Draper police said incidents from Feb. 24 and 25 were the subject of an investigation. Mortensen sought a protective order on March 19. On April 7 a judge granted Mortensen custody of their 2-year-old son, with Paul allowed up to eight hours of supervised visitation per week; that arrangement remains until an April 30 hearing reviewing competing orders. Prosecutors later announced on April 14 they would not pursue new charges related to the recent inquiry.
The couple’s volatile relationship has been shown across earlier seasons. A 2023 indictment alleged thrown metal chairs and that a child was struck, and Paul previously entered a guilty-in-abeyance plea to an aggravated assault count from that year; other charges were dismissed.