Taylor Frankie Paul penned a pointed message accusing her ex Dakota Mortensen of ‘love bombing’ and ‘manipulating her’ during their custody battle.
Via her Instagram account on Thursday, May 14th The Secret Lives of Mormon Women star wrote: “It’s so sad because no one wants to be like this. I hate that I’m no longer myself. I hate that I stayed this long.”
Taylor revealed that she admitted in court that she was “completely NOT INNOCENT” and said: “I don’t blame anyone but my own damn self because how did I allow this to happen to my kids and myself for so long? I’m sorry to THEM. I don’t have to log off and stay silent.”
The TV personality went on to say: I have been in survival mode for years with miscarriages, pregnancy, postpartum and terrible betrayal where so many lies were told, adding to the trauma on my body, physically, hormonally, mentally and emotionally. Those layers are important too. To make things even harder, I was afraid to call for help or tell anyone because I was reminded that I would be the one in trouble since I’m already the one on probation.
Recalling her turbulent relationship with Dakota, she claimed, “Imagine being pregnant and healing internally after giving birth and being too scared to ask for help or at least talk about it, and he knew he had that advantage, which gave him MORE access to do anything, knowing I would keep quiet.”
“What people don’t understand is that you don’t even realize that you’re in it and what’s been happening psychologically for a long time. You just believe that you’re the only crazy one because they twist everything to make you feel crazy in the end. And then to find out that you weren’t crazy, in fact, I was right about everything, which is heartbreaking to learn. It was always projection. It’s a human response to eventually break and then be stuck in the cycle because they comfort you by saying, ‘It’s okay that you behave, I’m still here for you and I still love you’, which makes you feel bad because they are aware that they are messing with you. Even after learning a lot from that, you STILL want to be held by that same person.
Taylor asked rhetorically, “And then there’s the ‘Why didn’t you leave sooner?’… which is valid and let’s see how it ended for me when I finally did.”
She further alleged that Dakota “love bombed, then manipulated and threatened [and] physically hurt” her.
“The difference between us, my love was real for him without gaining anything, and people know that,” she noted, adding, “I wish he had been the person he pretended to be. I’ve been through enough, I’ve seen too much. The mask fell off, and not just on me. We’re both wrong. What I can say is that I didn’t want to ruin his life, call the police on him, take his child or claim complete innocence… that’s the difference between us.”
This came after an investigation into alleged violence between Taylor and her ex-boyfriend was opened by two Utah police agencies in February, which was later dismissed by prosecutors.
