Taylor Frankie Paul will still receive her full salary for “The Bachelorette,” despite ABC’s decision to cancel her season in the wake of a video showing , along with new allegations of abuse.
The “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” breakout, 31, will from producer Warner Bros. Discovery, because her contract was for services rendered and Paul completed filming the 22nd season, insiders with direct knowledge told TMZ.
Paul was in the midst of the press tour for the show, which should have premiered last Sunday on ABC, when the network announced last Thursday that the show would not make it to air.
That decision was made Thursday, hours after TMZ published a , in which Paul could be seen putting her on-off boyfriend Dakota Mortensen in a headlock before hurling metal barstools at him. One of those chairs hit her daughter Indy, then 5.
Paul was , ultimately pleading guilty to aggravated assault. Charges of felony domestic violence in the presence of a child, as well as misdemeanor child abuse and criminal mischief, were then dropped.
Insiders told TMZ that ABC honchos hadn’t seen the video until the public did, despite Paul often speaking about her — a hit on Hulu, which is owned by ABC parent company Disney.
Earlier this month, TMZ reported that Mortensen, 33, had , which she denies and . Both Paul and Mortensen, who share 2-year-old son Ever, have been ordered by their local Department of Child and Family services to .
News broke Thursday evening, following both the video and cancellation, that Paul would temporarily lose custody of Ever.
Over the weekend, the “2 Angry Men” podcast hosts — lawyer and TMZ founder Harvey Levin and defense attorney Mark Geragos — predicted that Paul’s “Bachelorette” suitors will sue. They believe the contestants could argue they suffered losses due to the network “not doing … due diligence” in casting Paul.
