Taylor Frankie Paul & Dakota Mortensen
Video Exhibits Brutal 2023 Combat, Baby Struck
Revealed
TMZ.com
Taylor Frankie Paul repeatedly attacked Dakota Mortensen through the 2023 incident wherein she pled responsible to aggravated assault, and the video exhibits that one in all her kids was struck through the struggle.
TMZ has obtained the video — a replica of which was proof within the case — and it is exhausting to look at. Dakota struggles to file the altercation together with his cellphone as Taylor places him in a headlock. She backs off … however then fees and tries to kick him.
The battle turns violent as Taylor grabs a steel barstool and hurls it at Dakota. He screams at her — “your daughter is sitting right there” — however she persists, throwing 2 extra stools at him. At that second, you hear her baby, who was curled up on the sofa, start crying.
The police report says the 5-year-old lady was hit and later had a “goose egg on her head.”
Police arrived on the scene that night time after a neighbor referred to as to complain concerning the noise, and within the video you hear the officer making an attempt to separate them.
Throughout the struggle, Taylor yells “you threw me” just a few occasions, and he or she later claims to police Dakota had thrown her to the bottom previous to what’s seen within the video.
We all know responding officers noticed this video, and prosecutors used it of their case in opposition to Taylor.
She finally pled responsible to the felony and was positioned on 3 years’ probation, which ends in August. If she retains her nostril clear till then, the conviction won’t seem on her file. As a part of the deal, prosecutors dropped 4 different fees, together with home violence within the presence of a kid, baby abuse, and prison mischief.
TMZ broke the story … there have been ongoing allegations of violence between Taylor and Dakota. There’s an open investigation by the Utah Division of Youngsters and Household Companies, and each Taylor and Dakota have been ordered to bear a psych analysis.
A rep for Taylor is lashing out at Dakota, telling us … “It’s sad to see the latest installment of his never-ending, desperate, attention-seeking, destructive campaign to harm Taylor without any regard for the consequences for their child. Releasing an old and selectively edited video on their son’s birthday is a reprehensible attempt to distract from his own behavior.”
The rep added, “Fortunately, the general public has seen this act earlier than and is aware of who he’s and sadly, many will acknowledge this sample of manipulation, each in his actions on the present and from their very own experiences.”
Filming on ‘Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ has been placed on ice … this, after different members of the solid refused to movie due to the drama surrounding Taylor.
Taylor is scheduled to star in “The Bachelorette,” which premieres Sunday on ABC.
We have now reached out to Dakota and ABC, however haven’t heard again from both.
