Taylor Frankie Paul’s exes Tate Paul and Dakota Mortensen ran into each other at court just days before star’s shock Bachelorette axing amid domestic violence scandal

Just two days before Taylor Frankie Paul was unexpectedly removed from The Bachelorette due to a domestic violence situation, her former partners coincidentally met at a courthouse in Utah.

A 31-year-old TV star was originally going to be on the next season of a dating reality show. However, ABC has cancelled the season after a video surfaced showing her in a fight with her former boyfriend, Dakota Mortensen, from 2023.

She recently released a surprising statement expressing gratitude for the support she’s received. However, her representative later asserted that Paul is the one who was harmed.

Earlier this week, on Tuesday, Tate Paul, her ex-husband, and Mortensen were spotted at the same courthouse.

The two spoke in the lobby, and sources told TMZ they both went to the courthouse to get restraining orders against Paul.

People who saw Tate and Mortensen together reported that their meeting seemed to happen by chance – they just happened to be at the courthouse on the same day and ran into each other.

Both arrived separately to the courthouse alone without lawyers and left at different times. 

The Daily Mail contacted Paul, Tate, and Mortensen for a response, but they hadn’t replied as of yet.

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2026-03-20 08:33