Sean P. MeansReality TV star Taylor Frankie Paul will not face charges for recent accusations of domestic violence, the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office has announced.
The D.A.’s office sent letters to the Draper and West Jordan police departments, the office said in a news release Tuesday, declining to file charges against Paul, 31. The D.A.’s office also will not file an order to show cause over allegations that Paul violated her parole in a 2023 case, the release said.
“Due to the high profile of the defendant, the cases were reviewed by multiple attorneys,” the release stated.
NBC News had previously reported that Paul — the central figure of the Utah “MomTok” group and the reality series “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” — was being investigated by West Jordan police, after they were contacted by her ex-boyfriend, Dakota Mortensen, over allegations of domestic violence from 2024.
News of an investigation in Draper involving Paul and Mortensen, stemming from a domestic violence call in February, had prompted a pause in production of Season 5 of “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.”
In both the West Jordan and Draper cases, some of the allegations happened more than three years ago — beyond the two-year statute of limitations for misdemeanors, the letters to the two police departments said. More recent events were also reviewed, the D.A.’s office letters said, and “do not rise to the level of criminal offenses.”
The couple was also the subject of a 2023 call to Herriman police — which produced video that showed Paul yelling and throwing chairs at Mortensen, while Paul’s young child was present. When the video was released last month by the tabloid news site TMZ, it led to ABC canceling the upcoming season of the reality dating show “The Bachelorette,” in which Paul was the main character.
Paul and Mortensen appeared virtually in a Salt Lake City courtroom last week, where a court commissioner ruled that Paul must be supervised while visiting one of her children, because of concerns about her “volatile” behavior with Mortensen.
Note to readers • Those who are experiencing intimate partner violence, or know someone who is, can call the Utah Domestic Violence Link Line, 1-800-897-LINK (5465), or the statewide sexual assault line run by the Utah Coalition Against Sexual Assault at (801) 736-4356 and in Spanish: Línea de Apoyo de Violencia Sexual las 24 Horas de Utah: (801) 924-0860.
Sean P. Means has been reporting and editing for The Salt Lake Tribune since 1991 — including 25 years as movie critic. Since 2018, he has reported on arts and culture reporter, and breaking news — and was part of The Tribune’s COVID-19 reporting team. He reviews movies for MovieCricket.net and X96’s “Radio From Hell” program.