'Secret Lives of Mormon Wives' star Jessi Draper's husband Jordan Ngatikaura files for divorce

In a week rife with play involving “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” cast, 2 stars of the deed world bid look to beryllium going their abstracted ways officially.

Jessi Draper and Jordan Ngatikaura’s matrimony is coming to an extremity aft 5 years, with the second filing for divorcement successful Utah, according to TMZ, which cited tribunal documents. The estranged brace joined successful October 2020 and stock 2 children. Ngatikaura is besides the begetter to a teenage girl from a erstwhile relationship.

A typical for Draper did not instantly respond to a petition for remark Friday. Ngatikaura, who besides did not respond to The Times’ petition for comment, issued a connection astir his filing to TMZ and People.

He told the outlets his determination to divorcement Draper “comes with a dense heart” and said helium is grateful for their clip together. Ngatikaura plans to prioritize his children, “ensuring they consciousness loved, supported, and protected done this transition,” according to People. He said successful his connection that helium is seeking privateness for his family.

Before Ngatikaura’s divorcement filing, the pair’s marital struggles had go public. In November, Draper broke her soundlessness connected allegations she had cheated connected Ngatikaura and admitted to having an “emotional affair” with “Vanderpump Villa” prima Marciano Brunette. At the time, Draper spoke to People astir the “emotional abuse” she said she faced from her hubby — helium took “full accountability for the symptom I caused Jessi” — and said, “We some made mistakes for sure.”

The spouses had agreed to a 90-day separation and to enactment things retired unneurotic successful therapy, People reported past year.

News of the “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” divorcement comes arsenic the franchise reckons with prima Taylor Frankie Paul, who faces caller allegations of home maltreatment against her on-again, off-again spouse Dakota Mortensen. Paul, who was arrested and charged successful 2023 for a abstracted quality involving Mortensen, was tapped to pb the latest play of “The Bachelorette” acceptable to premiere Sunday, but that each came to a screeching halt earlier this week.

As Utah’s Draper City Police Department confirmed it was investigating alleged incidents of home unit involving Paul and Mortensen, TMZ published video Thursday of Paul kicking and throwing chairs astatine Mortensen successful a 2023 quality portion 1 of her children was successful the aforesaid room. ABC, location web of “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette,” acted swiftly and pulled the plug connected Paul’s upcoming season.

“In airy of the recently released video conscionable surfaced today, we person made the determination to not determination guardant with the caller play of ‘The Bachelorette’ astatine this time, and our absorption is connected supporting the family,” Disney said successful a connection Thursday.

“Taylor is precise grateful for ABC’s enactment arsenic she prioritizes her family’s information and security,” work a information of a connection provided by a typical for Paul. The connection went connected to accidental Paul had suffered “extensive intelligence and carnal maltreatment arsenic good arsenic threats of retaliation.”

Amid the caller allegations, Paul has seen marque deals autumn to the wayside and accumulation connected “Mormon Wives” intermission pending a determination connected her presumption arsenic a formed member, according to a idiosyncratic briefed connected the situation.

Times unit writer Yvonne Villarreal contributed to this report.