born, Paul was arrested for allegedly hitting, choking and throwing metal chairs at Mortensen, with one of the chairs allegedly hitting one of her children from a previous relationship in the head. She pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated assault, while charges of domestic violence in the presence of a child, child abuse and criminal mischief were dismissed. Paul’s arrest and subsequent probation caused a major delay between the filming of the first and second episodes of “Mormon Wives.”

Season 4 of “Mormon Wives” premiered on March 12 and follows Paul in the lead-up to her season of “The Bachelorette.” Though she and Mortensen broke up in a previous season, they have been on-and-off for years and spent multiple nights together before filming for “The Bachelorette” began.