'Mormon Wives' Star Taylor Frankie Paul's Ex Dakota Mortensen Sues Hulu for Defamation
Dakota Mortensen has filed a defamation lawsuit against Hulu and production companies involved in the reality show 'Mormon Wives.' He alleges that producers staged scenes and manipulated footage to falsely portray him as an abusive and unfaithful partner.
Why it matters
This case highlights the growing legal scrutiny regarding the ethics of reality television production and the potential for producers to face liability for manufactured narratives.
Dakota Mortensen is slamming "Mormon Wives" producers ... claiming they staged scenes and faked storylines to make him appear as a serial cheater and abuser.
According to court docs obtained by TMZ, Dakota is seeking damages from Hulu and the producers at Jeff Jenkins Productions and Ludwig Productions.
He claims the producers were able to deceive the audience with storylines "assembled from staged events and from the deliberate deletion of footage that contradicted the storyline, and published after the producers had been informed by Mortensen and by others, that the allegations were false."
He said he's not complaining about a negative edit ... Dakota says this is much more serious in his opinion.
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