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With simply days to go till Taylor Frankie Paul’s season of The Bachelorette, the controversial actuality star finds herself on the middle of a rising scandal.

Paul is being investigated for home violence in reference to allegations made by ex-boyfriend Dakota Mortensen.

The Bachelorette is already dropping advertisers, however ABC has proven no indication that they’re prepared to chop ties with Taylor and pull the season.

They’d lose hundreds of thousands, after all, however there would possibly come a time once they haven’t any alternative — particularly now that Dakota is talking out.

A rep for Mortensen issued a prolonged assertion to Leisure Weekly explaining that Dakota’s prime precedence in the mean time is the well being and well-being of his two-year-old son, Ever.

“His primary precedence right here is defending [their 2-year-old son], Ever,” the rep tells EW.

“He knew there was a chance it might come out, however he was not going to be the one to proactively do this as a result of he has at all times needed an honest relationship with Taylor.

“It’s been actually laborious to realize that, however he needs to co-parent properly.”

The rep went on to substantiate that Mortensen was not the one who made these allegations public.

“He was simply hoping that if he says nothing, as he normally does, it might go away. He’s by no means accomplished any type of sit-down interview about his aspect,” the spokesperson continued.

“He type of simply lets all of it occur to him, and I feel he realizes with the severity of all the pieces now that he simply can’t do this.”

The assertion comes as a shock, as Taylor beforehand indicated that she wished to maintain the scenario non-public, however Dakota had different plans.

“I really took motion about just a few weeks in the past. I’m simply doing third-party all the pieces — pick-up, drop-offs, communication — so no contact proper now for me,” she advised EW.

“I feel that’s the perfect case, actually, as a result of clearly it’s simply not to some extent of us getting alongside, so I needed to take the perfect motion I might,” Taylor continued, including:

“I didn’t need to carry something to the general public eye, making it an even bigger deal for the sake of my son, and simply all the pieces about to return out. However that wasn’t the plan for [Mortensen].”

Earlier immediately, Paul appeared on Good Morning America, the place she vaguely commented on her scandal, however steered away from any concrete statements.

“Actually, it’s been a heavy time to see the headlines, particularly throughout this time of The Bachelorette being launched, and it’s presupposed to be a extremely thrilling time. I’m an individual that can at all times communicate my reality and that’s what I’m identified for and so when the time is correct, I shall be,” she stated.

“However proper now, simply making an attempt to be within the current second and concentrate on this.”

We may have additional updates on this creating story as new data turns into out there.