{"id":230600,"date":"2026-03-25T13:41:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T13:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/25\/taylor-frankie-paul-arrest-video-shows-very-drunk-reality-star-in-tears-as-parents-beg-for-mercy\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T13:41:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T13:41:35","slug":"taylor-frankie-paul-arrest-video-shows-very-drunk-reality-star-in-tears-as-parents-beg-for-mercy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/25\/taylor-frankie-paul-arrest-video-shows-very-drunk-reality-star-in-tears-as-parents-beg-for-mercy\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Frankie Paul Arrest Video Shows Very Drunk Reality Star In Tears as Parents Beg For Mercy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By now, you\u2019ve probably heard that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/03\/abc-to-lose-30-million-by-canceling-taylor-frankie-pauls-bachelorette-season\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Taylor Frankie Paul\u2019s season of <em>The Bachelorette<\/em> has been canceled<\/a> by ABC.<\/p>\n<p>Now, we\u2019re receiving new information about the fateful night of her arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Police bodycam footage shows Taylor\u2019s victim, then-boyfriend Dakota Mortensen, asking police to arrest him instead.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-25-at-9.13.33-AM-1024x569.png\" alt=\"Bodycam footage from Taylor Frankie Paul's arrest shows her very intoxicated and upset.\" class=\"wp-image-551378 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-25-at-9.13.33-AM-1024x569.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-25-at-9.13.33-AM-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-25-at-9.13.33-AM-768x426.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-25-at-9.13.33-AM-2048x1137.png 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-25-at-9.13.33-AM-960x533.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-25-at-9.13.33-AM-1080x600.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-25-at-9.13.33-AM-1200x666.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-25-at-9.13.33-AM.png\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bodycam footage from Taylor Frankie Paul\u2019s arrest shows her very intoxicated and upset.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (YouTube)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That obviously didn\u2019t happen, and new footage shows the rest of the incident and highlights the fact that police basically had no choice but to take Taylor into custody.<\/p>\n<p>Police who responded to a neighbor\u2019s call on the night of February 17, 2023 determined that Taylor was the \u201cprimary aggressor,\u201d and she eventually pled guilty to assualt charges.<\/p>\n<p>ABC cast her as The Bachelorette despite that history, and if video of Paul assaulting Mortensen had never surfaced, the network almost certainly would have aired her season in its entirety.<\/p>\n<p>The video from the night of her arrest shows Taylor heavily intoxicated and highly upset.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bodycam: Taylor Frankie Paul Taken to Jail as Dakota Pleads With Cops in 2023 Footage | TMZ\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/imCWaO587DY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>At times, it\u2019s difficult to make out what she\u2019s saying. She admits to hitting Mortensen but also alleges that he \u201cpushed\u201d her.<\/p>\n<p>In footage shot by Dakota, we saw Taylor hurling kitchen barstools at him, one of which allegedly struck her daughter, Indy, who was just 5 years old at the time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can hear me trying to check on [Indy], but every time I tried to help her, I was getting attacked,\u201d Mortensen tells officers in the bodycam footage. \u201cSo I couldn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in the footage, an officer asks Mortensen if Taylor urinated on herself, adding that it\u2019s \u201cvery common\u201d for domestic violence victims to \u201cpee themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf she peed herself, it\u2019s because she was so intoxicated,\u201d Mortensen explained.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-25-at-9.13.49-AM-1024x577.png\" alt=\"Taylor Frankie Paul's arrest video has left fans shocked.\" class=\"wp-image-551377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-25-at-9.13.49-AM-1024x577.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-25-at-9.13.49-AM-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-25-at-9.13.49-AM-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-25-at-9.13.49-AM-2048x1155.png 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-25-at-9.13.49-AM-728x410.png 728w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-25-at-9.13.49-AM-960x541.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-25-at-9.13.49-AM-1080x609.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-25-at-9.13.49-AM-1200x677.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-25-at-9.13.49-AM-1024x577.png\" alt=\"Taylor Frankie Paul's arrest video has left fans shocked.\" class=\"wp-image-551377 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-25-at-9.13.49-AM-1024x577.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-25-at-9.13.49-AM-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-25-at-9.13.49-AM-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-25-at-9.13.49-AM-2048x1155.png 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-25-at-9.13.49-AM-728x410.png 728w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-25-at-9.13.49-AM-960x541.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-25-at-9.13.49-AM-1080x609.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-25-at-9.13.49-AM-1200x677.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-25-at-9.13.49-AM.png\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Taylor Frankie Paul\u2019s arrest video has left fans shocked.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (YouTube)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Taylor\u2019s parents also arrived on the scene and made their case to police, but to no avail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs it super bad?\u201d Paul asks the officers about her potential legal troubles as they inspect her damaged home in aftermath of the fight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, no one\u2019s dead, so it\u2019s not super bad, right? But it\u2019s not a good thing, it\u2019s definitely not a good thing,\u201d one of the officers replies, adding:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not the end of the world. You will get past this, trust me. I would use this as a really good learning lesson. If you need to get some help for any issues, get it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/03\/taylor-frankie-paul-lashes-out-at-public-youre-making-my-daughter-relive-the-night-i-hit-her-with-a-stool\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Taylor lashed out at the public<\/a> for making such a big deal about her arrest and forcing her daughter to \u201crelive\u201d the night in question (the night when her mother threw a barstool in her direction).<\/p>\n<p>We can certainly see why she would want to leave this night behind her. <\/p>\n<p>But it would be good for Taylor to acknowledge that she screwed up royally and that she probably never should have been cast as the Bachelorette to begin with.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/03\/taylor-frankie-paul-arrest-video-shows-very-drunk-reality-star-in-tears-as-parents-beg-for-mercy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 2 minutes By now, you\u2019ve probably heard that Taylor Frankie Paul\u2019s season of The Bachelorette has been canceled by ABC. Now, we\u2019re receiving new information about the fateful night of her arrest. Police bodycam footage shows Taylor\u2019s victim, then-boyfriend Dakota Mortensen, asking police to arrest him instead. Bodycam footage from Taylor Frankie Paul\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":230602,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-230600","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}