'Bachelorette' Bombshell: Taylor Frankie Paul's Season Scrapped After Domestic Violence Investigation

Taylor Frankie Paul's season of The Bachelorette has been canceled.

In the wake of a domestic assault investigation, an ABC spokesperson confirmed the news on Thursday, March 19, just a few days before the new season was set to air on Sunday, March 22.

"In light of the newly released video just surfaced today, we have made the decision to not move forward with the new season of The Bachelorette at this time, and our focus is on supporting the family," the representative told a news outlet.

The show's future hit a pause hours earlier after Paul, who rose to fame on Hulu's The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, appeared in resurfaced footage from 2023, throwing a chair at her ex Dakota Mortensen, while her 8-year-old daughter, Indy, was present.

"This is called physical abuse," Mortensen said, narrating the clip. "See, Taylor? This is all you do. The only thing you know how to do is hurt me. You think this is okay? It's not okay."

Paul can be heard saying that she doesn't "give a f---" before continuing to hit and kick him.

"Let me go! Stop! Dude, leave me alone..." Mortensen pleaded as she hurled silver chairs at him. "Your daughter is right here."

The 8-year-old can be heard screaming for her mommy before Paul demanded that Mortensen "get the f--- out."

"Your daughter just got hit in the head with a metal chair...go and help your daughter now," he said in the footage, while Paul screamed at him to "get away" from her child. "Think of your kids...I love your kids. I freaking love them to death."

Mortensen and Paul share their son, Ever, whom they welcomed in March 2024. The Hulu personality is also a mother to Indy and Ocean, whom she shares with her ex-husband, Tate.

Paul previously pled guilty to aggravated assault in 2023 and was placed on a three-year probation that August. She was initially also charged with child abuse and domestic violence, which were dismissed.

"It’s sad to see the latest installment of his never-ending, desperate, attention-seeking, destructive campaign to harm Taylor without any regard for the consequences for their child," a rep for Paul responded to the resurfaced footage from 2023. "Releasing an old and selectively edited video on their son's birthday is a reprehensible attempt to distract from his own behavior."

In addition, new domestic violence claims recently surfaced over an incident that occurred earlier this year.

Paul addressed the investigation earlier this month during an appearance on Good Morning America.

"Honestly, it’s been a heavy time to see the headlines, especially during this time of The Bachelorette being released, and it’s supposed to be a really exciting time," she said during the morning show. "I’m a person who will always speak my truth, and that’s what I’m known for. And, so, when the time is right, I will be. But right now, just trying to be in the present moment and focus on this."