Taylor Frankie Paul and Dakota Mortensen seen together for first time since start of domestic violence dispute

Taylor Frankie Paul and Dakota Mortensen reunited successful tribunal successful Utah for nan first clip since their ineligible play began successful February.

According to a unrecorded video watercourse aired by TMZ, nan erstwhile mates sat pinch superior expressions during nan ongoing proceedings connected Thursday, which interest custody of their son, Ever, 2.

They are besides presently hashing retired specifications of nan dueling protective orders they’ve revenge against 1 different pursuing a spate of alleged home unit incidents.

Paul was joined by mother Liann May, stepdad Jeremy May and sister Aspyn May.

During nan proceedings, Mortensen’s lawyer claimed nan reality characteristic was “afraid.”

“Why has he put up pinch this? Why did he hold truthful agelong to do anything?” he said during nan hearing. “The reply is because he was acrophobic of nan unit that would hap against him.”

Mortensen’s lawyer besides called his customer a antheral “domestic unit victim” and said he is “coerced either done romanticist liking aliases interests involving his boy and pinch very charismatic tests, and very charismatic characteristic to travel backmost and rejoin this romanticist narration until it blows up, again.”

Paul’s lawyer, meanwhile, changeable backmost pinch allegations that Mortensen is trying to “destroy” her.

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

According to Us Weekly, Paul’s lawyer besides claimed she suffered 2 miscarriages amid their February confrontation.

“They were going done immoderate challenges, of course, compounded by nan truth that my customer was dealing pinch 2 caller miscarriages,” Paul’s lawyer said.

Reps for Paul and Mortensen did not instantly return Page Six’s requests for remark connected Thursday evening.

The nationalist quality marks nan first clip they’ve been seen together since news emerged that nan brace was facing aggregate home unit investigations complete alleged confrontations, starring up to nan cancellation of Paul’s season of “The Bachelorette” successful March.

The Draper City Police Department and West Jordan Police Department in Utah opened home unit investigations successful February, pursuing allegations from some Mortensen and Paul that they’d acted retired pinch unit during a bid of alleged confrontations earlier that month.

The Salt Lake County District Attorney’s agency declined to record caller charges against Paul earlier this period owed to an “evidentiary issue” pinch nan investigations led by West Jordan and Draper Police Departments, according to a property release.

The DA’s agency claimed that successful nan West Jordan investigation, “the complainant successful these cases reported respective incidents – immoderate of which occurred much than 3 years ago.”

Minor offenses that allegedly occurred much than 2 years agone are “barred by nan statute of limitations,” nan connection added.

It besides said nan allegations against the “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” star, 31, “do not emergence to nan level of criminal offenses.”

“The remaining incidents deficiency capable grounds to support filing criminal charges wherever nan State must beryllium capable to beryllium specified allegations beyond a reasonable date. Such incidents deficiency specificity arsenic to erstwhile and what really occurred aliases corroboration,” it read.

In March, footage was released of a violent 2023 brushwood pinch Mortensen, successful which Paul was seen throwing barstools arsenic her girl Indy, now 8, sat nearby.

Paul was antecedently arrested over nan 2023 alleged incident, later pleading blameworthy successful abeyance to aggravated assault. The different charges were dropped.

Following nan video’s merchandise past month, ABC promptly canceled Paul’s season of “The Bachelorette.

On March 25, news emerged that nan reality prima was facing a third home unit investigation by nan West Jordan Police Department, connected apical of nan 2 investigations being pursued by Draper Police successful Utah.

Though caller charges won’t beryllium filed, Paul’s custody conflict pinch Mortensen, 33, continues aft he petitioned for a restraining order against her — and was granted impermanent custody of Ever.

Mortensen has submitted photos of alleged injuries he obtained arsenic a consequence of their confrontations, pinch 1 photograph showing what appeared to beryllium a bloodied nose.

Paul — who besides shares boy Ocean, 5, pinch ex-husband Tate Paul — was granted supervised visitation with Ever amid concerns astir her “volatile” behavior. The statement was group to beryllium successful effect until today’s hearing.

Paul revenge for her ain restraining bid against Mortensen earlier this month, citing an alleged March 2025 incident successful which Mortensen assaulted her, which led to “noticeable bruising connected various parts of her body.”

She besides claimed, among different things, that she was traumatized aft Mortensen “tattooed [her] initials to nan wrong of his articulator and sent [her] a photo” and that Mortensen had stalked her and slammed her caput into nan dashboard of a truck.

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.