New Delhi, March 20 -- ABC has scrubbed the upcoming season of "The Bachelorette," starring Taylor Frankie Paul, three days before its planned premiere, citing a newly released video from 2023 in which she appears to punch, kick and throw chairs at her former partner as her young daughter watched and cried.

Thursday's cancellation of the already filmed 22nd season of the reality show is unprecedented. While ABC parent company Disney cited the older video, the move comes amid a current domestic violence investigation involving Paul and Dakota Mortensen, father to a son who is the youngest of her three children.

"In light of the newly released video just surfaced today, we have made the decision to not move forward with the new season of ...