Nearly one month after being arrested for home violence, TikTookay star Taylor Frankie Paul gave an replace on her life to her followers.
For those that don’t know, the 28-year-old social media persona was taken into custody final month following an altercation together with her boyfriend, Dakota Mortensen, in Utah. Taylor allegedly hit the 30-year-old when he tried to step away from their heated argument on the time. She additionally allegedly put him “in a chokehold,” kicked him, and threw a number of objects at Dakota, together with her mobile phone, “wooden playset,” and three metallic barstools. One of these barstools hit her 5-year-old daughter Indy Paul, leading to a “goose egg” bump on her head. So, so terrible.
Taylor was in the end charged with one depend of felony aggravated assault, two counts of felony home violence within the presence of a kid inflicting harm, one depend of misdemeanor baby abuse, and one depend of misdemeanor legal mischief. However, her legal professional entered a not-guilty plea following the costs.
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While Dakota has been energetic on TikTookay, even taking a second to defend his girlfriend after her arrest, Taylor remained quiet on the platform – till this weekend. She and Dakota placed on a united entrance and shared a number of movies of them hanging out collectively for the primary time since her arrest. And now that the influencer is again to her repeatedly scheduled TikTookay content material, it appears to be like like she’s prepared to talk out on digital camera in regards to the state of affairs… effectively, as a lot as can proper now.
While filming a “get ready with me” video for her 4 million followers, Taylor opened up about her psychological well being amid her authorized troubles, revealing she’s been going to remedy and taking remedy to assist together with her anxiousness and melancholy:
“I also got on Zoloft to help with my depression and anxiety. I’m on week four, so I don’t know if I see a major difference yet, but I’ll keep you guys updated on that. I also started EMDR [eye movement desensitization and reprocessing] therapy and so far, have loved it. We’re just working on all the trauma and kinda going to start diving into how we can help cope with it, one, starting with my divorce. I’m just learning how to shift it to better thoughts, so I don’t have such bad anxiety.”
As for her relationship with Dakota? Well, it seems like they’re in a very good place regardless of what occurred. In truth, Taylor revealed within the video that she lately met his family members for the primary time:
“I went and spent some time in Logan, Utah with Dakota’s family, his siblings, his parents, and the Mortensen family is just amazing. I love all of them so much. Some of them did say I’m the favorite girl he’s ever brought home. I don’t know if I believe that but thank you. I’m obsessed with all of them.”
Their “favorite girl he’s ever brought home?” That’s a stunning element, contemplating the alleged altercation she acquired into with him. Of course, she doesn’t particularly point out the home violence state of affairs in any respect. However, Taylor did notice she won’t be exhibiting her youngsters on TikTookay for proper now – a call that was most certainly influenced by her case:
“On a more serious note, I am going to keep my kids off TikTok for a little bit. I do share them on Instagram for close family and friends, but for now they’re gonna stay off TikTok. But not forever.”
She then concluded the video by thanking her followers for his or her assist over the previous couple of weeks, saying:
“And I honestly just wanted to say thank you to all of those that have been so kind and sweet to me.”
Wow. You can ch-ch-check out your complete video (beneath):
@taylorfrankiepaul a lot change coming
♬ authentic sound – Taylor Paul
We’ll have to attend and see what occurs together with her authorized case. But for now, it looks like Taylor isn’t letting it cease her from transferring ahead together with her relationship or her profession on TikTookay. Reactions, Perezcious readers? Let us know within the feedback beneath.
If you or somebody you understand is experiencing home violence, assist is out there. Consider calling the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233, or textual content START to 88788, or go to https://www.thehotline.org/. If you could have honest trigger to suspect baby abuse, name the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-4-A-Child or 1-800-422-4453, or go to www.childhelp.org.
[Image via Taylor Frankie Paul/Instagram, Dakota Mortensen/Instagram]
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