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Reality star Taylor Frankie Paul\u2019s baby daddy Dakota Mortensen has been granted a temporary protective order against his ex and has reportedly gotten temporary custody of their child.<\/span><\/p>\n The order states that Taylor cannot have contact with Mortensen and is not allowed to \u201cabuse or threaten to abuse\u201d him. The \u201cSecret Lives of Mormon Wives\u201d celeb has been ordered to stay at least 100 feet away from her ex and is forbidden from contacting him, per <\/span>People<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n Taylor will be able to plead her case at a scheduled hearing on April 7, and won\u2019t be able to see her youngest child, Ever, prior to that point.<\/span><\/p>\n Dakota alleged that Taylor choked him during an incident on February 23, and attacked him again the next day, February 24.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI was unable to safely leave while this was happening, and my child had been left inside the home during the chaos under her watch due to our custody agreement,\u201d Dakota stated in documents obtained by TMZ.<\/span><\/p>\n The reality star was slated to be \u201cThe Bachelorette\u201d beginning Sunday evening, but her season, which has already been filmed, was abruptly canceled when a video of her fighting with Dakota and throwing metal bar stools was leaked to TMZ earlier this week.<\/span><\/p>\n Taylor had already pleaded guilty to aggravated assault in 2023 immediately after the incident, but the video footage was not released until now.<\/span><\/p>\n TMZ also <\/span>reported<\/span><\/a> that an anonymous source said Taylor\u2019s ex-husband, Tate Paul, had not seen the video before its release. Tate shares two children with Taylor, including the child in the video who was allegedly struck by the bar stool. A child can be heard crying in the video after the stool is thrown, and the police report from 2023 allegedly said the child had a goose egg on her head.<\/span><\/p>\n Taylor, meanwhile, claimed during an <\/span>episode<\/span><\/a> of \u201cThe Viall Files\u201d podcast last year that her daughter didn\u2019t have any injuries. She admitted that she was out of control on the evening in question.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI was feeling so low I went and drank that night,\u201d the reality star said on the podcast. \u201c\u2026and Dakota picks me up and he\u2019s angry that I drank.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Taylor said she was \u201cso sad\u201d at the time. \u201cI remember, like, throwing things, and I don\u2019t know my daughter is on the couch,\u201d she went on. \u201cWe had babysitters there, so I think they\u2019re upstairs sleeping.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m, like, so gone I don\u2019t care, and I throw another chair,\u201d she said, also telling the podcast host, \u201cWe didn\u2019t know if it hit her or not, it might have not hit her at all\u2026\u201d Taylor also claimed the child had no \u201cnoticeable injuries\u201d and insisted \u201ceverything was good.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Tate and Taylor were married from 2016 until 2022. TMZ <\/span>reported<\/span><\/a> that Tate responded to the domestic incident in 2023 by having his lawyer seek full custody of the children, and that after meeting several demands including alcohol education classes, the reality star earned back shared custody about six months later.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n