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A disheveled and bleary-eyed Taylor Frankie Paul can be seen being confronted by police in a resurfaced video of her arrest following a domestic incident involving ex Dakota Mortensen.
The disturbing footage, first published by the Daily Mail in 2023, has returned to the spotlight as Paul's season of The Bachelorette was sensationally axed by ABC just days before its planned premiere.
Network bosses on Thursday announced they have pulled the plug on the highly-anticipated series amid a wave of backlash and renewed scrutiny over the incident, hours after unearthed video of Paul attacking Mortensen went viral.
Police bodycam video obtained by the Daily Mail shows the aftermath of the altercation, with the reality star appearing visibly drunk and emotional as officers question her over the incident - which investigators said involved a chair being thrown during a dispute inside the home.
At one point during the confrontation, the influencer tells officers she was so scared she had 'peed' herself, the video shows.
Paul, 31, was arrested on February 17, 2023 at her home in Herriman, Utah, on misdemeanor charges. She was initially charged with felony aggravated assault, reckless child abuse, and domestic violence in the presence of a child.
Video first published by the Daily Mail in 2023, shows an intoxicated and emotional Taylor Frankie Paul telling police she went 'ballistic' on boyfriend Dakota Mortensen after cops responded to a domestic violence call at her Utah home on February 17
The new season of ABC's the Bachelorette starring the Mormon Wives standout has now been canceled amid renewed scrutiny of a domestic violence incident involving the exes
She ultimately struck a deal that saw her plead guilty to one count of aggravated assault, and the others dismissed.
The bodycam video from the night of her arrest shows Herriman officers Ben Rugebregt and Alex Felsing knocking on Paul's door after receiving a 911 from a neighbor.
Both Paul and Mortensen, who she had been dating for six months at that point, are seen answering the door.
When the officers ask them what was going on, Dakota tells them Taylor was 'hammered.'
Taylor responds back saying 'so is he.' She then tells police, that Dakota 'threw me in the garage.'
Rugebregt and Felsing then separate the couple, taking Paul outside. She can be seen crying and slurring her words as police attempt to talk to her.
The Mormon influencer, who was 27 at the time, was seen crying and slurring her words as police attempt to talk to her about the altercation
When Paul was being placed under arrest for domestic violence, she asked the cop, 'so he isn't being arrested? He pushed me and I'm under arrest?'
Mortensen, who was also interviewed, told cops Paul had been struggling with personal issues and adding alcohol to the mix causes her to explode
'I'm emotionally hurting and going through a divorce,' she tells them.
But seconds later she turns belligerent and says: 'I don't give a f*** anymore.
'I don't give a f*** about him,' she says, referring to Mortensen. 'I just want him out.
'I pushed him, I hit him, he pushed me. I don't care. I went ballistic because he pushed me. I just want him out.'
She went on to explain that her boyfriend had picked her up from a girls night and he 'b***hed her out' all the way home.
Taylor admitted to police she threw things at Dakota because she was scared of him, and he had pushed her first.
In Herriman Police's report of the 2023 incident, the responding officer described smelling a 'strong odor of alcohol coming from Taylor'
Cops reported seeing injuries on both Paul and Mortensen, but determined she was the primary aggressor
She also told police she wet her pants because she was scared.
But Mortensen, 33, told cops in the video that he had picked Taylor up from girls' night out and she was drunk.
He said they had an agreement to stay away from alcohol as he's a recovering addict.
He told the police Paul is struggling with personal issues and adding alcohol to the mix causes her to explode.
He said he was supposed to go to a concert with a friend, but when Paul found out, she wanted to go along and asked him to pick him up from the party.
According to Mortensen, the original plan was to stop by Paul's house to get her ID and then go to the concert, but as soon as he arrived he realized she was in no condition to go.
Although the copyright is 2024, this mugshot has emerged showing the reality TV star posing for a police camera after she was arrested in February 2023
He said she then became angry and began to berate him on the drive back.
They arrived back at her house and a family member, who had been watching Indy and Paul's two-year-old son Ocean, left.
Mortensen said over the next 90 minutes he tried to leave her house to 'deescalate' the situation, but Paul wouldn't let him.
He said she threw her phone at him. She took his truck keys jumped on the vehicle and slammed its doors several times.
She hurled a wooden play set at him, which hit his truck. She also threw heavy metal chairs at him so violently that they put holes in the walls.
In his report Sergeant Rugebregt said he 'observed multiple metal chairs and other household items on the floor by the front entryway. The chairs look like they may have come from a kitchen island'.
'I observed a case of roses on the ground by the kitchen island,' he added.
Mortensen said all of this violence took place in front of Indy. Ocean was upstairs asleep.
He told police that he started to feel scared for his life because of the weight of the chairs and said one bounced off his shoulder and hit Indy in the head.
He admitted pushing Paul out of his way, because she wouldn't let him leave.
'She fell down because she was hammered,' he said.
The cops clearly did not realize that Paul was an internet celebrity.
Mortensen filed for a protective order in Utah, citing a new alleged incident that took place in February 2026, just two days before the video of the violent incident was made public
When Mortensen started asking if her mugshot would be released, one officer can be heard saying: 'It's not like she's going to make the news.'
When Paul was being placed under arrest for domestic violence, she asked the cop, 'so he isn't being arrested? He pushed me and I'm under arrest?'
After being placed in handcuffs she continued questioning the police officer on why she was being arrested.
She then added, 'when Dakota sees I'm being arrested he's not going to agree to it.' She then said, 'I p***ed my pants and I'm under arrest?'
In the newly surfaced video of the physical altercation, obtained by TMZ on Thursday, Paul is seen repeatedly attacking her now ex-boyfriend, with the video later becoming crucial evidence in a 2023 case in which she ultimately pleaded guilty to aggravated assault.
She submitted a plea of abeyance of 36 months, whereby a court would review the remaining charge in August 2026 and potentially lessen it to a misdemeanor if she complies with the terms of a supervised probation.
Following the video's release, ABC made the decision to cancel Paul's upcoming season of The Bachelorette, which was originally scheduled to premiere on Sunday.
In response to the resurfaced footage, Paul’s representative told the Daily Mail, ‘It’s sad to see the latest installment of his never-ending, desperate, attention-seeking, destructive campaign to harm Taylor without any regard for the consequences for their child.
'Releasing an old video, which conveniently omits context, on their son’s birthday is a reprehensible attempt to distract from his own behavior. Thankfully, the public has seen this act before and knows who he is. Sadly, many will recognize this pattern of manipulation, both in his actions on the show and from their own experiences.'
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