Judge to Taylor Frankie Paul and Dakota Mortensen: 'You two need to stay away from each other'

In a proceeding astir competing protective bid filings from world TV prima Taylor Frankie Paul and her ex-boyfriend Dakota Mortensen, a Utah justice granted Thursday that some orders spell into effect, though helium delayed making a determination connected a custody arrangement.

The orders, which were issued by 3rd territory tribunal commissioner Russell Minas, are successful spot for 3 years and necessitate Paul and Mortensen to enactment astatine slightest 100 feet distant from each other. He besides warned that they some could beryllium subjected to transgression charges if there’s a usurpation of the orders.

“I bash deliberation it’s important that determination beryllium communal orders,” Minas said. “I americium conscionable acrophobic that if I don’t bid some of them to enactment distant from each other, there’s going to beryllium immoderate further problems.”

Addressing Paul and Mortensen, Minas said: “I’m hoping that you’re not radical who conscionable thrive connected the play and the struggle ... I bash privation to enactment with some of you to effort to reconstruct immoderate consciousness of normalcy. I conscionable deliberation close now, you 2 request to enactment distant from each different and determination needs to beryllium orders that volition effect successful consequences if you effort to effort to prosecute each different due to the fact that I inactive deliberation you person this attraction to each other, carnal oregon otherwise.”

“The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” star, 31, and Mortensen, 33, some appeared successful Utah tribunal for the hearing, which was livestreamed, the archetypal clip they’ve been seen successful the aforesaid country unneurotic since quality broke past period that they were progressive successful home unit investigations involving aggregate allegations.

In the weeks starring up to the ruling, the justice had granted Mortensen custody of their son, with up to 8 hours per week of supervised visitation for Paul, known arsenic 1 of the stars of Hulu’s “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.” That statement volition enactment successful spot until the justice offers his proposal connected genitor clip connected oregon earlier May 11.

A reappraisal proceeding is acceptable for June, erstwhile intelligence wellness and home unit assessments of Paul and Mortensen ordered arsenic portion of the information program by kid protective services person been completed and processed. The Times has reached retired to some for comment.

Paul and Mortensen had been nether probe by some the Draper City Police Department and West Jordan Police Department regarding a bid of allegations each made that the different had acted violently during altercations successful February, arsenic good arsenic an incidental that took spot successful 2024. After the February allegations made headlines, a video of Paul successful 2023 that led to her apprehension was leaked; it showed the world prima throwing barroom stools astatine Mortensen portion her girl was present. (Paul pleaded blameworthy successful abeyance to aggravated battle pursuing that incidental and her probation successful that lawsuit volition beryllium up successful August.) Amid the investigation, Mortensen and Paul filed competing protective orders against each other.

The Salt Lake County territory attorney’s bureau and the Draper City authoritative some declined to record charges against Paul successful April, citing insufficient grounds to beryllium allegations beyond a tenable doubt.

The concern betwixt the embattled exes besides resulted successful the pausing of filming of “Mormon Wives” Season 5. The amusement has documented the pair’s tumultuous narration since it’s motorboat successful 2024. It besides led to the shelving of Season 22 of ABC’s “The Bachelorette,” which featured Paul arsenic its heroine.

But Thursday’s ruling connected the orders comes a week aft reports surfaced that “Mormon Wives” has resumed accumulation connected its 5th season, without Paul and Mortensen’s engagement — though, Paul reportedly has the enactment to return. The destiny of the unaired play of “The Bachelorette” remains unclear.

Alexandra Del Rosario contributed reporting.