Taylor Frankie Paul Speaks Out About Drama With Dakota Mortensen: ‘I’m Fully Not Innocent’

Taylor Frankie Paul has spoken out following her latest court hearing with ex-boyfriend Dakota Mortensen, and she opened up about her mindset as their legal battle continues and said “accountability is needed.”

“I’m aware there is a lot of work to be done and I’m in that process,” Paul, 31, captioned a post on Instagram on Thursday, May 14, adding that “it’s not a pretty process.”

The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star said that she chose to speak about her feelings despite scrutiny from her followers.

“I don’t want easier, I want to share even as ugly and as hard as it is,” Paul continued. “And if it’s so exhausting to see maybe log off yourself? I’m doing out [sic] this out LOUD whether people like or not.”

The mom of three – Paul shares daughter Indy, 8, and son Ocean, 5, with ex-husband Tate, along with son Ever, 2, with Mortensen – also called out her critics.

“Some are absolutely out to see me fall and that isn’t an assumption, that is fact,” the reality star claimed.

Paul also included a lengthy message in a separate slide of her post where she reflected on the legal woes surrounding her and Mortensen, 33.

“I’ve already admitted in court I’m fully NOT INNOCENT, I know that,” she explained. “None of it is okay, period.”

The TikTok influencer also appeared to allege Mortensen used her 2023 arrest against her and “reminded” her she “would be the one in trouble given” that she was “on probation already.”

She was sentenced to three years of probation after pleading guilty in abeyance to aggravated assault following that altercation.

However in March, filming of season 5 of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives was halted amid news that two new domestic violence investigations were underway involving both Mortensen and Paul, per People.

Shortly after that news broke, TMZ shared 2023 footage of the two involved in a brutal altercation that showed Paul accidentally striking Indy with a metal bar stool that she had thrown at Mortensen.

The video was released just days before Paul’s season of The Bachelorette was set to premiere, and ABC ultimately decided to pull the plug.

Ultimately, neither party was charged in the new investigations and Paul’s probation was not affected, per The New York Times.

Mortensen and Paul publicly appeared together for the first time on April 30 at a court hearing regarding the protective orders they filed against each other.

During the hearing, which was live-streamed, Commissioner Russell Minas said “there’s been violence both ways between these parties” regarding their ongoing custody dispute involving their son, Ever.