Inside the Utah courtroom where Taylor Frankie Paul and Dakota Mortensen faced off

After weeks of headlines about domestic disputes, physical violence, criminal investigations and off-screen drama, a Utah judge put it to reality stars Taylor Frankie Paul and Dakota Mortensen simply: You “need to stay away from each other.”

SALT LAKE CITY — After weeks of headlines about domestic disputes, physical violence, criminal investigations and off-screen drama, a Utah court official put it to reality stars Taylor Frankie Paul and Dakota Mortensen simply: You “need to stay away from each other.”

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The official ultimately granted the “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives" stars mutual protective orders at a court hearing Thursday. It was the first time the on-again, off-again couple had been seen together in public since their domestic violence case made national headlines and a video of an altercation scuttled the productions and broadcasts of two popular reality series, “Secret Lives” and “The Bachelorette,” which Paul was supposed to be fronting.

Paul and Mortensen’s meeting Thursday was unlike the ones “Mormon Wives” viewers are used to on screen — neither Paul nor Mortensen appeared to acknowledge the other. Both were calm, respectful and attentive during the nearly two-hour hearing, which hashed out the merits of their competing temporary protective orders.