Pulled Off Air: The Bachelorette crisis

A full season of The Bachelorette has been cancelled days before broadcast.

ABC made the decision after a video surfaced of the latest Bachelorette Taylor Frankie Paul in a domestic incident from 2023.

The case had already been through the courts. Taylor Frankie Paul was arrested and later entered a plea in abeyance on a charge of aggravated assault. This means she had accepted responsibility in court and the case was effectively put on hold. But now the case is active and open as police say further allegations have been made on both sides.

The series was completed but will not be shown.

Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty and resident trial attorney Shaun Kent discuss what changed when the footage emerged, and whether ABC could now face legal or financial consequences.

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Host: Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty

Series Producer: Louise Clarke

Impact Producer: Daniel Raza

Junior Production Manager: Tom Dunster

Technical Producer: Nicky Edwards

Editor: Clare Fordham

Assistant Commissioning Producer: Rechmial Miller

Commissioning Producer: Adam Eland

Assistant Commissioner: Will Drysdale

Commissioning Editor: Rhian Roberts