Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Taylor Frankie Paul’s season of hit dating show won’t air as scheduled after newly leaked video
ABC has decided to pull the new season of hit dating franchise The Bachelorette after footage of its central star physically assaulting her former partner was leaked.
Taylor Frankie Paul, who gained fame on reality show The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, had been cast as the central Bachelorette for the 22nd season, which was due to start on Sunday.
The 31-year-old TikTok influencer had been embroiled in controversy over her 2023 arrest for domestic violence against her now ex Dakota Mortensen. An ongoing “domestic assault investigation” is also under way over an incident in February this year, according to the Draper City police department in Utah.
At a press event this week, Paul said it had been “really difficult and heavy” to deal with the investigation, at which time ABC had seemed to be standing by its star and the new season even as she pulled out of an appearance on The Tonight Show on Wednesday.
