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Updated April 23, 2026, 9:30 p.m. ET
“The Bachelorette” fans want to know if Taylor Frankie Paul‘s season will ever reach the masses, and one Disney executive is offering insight into ABC’s plans for the lost season.
Rob Mills, executive vice president of unscripted at Walt Disney TV, said in an interview with TheWrap published April 22 that ABC is focused on “just making sure that Taylor, her family, everyone is being taken care of, just on a personal and human front.”
“We take everything a day at a time,” Mills told the outlet. “We’re sort of really still processing everything.”
He added that the network is “planning for the next cycles of The Bachelor franchise, and really just kind of looking at everything.”
The Disney-owned network pulled the plug on March 19 following a shocking video shared by TMZ showing a violent altercation in which “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” star is seen yelling, hitting, kicking and throwing furniture at her ex-partner, Dakota Mortensen, while a child is heard crying.
Utah police launched an investigation into a “domestic assault” in 2023 involving Paul and Mortensen, who both leveled allegations.
Will anyone from the lost ‘Bachelorette’ season return?
Mills also addressed speculation that one of the 22 men Paul dated in the lost season could star in Season 30 of “The Bachelor.”
“We’re open to anything,” he added. “I think you saw with Golden Bachelor, this is a phenomenal format that you can tell all different types of stories.”
He emphasized that, “The most important thing is just telling somebody’s story who has a great journey ahead of them.”
Will Taylor Frankie Paul face charges in the Utah investigation?
Paul will not face criminal charges relating to the Utah investigation into the alleged assault, the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office confirmed on April 14, citing evidentiary reasons.
“Based on the information provided to our office for screening, we are unable to proceed with the prosecution of Taylor Frankie Paul at this time,” according to the declination letter from the district attorney’s office to the West Jordan Police Department and Draper Police Department, which were obtained by USA TODAY.
Before the office’s announcement, she faced several charges, including one felony count of aggravated assault and two felony counts of domestic violence in the presence of a child and one misdemeanor count each of child abuse and criminal mischief.
The reality TV star was arrested on Feb. 17, 2023, on misdemeanor charges of assault, criminal mischief, and commission of domestic violence in the presence of a child after Mortensen called police and said she was hitting him in front of two children. That year, Paul entered a plea of abeyance to a felony aggravated assault charge, allowing the court to put the case on hold as long as she complies with the court’s abeyance agreement.
Contributing: KiMi Robinson, USA TODAY
