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Dakota Mortensen allegedly sewage Taylor Frankie Paul’s initials tattooed connected his lips conscionable hours aft she promoted her now-canceled play of “The Bachelorette.”
In a protective bid revenge connected Tuesday and obtained by Page Six, Paul claimed that, connected Feb. 14, Mortensen sent her a photograph of her initials tattooed connected nan wrong of his articulator — contempt being surgery up.
The mom of 3 said Mortensen’s “alarming” actions were an illustration of his “increasingly jealous and erratic behavior.”
“My initials are now permanently tattooed connected nan assemblage of a man who has been abusive toward and jealous of me,” Paul stated.
The 31-year-old included images of her ex’s tattoo successful her petition — which was revenge successful Salt Lake City, Utah — though she didn’t see nan day nan photos were taken.
Mortensen, 33, allegedly sewage nan caller ink conscionable hours aft Paul had shared a Valentine’s Day-themed promo station for “The Bachelorette” Season 22 connected societal media.
Per People, Mortensen allegedly showed nan tattoo to their “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” co-stars “on camera while filming nan show” nan adjacent day.
Elsewhere successful nan TRO filing, Paul accused Mortensen of “bombarding” her pinch matter messages “in an unwelcome effort to resume their relationship” aft their breakup.
She besides claimed her ex showed up to her location successful nan early greeting hours of Feb. 22, initially refused to leave, and past showed up again that nighttime and nan pursuing day, which “put [Paul] successful fearfulness of abuse.”
When nan brace fought successful Mortensen’s car connected Feb. 23, Mortensen allegedly “assaulted [Paul] by slamming her caput against nan dashboard of his motortruck and striking her knee and elbow,” according to her filing.
The TRO petition contained aggregate photos of injuries Paul allegedly sustained arsenic a consequence of nan assault.
The erstwhile couple, who stock 2-year-old boy Ever, had a tribunal proceeding successful Salt Lake connected Tuesday regarding Mortensen’s protective order revenge against Paul connected March 19.
In his petition, Mortensen claimed Paul had choked him successful February during an alleged home unit incident.
Mortensen was granted nan protective order, arsenic good arsenic impermanent custody of Ever. However, a judge ruled Tuesday that Paul tin only spot her boy up to six hours per week until nan adjacent tribunal proceeding connected April 30.
The judge besides granted Paul’s protective bid connected Tuesday, ruling that Mortensen has to enactment 100 gait distant from Paul until their April 30 hearing, according to TMZ. Mortensen besides cannot email, text, telephone aliases pass successful immoderate shape pinch Paul.
The judge backed up his determination by citing nan disturbing 2023 video of Paul attacking Mortensen in beforehand of her now 8-year-old daughter, Indy, who was allegedly deed successful nan caput pinch a metallic chair thrown by Paul during nan incident.
The video was leaked connected March 19, soon earlier ABC decided to scrap Paul’s play of “The Bachelorette” that was group to premiere 3 days later.
Paul’s rep later claimed that the leaked video “conveniently omits context” from nan erstwhile couple’s brawl.
If you aliases personification you cognize is affected by immoderate of nan issues raised successful this story, telephone nan National Domestic Violence Hotline astatine 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) aliases matter START to 88788.
