Disgraced reality star Taylor Frankie Paul bizarrely claimed she was so scared she peed her pants twice on the night of her domestic violence altercation with Dakota Mortensen in 2023, bodycam footage obtained by The Post revealed.
Paul’s claims were investigated by the attending officers, with one cop calling Mortensen, Paul’s then-partner, to grill him about what led up to the now-infamous domestic incident in their Utah home after they had left the scene on Feb. 17 of that year.
During the call, the officer repeatedly references Paul allegedly “peeing herself” on a tense car ride home before the fight — a detail she had apparently told officers after the fight, once they had been separated.
“Do you remember her peeing her pants at all throughout the night?” the officer asks Mortensen in the bodycam clip.
“She said on the way home she peed herself. She said you guys were arguing in the car and she was scared to get out,” the cop continued.
Mortensen told the officer “that’s not what happened.”
“So it wasn’t like she peed her pants when you picked her up?” the officer continued.
“No,” Mortensen responded.
The officer went on to probe the timeline of the night, asking: “And then once you got home and you guys were arguing… did she pee herself then?”
“No,” Mortensen said again.
Trying to clarify further, the officer pressed: “At any point in time in the night, could you tell that she peed herself?”
“No, never,” Mortensen replied.
The exchange grew more pointed as the officer relayed Paul’s account directly: “In her words, she’s saying that because of the way you were acting that she peed herself as a result of it.”
Mortensen flatly rejected the claim: “No, that’s not true,” he said, adding that if she was wet, it was probably because she had thrown a water bottle during their argument.
The officer appeared skeptical of Paul’s version of events, adding: “When I first arrived at the house I didn’t see her peeing herself, and I reckon that’s something I would have noticed.”
After the couple go into an argument a neighbor called 911 to report they could hear shouting coming from across the street and dispatched officers to investigate.
Last month, disturbing video of the fight taken from Mortenson’s phone was leaked, showing a volatile scene, with both parties accusing each other of aggressive behavior.
In the clip, Paul tried to kick her then-partner, Mortensen, and threw metal barstools at him. Her young daughter, Indy, was in the room, and allegedly got struck by one of the metal chairs.
“Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” cast member Paul was arrested over the 2023 attack and charged with three felonies — one count of aggravated assault and two of domestic violence in the presence of a child — as well as one misdemeanor count each of child abuse and criminal mischief.
She made a plea deal on the aggravated assault charge which will reduce it to a misdemeanor if she abides by a three-year probation term, and the other charges were dismissed.
Both Paul and Mortenson have made allegations against each other, and local police have confirmed they both remain under investigation.
After the video of the fight surfaced, Pauls’ rep said in a statement the 2023 video “conveniently omits context” and Mortensen’s “never-ending, desperate, attention-seeking, destructive campaign to harm Taylor without any regard for the consequences for their child.”
Paul has since temporarily lost custody of her 2-year-old son, Ever, to Mortenson, who is the boy’s father.
It is unclear if the custody status of her other two children — daughter Indy, 8, and son Ocean, 5, with ex-husband Tate Paul — has changed. According to their custody agreement, they spit their time with the children evenly, according to Us Weekly.
Following the footage of the assault being released, ABC canceled Paul’s season of “The Bachelorette.”
Meanwhile, filming of “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” Season 5 had already been halted, reportedly after other cast members had raised concerns about Paul.
Utah police later revealed they are investigating allegations of up to three domestic violence incidents between Paul and her ex.
“The West Jordan Police Department is currently investigating an incident involving Taylor Frankie Paul and Dakota Mortensen,” a spokesperson for the department recently told Page Six.
“The allegations were reported at the end of February 2026, and detectives have reviewed video believed to have been recorded in early to mid-2024,” the statement continued.
“Investigators are actively working to gather and verify information and are in the process of interviewing those involved. At this time, no charges have been filed, as the investigation remains ongoing.”
Mortensen has also filed for a restraining order against Paul, alleging that she choked him in the presence of Ever.
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