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Prosecutors successful Utah person declined to property charges against Taylor Frankie Paul, prima of nan reality show The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, aft she was accused of home violence.
In a connection connected Tuesday, nan Salt Lake region territory attorney’s agency said it would not beryllium pursuing charges against Paul pursuing a pair of home unit investigations stemming from allegations made by Paul’s erstwhile partner Dakota Mortensen.
Prosecutors said that immoderate of nan “misdemeanor offenses” occurred much than 2 years ago, and those fell extracurricular of nan statute of limitations. Other incidents “do not emergence to nan level of criminal offenses”, and nan “remaining incidents deficiency capable grounds to support filing criminal charges”, arsenic “such incidents deficiency specificity arsenic to erstwhile and what really occurred aliases corroboration”.
The agency besides noted that aggregate attorneys reviewed nan cases “due to nan precocious floor plan of nan defendant”.
Paul, 31, celebrated nan announcement connected societal media by posting a photograph of a bouquet of flowers and writing: “cried erstwhile I sewage nan call” and “THANK YOU to those that person stood pinch me.”
The New York Times reported that representatives for Paul and Mortensen some declined to remark connected nan announcement.
Paul was group to look connected ABC’s The Bachelorette earlier ABC pulled nan play conscionable 3 days earlier its scheduled premiere, aft TMZ released leaked footage showing Paul throwing metallic chairs astatine Mortensen successful 2023, pinch her girl present.
Paul was charged astatine nan clip pinch aggravated battle and different offenses, including home unit successful nan beingness of a child. She pleaded guilty to an battle complaint and is serving a three-year probation sentence. The different counts were dismissed.
The couple’s narration was documented connected The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, including nan 2023 altercation and Paul’s consequent arrest. Filming for play 5 of nan show was paused during nan investigations.
Paul and Mortensen person revenge impermanent protective orders against each other, trading accusations of home violence, and are fighting successful tribunal for custody of their two-year-old son.
