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Taylor Frankie Paul‘s ex, Dakota Mortensen, reportedly has video evidence of her alleged abuse.
As the 31-year-old Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star denies Dakota’s claims, which have also included allegations of child abuse, a couple of new reports have revealed that Dakota, 33, has shown friends clips of Taylor’s behavior, which have raised serious concerns among the group, and that he supposedly contacted producers of The Bachelorette about Taylor’s actions ahead of season 22.
On March 17, sources with direct knowledge informed TMZ that Taylor’s alleged abuse of Dakota was captured on camera in multiple videos, which were shot across an extended period of time and feature several heated moments between the two of them.
In clips, Taylor can reportedly be seen hitting, punching, biting, and grabbing Dakota, the father of her son Ever, who turns two on Thursday.
According to the report, authorities have seen the footage, but it is unknown if it’s part of their latest investigation into a couple of incidents between Taylor and Dakota in February.
In a second publication from TMZ, it was noted that Dakota warned ABC about Taylor’s past abuse in 2025 after she was named as the season 22 Bachelorette.
It was also revealed that producers wanted Dakota to appear on the season, but stated he did not appear to do so.
TMZ went on to note that The Bachelorette producers had a very willful blindness to the claims made against Taylor and rushed to have her on the show to cash in on ratings before doing their due diligence into her past.
As Dakota makes it clear that he does not want to film with Taylor for future episodes of SLOMW, and her other co-stars remain leery about filming with her due to the abuse allegations, season five has been put on pause.
The Bachelorette season 22 premieres on Sunday, March 22, at 8/7c on ABC.
