Mormon influencer Taylor Frankie Paul is in the grips of the law after she was arrested early Saturday on assault and domestic violence charges. According to NYP, she was later released and slapped with three misdemeanor charges: assault, criminal mischief, and domestic violence in the presence of a child.
According to Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Office records obtained by The Post, the 28-year-old Paul was arrested in Herriman, Utah, and booked in jail at 1:56 a.m. Saturday.
Paul shares a 5-year-old daughter, Indy, and a 2-year-old son, Ocean, with ex-husband Tate Paul.
Paul sparked scandal in May 2022 when she revealed she and Tate were supposed “swingers,” swapping partners within her close-knit circle of influencer friends with limitations. She confessed she went “too far” with someone’s spouse, and Tate filed for divorce.
She has since started dating Dakota Mortensen, 30, whom she features in her TikToks.
Mortensen was tight-lipped on details surrounding Paul’s arrest, claiming to the Daily Mail on Thursday, “I’m not even allowed to speak with her.”
He did, however, note that he wanted to “clarify a few things,” alleging that he did not call 911, but thinks a neighbor may have. The real estate agent and tiling company boss told the outlet that he and Paul “didn’t argue” and that she “never hurt anyone intentionally.”
“I’m going to wait for everything to come out before I speak on it,” Mortensen said.
“I don’t even want the truth to come out. She’s so broken right now. I tried to help her,” he reportedly said. “She’s a good mom, she’s going through a lot in her life right now. Taylor’s been struggling, it’s been a hard year for her. She is racked with guilt on her cheating scandal that cost her her marriage.”
Paul posted cryptic TikToks in May 2022, claiming her life was “falling apart” while showing clips of herself moving boxes and admitting to getting divorced and starting therapy.
Since her marriage ended, Paul’s TikTok account has turned into a tell-all, nodding to the secrets of other mom influencers and musing she might even get booted from the church.
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