ABC Cancels The Bachelorette Season Following Video Release Showing Paul Assaulting Ex-Partner
America's network has cancelled the upcoming Taylor Frankie Paul season of 'The Bachelorette' after a resurfaced 2023 video showed her throwing an object at ex-partner Dakota Mortensen while their daughter was present. Disney confirmed that despite initial plans to air in April, they are prioritizing family support following reports from ABC and NBC Chicago describing the incident as violent assault with police involvement reported by Daily Mail on March 19-20th.
Key Points
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1ABC has cancelled The upcoming season of "Bachelorette" starring Taylor Frankie Paul following the release of a violent video.
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2Taylor Frankie Paul is facing criminal charges for allegedly throwing an object at her ex-boyfriend, Dakota Mortensen, in front of their daughter during domestic violence incident captured on camera three years ago.
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3The cancellation comes despite ABC's earlier hope that casting Taylor would boost ratings given the show has seen a steady decline since 2010.
Developments
Taylor Frankie Paul's casting as the lead of *The Bachelorette* ended after TMZ released video evidence from her 2019 domestic violence incident with ex-boyfriend Dakota Mortensen. Although Hulu previously broadcasted related court and body camera footage, ABC announced it would not proceed with a new season in light of this newly surfaced material on Thursday before the premiere was scheduled to occur three days prior.
ABC canceled Taylor Frankie Paul's season on *The Bachelorette* after a video showed her throwing metal barstools at ex-boyfriend Dakota Mortensen during an incident from February 2023. Although the network cited this new footage, fans and critics question why Disney offered the role given that body-cam evidence of similar events had already aired on *The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives* earlier in its run without consequences for Paul's arrest or probation status at the time.