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The Mormon mother who took ‘soft swinging’ too far has been arrested for domestic violence.
Influencer Taylor Frankie Paul, 28, who has more than four million followers on TikTok, was arrested Saturday by police in Herriman, Utah, a southern suburb of Salt Lake City.
Salt Lake County jail records obtained by DailyMail.com show she was booked at 1:56 a.m. and released at 10:35 a.m. for three misdemeanors: assault, criminal mischief and domestic violence in the presence of a child. .
Neither Herriman police nor the city attorney’s office released details of the charges.
Influential mother of two Taylor Frankie Paul, 28, was arrested in a Salt Lake City suburb on Saturday and held for nearly nine hours before being released.
She was booked on three misdemeanor charges: assault, criminal mischief, and domestic violence in the presence of a child.
Her boyfriend, Dakota Mortensen, declined to say what happened. “I’m not even allowed to talk to her,” said Mortensen, 30.
“I have yet to see Taylor Paul’s file,” Assistant District Attorney Matt Brooks told DailyMail.com. “If it makes it to my desk, I’ll look at it for possible charges just like any other case.”
Paul, a mother of two, was one of a group of couples in Utah who indulged in “soft swinging,” a practice in which partners are exchanged, but only with the understanding that they are not having full sex.
Neither Herriman police nor the city attorney’s office released details of the charges against Taylor Frankie Paul.
But last year she caused a sensation when she admitted she had broken the cardinal rule and ended up losing her husband Tate, who divorced her, and most of her friends.
Her new boyfriend, Dakota Mortensen, told DailyMail.com that Paul had been at a ‘Galentine’s Party’, a women’s bonding event around Valentine’s Day, on Friday night, and went looking for her. and take her back to her house.
“I’m not even allowed to talk to her,” Mortensen, 30, said. I don’t really want to talk about it, but I want to clarify a few things.
“I didn’t call 911,” he added, saying he thinks a neighbor may have called.
Mortensen declined to say what happened after they got to the house.
“I’m going to wait for everything to come out before I talk about it,” he said.
But then he blurted out: “She never intentionally hurt anyone.” When pressed for details, she said she did not want to elaborate.
Mortensen, a real estate agent and head of a mosaic company who has his own popular TikTok account where he discusses his recovery from drug addiction and alcoholism, later added: “We don’t argue.”
‘I don’t even want the truth to come out. She is so broken right now. I tried to help her,’ she said. ‘She’s a good mother, she’s going through a lot in her life right now. Taylor has been struggling, it’s been a tough year for her. She is wracked with guilt over her cheating scandal that cost him her marriage.
Mortensen declined to say what caused her arrest, but blurted out: “She never intentionally hurt anyone.” Paul is pictured with his daughter Indy, five, and his son Ocean, two.
Taylor Paul suffered an ectopic pregnancy and lost the child she and Mortensen planned to have together
Mortensen is a real estate agent and head of a mosaic company who has his own popular TikTok account. “I love Taylor very much and I want to have a future with her,” he added.
Taylor admitted that he broke the exchange agreement with his friends early last year: “I got out of that agreement, that’s where I went wrong and obviously I’m losing everything I have.”
She then suffered an ectopic pregnancy and lost the child she and Mortensen planned to have together.
She wrote to her followers in December, calling 2022 the “baddest year of my entire life.”
‘From a difficult marriage, to swingers, to divorce, to major loss of some family members, best friends, my part-time kids, trying to be in another relationship but can’t afford to be happy, to ectopic pregnancy to depression deep.
“In the meantime, millions of people watched it all and gave their beautiful opinions,” he added.
But she said she was hoping for a better New Year. ’23 is my number, so I’m thinking next year is my year.’
Taylor featured Mortensen on TikTok last July while she was still in the midst of her divorce. She and Tate have two young children, Indy, 5, and Ocean, 2.
Their whirlwind romance lasted six months before she announced that they split after the pregnancy.
But they soon got back together. On January 14, they appeared together in a short TikTok video called ‘I guess we don’t know any better’.
Mortensen says she thinks the arrest was a “low key” moment for Paul and that she will only get stronger.
‘She needs help, she hasn’t had time to process the termination of her marriage. She’s having a hard time forgiving herself for the swinger scandal. And she then she had an ectopic pregnancy.
“I love Taylor very much and I want to have a future with her,” he added.
He confirmed that they do not live together and rents an apartment about 20 miles from his home in Herriman.
We’ll have to run it through the system and see how it works. I have no idea when I’ll be able to see or talk to Taylor again. It can be days, weeks or months.
Taylor shares two young children, Indy and Ocean, with her ex-husband, Tate.
The mother-of-two was part of a group of Utah couples who, she said, indulged in ‘soft swinging’, but made a splash last year when she admitted she had broken the cardinal rule and ended up losing her husband Tate. who divorced her, and most of her friends
Mortensen has appeared in several videos with Taylor’s children, including some that have been shared on her account.
In a question and answer session, they recalled how she recently met her ex-husband Tate, who is also believed to be in a new relationship. They noted that Tate is a good guy and it turned out well.
Taylor previously noted that she and Tate had other issues in their marriage before they split, but the swinging scandal “was like the tip of the iceberg.”
‘Tate has made out with several girls and [done] other things, and I have kissed all the husbands and [done] other things,” he added.
He declined to name names, but stressed that fans could easily figure out which couples he was referring to on TikTok Live.
Taylor made it clear that she had nothing to lose, saying that she and Tate told their families everything that had happened. She admitted that her parents were “disgusted” by the revelation.
She insisted that she have proof of her swinging claims in the form of videos and text messages if she ever needs them.
Taylor also alleged that there are “three divorces in the friend group,” but one of the breakups is unrelated to the swap situation.
“They’re going to deny it, and that’s fine,” he said. I am speaking my truth, and they can speak theirs.