- Taylor Frankie Paul's season of The Bachelorette was canceled by Disney Entertainment Television just before its scheduled premiere.
- The cancellation followed the surfacing of a video depicting a 2023 domestic violence incident involving Paul and her ex-boyfriend, Dakota Mortensen.
- The leaked video showed Paul putting Mortensen in a headlock and throwing a metal bar stool, with her daughter heard crying in the background.
- Paul had previously pleaded guilty to a third-degree felony count of aggravated assault in August 2023 related to the same incident.
- Paul's representatives released a statement calling the video's release a "desperate, attention-seeking, destructive campaign" by Mortensen.
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