Taylor Frankie Paul, who appears on Hulu’s The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, has been dealing with a huge wave of drama after an old video from 2023 came back online. The video shows her in a big fight with her ex-boyfriend, Dakota Mortensen. During the argument, she threw metal chairs at him while her young daughter was in the same room. Because of this video, Taylor was arrested, she later pleaded guilty, and she even lost a major TV job she had been given. The whole situation has completely changed her public image. 

The fight happened at Taylor’s home. In the video, she looks extremely upset and angry, and she is yelling at Dakota. At one point, she tries to hit him. Then she picks up metal bar stools and throws them toward him. During all of this chaos, Dakota is recording everything on his phone. He tells her that her daughter is standing right there, but the argument keeps going anyway. One of the chairs even ends up hitting the child, who obviously starts crying. This made the situation much more serious than it already was, because it showed that the child was put in danger during the argument.

A neighbor heard the yelling and called the police. When officers arrived, they saw the video and noticed that the child had a bump on her head. Mortensen told the police that everything had escalated when he had tried to leave, while Paul alleged that he had pushed her down before the recording. Because of this, they arrested Taylor. She was charged with assault, criminal mischief, and domestic violence in front of a child. Later, she pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and was given probation. For a while, the public didn’t see the video, so the situation stayed mostly silent.

But years later, the video surfaced online. This caused a huge problem for Taylor because she had just been announced as the new lead for The Bachelorette. This was supposed to be a big moment for her career. She was going to be the main star of the show, which would have brought her even more fame. But once the video spread across social media, ABC decided to remove her from the show. They said they couldn’t move forward with her as the lead because the incident involved violence and a child getting hurt.

Taylor released a statement saying she had been dealing with a lot of personal struggles and wanted to focus on protecting her children. She said the video being shared again was painful for her family, especially for her daughter, who had to relive the moment. Dakota also spoke out, saying that the situation was upsetting for everyone involved.

The fallout didn’t stop there. The incident also affected her role on The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. It brought attention back to her complicated relationship with Dakota and made people start to question her behavior severely. Fans, critics, and media outlets quickly spread the word and the video, turning a private fight into a public scandal.