Dakota Mortensen asks to be taken into custody instead of Taylor Frankie Paul in new police video: 'Why can't it be me?'
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Key Points:
- New footage from Taylor Frankie Paul's 2023 arrest reveals her ex-boyfriend, Dakota Mortensen, asking police officers to arrest him instead of her during an alleged domestic violence incident at their Utah home.
- The video shows a heated exchange between Paul and Mortensen, with Mortensen claiming he was hit with a metal chair by Paul, who was reportedly intoxicated, while Paul denies the allegations.
- Mortensen describes the argument beginning after he picked Paul up from a girls' night, and police determined Paul to be the primary aggressor, leading to her arrest.
- Paul pleaded guilty in abeyance to an aggravated assault charge in August, with other charges dismissed, and the Draper City Police Department confirmed an ongoing investigation involving allegations from both parties.
- Following the controversy, ABC postponed airing Paul's upcoming season of The Bachelorette, and filming of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives was halted.
