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Trinity Audioplayer ready...Taylor Frankie Paul’s “Bachelorette” season — which was shelved in March amid new abuse allegations and disturbing footage from her 2023 domestic violence arrest — could air on ABC next month.
A decision on particulars has not yet been made, as the Daily News could not confirm TMZ’s report that the controversial #MomTok influencer’s season is likely to premiere on the Disney-owned network as early as mid-July.
The “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” star, 32, remains on probation until August, following her 2023 arrest for felony aggravated assault and felony domestic violence in the presence of a child.
The incident preceding that arrest was captured in footage published by TMZ back in March — amid new allegations leveled at Paul by ex Dakota Mortensen, and vice versa. “Secret Lives,” a production by Disney-owned Hulu, d production at that time, but has since resumed.
The video shows a drunken Paul hurling “heavy metal chairs” in front of her daughter Indy, then 5, and son Ocean, then 2, and ultimately striking the little girl.
Though Paul had already pleaded guilty in August 2023 to aggravated assault, in exchange for the dismissal of the other charges — including misdemeanor child abuse and misdemeanor criminal mischief — seeing the incident in real time proved too jarring and distressing for the public. ABC pulled her “Bachelorette” season within hours of the video’s release, though the reality show was supposed to premiere days later.
Since then, Paul and 33-year-old Mortensen have dodged domestic violence charges, even as they remain locked in a custody battle of their son Ever, 2. The exes have also secured permanent restraining orders against each other.
Sources told TMZ Wednesday that editors continued working on the show even amid the cancelation, and ABC has been polling audiences about their current view on Paul, who last month issued a statement about her “twisted” dynamic with Mortensen. The bigwigs at ABC, meanwhile, have reportedly taken note of Paul’s efforts to get back in the public’s good graces.