"Bachelorette" to-be Taylor Frankie Paul and her ex-boyfriend Dakota Mortensen were both granted their protective orders against each other during a court appearance in which a Utah judge determined the coparents have a "dysfunctional" relationship with violence by both parties.
In an April 30 hearing in Salt Lake County District Court, 3rd District Court Commissioner Russell Minas heard arguments from lawyers for both "Secret Lives of Mormon Wives" stars, who have accused each other of domestic violence during their years-long on-and-off relationship. As he presented his reasoning for granting both of their petitions for protective orders, Minas said the reality stars, parents to 2-year-old Ever, have "a very toxic relationship."
"There seems to be a continuing attraction that they have for each other. Whether it's physical, whether it's the thrill of the two of them being a part of making themselves celebrities, there seems to be this attraction," Minas said. "The problem is that the two of them can't be together in the same place at the same time for very long before it starts to turn violent. ... I am very concerned."
He went on to admonish the two for how they are "modeling" conflict resolution in front of their son. Minas told Paul and Mortensen, "You have to figure out how to function as coparents. This has been dysfunctional. This is a lifelong proposition between the two of you. You're linked together for the remainder of your lives."
