{"slug": "taylor-frankie-pauls-bachelorette-season-could-air-next-month", "title": "Taylor Frankie Paul’s ‘Bachelorette’ season could air next month", "summary": "ABC may air Taylor Frankie Paul's 'Bachelorette' season as early as mid-July, months after the network shelved it following the release of footage from her 2023 domestic violence arrest. The decision comes as Paul remains on probation and locked in a custody battle with ex Dakota Mortensen, while ABC reportedly polls audiences on her public image.", "body_md": "**Getting your**\n\n[Trinity Audio](//trinityaudio.ai)player ready...[Taylor Frankie Paul’s](https://www.nydailynews.com/2026/03/20/taylor-frankie-paul-timeline-bachelorette-cancelation-domestic-violence/) “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.\n\nA 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](https://www.tmz.com/2026/06/24/taylor-frankie-pauls-season-of-the-bachelorette-airing-on-abc/).\n\nThe “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.\n\nThe 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, paused production at that time, but has since resumed.\n\nThe 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.\n\nThough Paul had [already pleaded guilty in August 2023](https://www.ksl.com/article/50718792/utah-influencer-pleads-guilty-to-aggravated-assault-domestic-violence-charges-dismissed) 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](https://www.nydailynews.com/2026/03/19/bachelorette-canceled-taylor-frankie-paul-video-controversy-abc/) within hours of the video’s release, though the reality show was supposed to premiere days later.\n\nSince then, Paul and 33-year-old Mortensen have [dodged domestic violence charges](https://www.nydailynews.com/2026/04/22/mormon-wives-to-resume-filming-after-taylor-frankie-paul-dodges-domestic-violence-charges/), even as they remain [locked in a custody battle](https://people.com/taylor-frankie-paul-dakota-mortensen-custody-results-11979048) of their son Ever, 2. The exes have also [secured permanent restraining orders against each other](https://www.nydailynews.com/2026/05/01/taylor-frankie-paul-dakota-mortensen-restraining-orders/).\n\nSources 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](https://www.nydailynews.com/2026/05/15/taylor-frankie-paul-twisted-dakota-mortensen-relationship-custody/) with Mortensen. The bigwigs at ABC, meanwhile, have reportedly taken note of Paul’s efforts to get back in the public’s good graces.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/taylor-frankie-pauls-bachelorette-season-could-air-next-month", "canonical_source": "https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/06/25/taylor-frankie-paul-bachelorette-season-could-air/", "published_at": "2026-06-25 12:31:34+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-25 12:46:07.511136+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy"], "entities": ["Taylor Frankie Paul", "ABC", "TMZ", "Hulu", "Dakota Mortensen", "Secret Lives of Mormon Wives"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/taylor-frankie-pauls-bachelorette-season-could-air-next-month", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/taylor-frankie-pauls-bachelorette-season-could-air-next-month.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/taylor-frankie-pauls-bachelorette-season-could-air-next-month.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/taylor-frankie-pauls-bachelorette-season-could-air-next-month.jsonld"}}