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Here are some tragic details about the stars of “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.”
Filming paused after the arrest and didn’t resume for months.
However, according to reports, the incident was quite intense.
Per court documents, “Dakota reported feeling scared for his life.
“Paul admitted to throwing the metal chairs and wooden playset,” the document read.
“Court is officially over til next year.
They’ll just check in and see how I’m doing if I’m still doing better.
While the video was an odd way to share that information, the backlash took a dark turn.
Leavitt took down the video a day after posting it.
Leavitt and her husband were understandably rattled when they learned of their son’s diagnosis.
“Send some prayers for lil lee right now.
“It’s honestly so overwhelming.
It’s hard to not feel helpless in times like this.”
“He’s awesome.
He’s sleeping horribly.
But other than that, he’s doing great,” Leavitt said.
The first season of the show but scratched the surface of what Mikayla Matthews is going through.
“After I had my third child, I started getting really bad allergies.
Then I started getting molluscum on my neck, and then little rashes all over.
Matthews' health struggles made filming the reality series difficult, too.
This rough patch reached fever pitch when the cast went to a Chippendales show in Las Vegas.
Jen has continued to open up about her relationship onInstagramand in other interviews.
When she was just 19, she became pregnant, and she moved back in with her parents.
Her relationship with the father of her child, then-boyfriend Arik Mack, took a tragic turn.
One day, Neeley and Mack were arguing via text while Mack was driving.
Mack then got into an accident and died on impact.
“I was utterly destroyed.
I had no idea that he was driving I never would have replied to him if I knew.
Arik was my best friend and suddenly, he was gone.
I couldn’t get my head around the fact that I’d never hear his cheeky laugh again.
My baby would never be held by their father.
It was too much to bear,” Neeley shared in an essay she wrote for theMirror.
Mack’s death sent Neeley into a serious depression.
“I couldn’t even shower alone.
“I have grown so much empathy.
I think I give everyone the benefit of the doubt, and you might see that in the show.
However, as Layla toldUs Weekly, there’s a lot more to the story of her divorce.
Layla and her ex-husband, Clayton Wessel, started dating when they were teenagers.
After Layla found out she was pregnant with the couple’s first child, the two got married.
It was just really bad,” Layla said of their relationship.
Evidently, they haven’t exactly forged a friendship in the wake of their divorce.
“Hopefully we can get to a more peaceful place.
I think with him, there comes jealousy, and he found out about my boyfriend.
Jessi first got married when she was 22 to someone she first met in middle school.
After they tied the knot, she started a hair styling business, whereas he started smoking weed.
All of those life changes caused a rift in their relationship, and the two grew apart.
What Jessi struggled most with in her divorce was having to separate from her ex-husband’s family.
“It was hard because I loved his family.
Jessi went on to marry her current husband, Jordan Ngatikaura.
While there have been rumors about Jessi supposedly cheating on her first husband, she has denied those claims.
The influencer went on to reflect on her firstpostpartum journey, noting that it wasn’t easy.
“I think I just fear going through all of that again,” she said.
Engemann has yet to conceive, and in 2024, she posted onTikTokthat she was still experiencing infertility.
