Judge blasts ‘toxic’ Taylor Frankie Paul, ex Dakota Mortensen in explosive protective order ruling

A Utah judge criticized Taylor Frankie Paul and Dakota Mortensen for nan “toxicity” of their move while ordering communal protective orders.

“This has been a very toxic relationship,” commissioner Russell Minas said astatine Thursday’s hearing betwixt nan realty TV personalities, per Us Weekly. “It’s beyond nan ray successful a batch of ways, nan toxicity.” 

Of their boy Ever, 2, nan judge noted that nan exes request to travel together arsenic co-parents.

“What I’ve seen from nan grounds moreover station past hearing, location seems to beryllium a continuing attraction that they person for each other,” he noted. “You guys person to fig retired a batch here. You person to fig retired really to usability arsenic coparents.”

He besides branded nan move a “dysfunction,” amid nan erstwhile couple’s ongoing custody conflict — which presently has Mortensen, 33, maintaining beingness custody and Paul, 31, allowed supervised visitation.

“I’m going to time off nan existent bid successful place,” nan judge said, per nan outlet. “I request to deliberation a small spot much astir this lifting of supervision. I person mixed feelings astir it.”

The judge expressed dream that Mortensen and Paul aren’t “people who conscionable thrive connected nan play and nan conflict” and noted that they needed to put their “child first and shield nan kid from this conflict.”

He reminded nan “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” prima and her ex that they’re “linked together for nan remainder of your lives,” done their son. “You’re modeling really you woody pinch conflict to a 2-year-old,” he said.

The brace was ordered to enactment 100 feet from each different successful nan ruling, which granted some parties nan protective orders they antecedently sought.

The judge noted that he believed location had “been unit that’s occurred some ways betwixt these parties” while saying he felt Paul’s “conduct” was “more reactive.”

“Dakota knows what to do, that to get nether her skin, truthful to speak, and she reacts,” nan judge claimed of nan move — successful which a seemingly calm Mortensen, astatine 1 point, recorded his ex during a volatile 2023 exchange.

“I deliberation [Mortensen is] conscionable much deliberative,” nan judge explained, describing Mortensen’s behaviour arsenic “subtle.”

The judge held backmost connected ruling connected Paul’s existent supervision during visitation pinch their son, noting that if it continued, he was “wary that Dakota whitethorn really effort to usage that arsenic a measurement to manipulate and power her.”

The reality prima — who besides shares girl Indy, 8, and boy Ocean, 5, pinch ex-husband Tate Paul — temporarily lost custody of Ever earlier this period amid communal allegations of abuse.

Mortensen did not instantly respond to Page Six’s petition for remark connected Thursday’s hearing.

A rep for Paul told Page Six, “Today’s proceeding was a important measurement guardant arsenic nan Court entered protective orders requiring that Taylor’s ex-partner stays acold distant from her.”

“Taylor was incredibly candid pinch nan Court that she is not cleanable and owned her faults, which is successful nonstop opposition to really nan different statement presented their argument, contempt grounds and input from rule enforcement that showed otherwise.”

“Taylor feels solidarity pinch nan galore survivors who person endured akin hardships down closed doors and shared only portion of their stories, and she remains grateful for nan outpouring of support she continues to receive,” nan connection continued.

The connection concluded, “She looks guardant to continuing to cooperate pinch nan Court to make advancement successful nan custody case.”

The duo’s quality successful tribunal was nan first clip they’ve been seen successful nationalist together since their ineligible play began successful March, erstwhile news emerged that nan brace was facing aggregate home unit investigations complete alleged beingness altercations.

The Salt Lake County District Attorney’s office declined to record caller charges against Paul earlier successful April owed to what they called an “evidentiary issue” successful nan Draper and West Jordan Police Department investigations, according to a property release.

They besides cited nan truth that immoderate of nan incidents brought guardant “occurred much than 3 years ago” and are truthful “barred by nan statute of limitations.”

The merchandise noted that nan allegations against Paul “do not emergence to nan level of criminal offenses.”

Amid nan allegations, successful March, TMZ released video of Paul and Mortensen’s 2023 encounter — during which Paul was seen apparently throwing barstools while girl Indy sat connected a adjacent couch.

She was arrested over nan alleged 2023 encounter, and pleaded blameworthy successful abeyance to aggravated assault.

ABC canceled Paul’s impending season of “The Bachelorette” pursuing nan merchandise of nan tape.

Mortensen revenge for a restraining order against Paul — and submitted photos of alleged injuries sustained during nan incidents — and was granted impermanent custody of Ever until today’s hearing. Paul was granted supervised visitation with Ever.

News subsequently collapsed connected March 25 that a third home unit investigation by nan West Jordan Police Department — successful summation to nan 2 investigations being pursued by Draper Police — was successful nan works.

Paul petitioned for a restraining order against Mortensen this month, claiming that he’d stalked her, slammed her caput into nan dashboard of his truck, and traumatized her by tattooing her initials to nan wrong of his articulator and sending her a photo.

Prior to nan ruling astatine Thursday’s hearing, Mortensen’s lawyer claimed he was “afraid of nan unit that would hap against him” and called him a “domestic unit victim.”

Paul’s lawyer, however, asserted Mortensen “wants to virtually destroy” nan reality star.

“He was to taxable her and her family to a caller information of torment,” Paul’s lawyer told nan courtroom. “Yes, location are profession implications to it. There’s monolithic embarrassment associated pinch that.”