Taylor Frankie Paul penned down a pointed message, alleging her ex Dakota Mortensen of “love bombing” and “manipulating her” amid their custody battle.
Taking to her Instagram account on Thursday, May 14, the Secret Life of Mormon Wives star wrote, “It’s so sad because nobody wants to be like this. I hate that I am no longer myself. I hate that I stayed for so long.”
Revealing she admitted in court that she was “fully NOT INNOCENT, Taylor stated, ”I blame nobody more than my own damn self, because how did I allow this for my kids and myself for so long? I’m sorry to THEM. I don’t need to log off and remain silent.”
The TV personality went on to say, I’ve been in survival mode for years with miscarriages, pregnancy, postpartum, and horrible betrayal with so many lies told, which added to the trauma on my body physically, hormonally, mentally, and emotionally. Those layers also matter. To make it more difficult, I was scared to call for help or tell anyone because I was being reminded I would be the one in trouble given I’m the one on probation already.”
Recalling her turbulent relationship with Dakota, she alleged, “Imagine being pregnant & postpartum healing internally and too scared to ask for help or at the very least speak about it and he knew he had that advantage, which gave him MORE access to do whatever, knowing I’d remain silent.
“What people aren’t understanding is you don’t even realize you’re in it and what’s happening psychologically for a long time. You solely believe you’re the only insane one because they twist everything that you eventually feel insane. Then to find out you weren’t insane, in fact, I was right about it all, which is gut-wrenching to learn. Was always projection. It’s a human response to eventually snap and then getting stuck in the cycle because they console you, saying, ‘It’s okay you’re acting out, I’m still here for you and love you still,’ which then you’re feeling bad as they are aware they are gaslighting you. Even after learning a lot of that, you STILL want to be held by that same person. It’s twisted, I know.”
Taylor rhetorically asked, “And then there is the ‘Why didn’t you leave sooner?’… which is valid and let’s look at how it ended for me when I finally did.”
She further claimed that Dakota “love bombed, then manipulated, threatened [and] physically hurt” her.
“The difference between us, my love was real for him without gaining anything, and people know that,” she remarked, adding, “I wish he had been the person he pretended to be. I experienced enough, I saw too much. The mask fell off, and not only with me. We’re both in the wrong. What I can say is I didn’t want to ruin his life, call cops on him, take his child away, or claim complete innocence … that’s the difference between us.”
This came after an alleged violence investigation case between Taylor and her ex-boyfriend was opened by two Utah police departments in February, which was later dismissed by prosecutors.
