{"id":49605,"date":"2026-03-30T08:44:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T07:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=49605"},"modified":"2026-03-30T09:07:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T08:07:24","slug":"paternity-test-to-restraining-order-inside-jessi-draper-and-jordan-ngatikauras-messy-divorce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/03\/30\/paternity-test-to-restraining-order-inside-jessi-draper-and-jordan-ngatikauras-messy-divorce\/","title":{"rendered":"Mormon Wives&#8217; Jessi and Jordan&#8217;s divorce turns toxic as he files restraining order against her"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"98\" data-end=\"731\">If there is one thing <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/03\/16\/heres-when-season-five-of-the-secret-lives-of-mormon-wives-is-going-to-come-out\/\">The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives<\/a> never does, it is keep the drama small. And Jessi Draper and Jordan Ngatikaura\u2019s split is shaping up to be one of the franchise\u2019s messiest storylines yet.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"98\" data-end=\"731\">What started as speculation has now turned into a full-blown reality TV storm involving old paternity questions, a surprise divorce filing, prenup panic, podcast claims and a restraining order.<\/p>\n<h2 data-section-id=\"1e5ledh\" data-start=\"733\" data-end=\"782\">Jessi&#8217;s paternity test dispute<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DV1ruYVgVgI\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DV1ruYVgVgI\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Jordan Ngatikaura (@justjordddy)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"784\" data-end=\"1479\">Long before this latest divorce drama, there was already a complicated family backstory hanging over Jessi\u2019s love life.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"784\" data-end=\"1479\">Court filings from Jessi\u2019s earlier split from ex-husband <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/11\/25\/wait-since-when-was-mormon-wives-jessi-married-to-a-man-named-zach-gish-before-jordan\/\">Zach Gish<\/a> said there was a paternity dispute involving her son Jagger, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/tv\/15478785\/mormon-wives-jessi-ngatikaura-love-child-divorce-paternity-scandal\/\">The Sun<\/a> reporting that a test established Jordan as the biological father.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"784\" data-end=\"1479\">That detail was never the centrepiece of Jessi and Jordan\u2019s TV romance, but it absolutely added another layer to their breakup now that everything is under a microscope.<\/p>\n<h2 data-section-id=\"1l2rn61\" data-start=\"1481\" data-end=\"1538\">Jordan filed for divorce first<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jessi Draper: Blackmail, Orgies &amp; Escorts\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/foJ6Li8_fXg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1540\" data-end=\"2188\">The legal split became official on March 19, 2026, when Jordan filed for divorce.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1540\" data-end=\"2188\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/restraining-order-filed-in-pending-divorce-between-mormon-wives-star-jessi-draper-and-husband-jordan-ngatikaura-11930678\">PEOPLE<\/a>, the pair had been married for five years by that point. Jordan said the decision came with a \u201cheavy heart\u201d and that his priority was protecting the children through the transition.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1540\" data-end=\"2188\">But Jessi\u2019s version is much sharper. On Call Her Daddy, she said she had told Jordan on March 13 that she wanted a divorce, and she was furious that he filed before they had told the kids together, saying she found out through TMZ instead.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1540\" data-end=\"2188\">She also claimed he submitted paperwork about assets and property without her input.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1540\" data-end=\"2188\">Giving a glimpse into what life was like for Jessi leading up to this point, she said on the podcast that she and Jordan &#8220;fought every day&#8221; for the past five years.<\/p>\n<h2 data-section-id=\"3djch0\" data-start=\"2190\" data-end=\"2236\">Jessi discussed their prenup<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVyelXWjmE4\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVyelXWjmE4\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Jessi Draper (@_justjessiiii)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2238\" data-end=\"2911\">Anyone who watched the show knew the prenup was a huge point of tension.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2238\" data-end=\"2911\">Season four raised concerns that the agreement might not hold up because it allegedly lacked a witness signature.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2238\" data-end=\"2911\">But <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/jessi-draper-speaks-out-about-divorce-from-jordan-ngatikaura-11933691\">Jessi said on Call Her Daddy<\/a> that lawyers later told her the prenup was still valid because both parties signed it.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2238\" data-end=\"2911\">She said that means Jordan cannot take part of her businesses, though she expects alimony, child support and possibly some kind of payout could still be on the table.<\/p>\n<h2 data-section-id=\"1m1egx8\" data-start=\"2913\" data-end=\"2958\">Jessi went public with allegations<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUB5ysdkkU0\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUB5ysdkkU0\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by The Rub Down (@therubdownshow)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2960\" data-end=\"3623\">This is where the split stopped being just legally messy and became explosive.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2960\" data-end=\"3623\">In her March 25 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=foJ6Li8_fXg\">Call Her Daddy interview<\/a>, Jessi accused Jordan of emotional abuse, mom-shaming and trying to silence her with a proposed clause that would stop her speaking publicly.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2960\" data-end=\"3623\">She also alleged he blackmailed her over texts connected to her past affair with Vanderpump Villa\u2019s Marciano Brunette, and claimed he had hacked her Instagram during an earlier separation.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2960\" data-end=\"3623\">She said: &#8220;He was blackmailing me with Marciano texts. And, he had them on a draft on his phone on TikTok and then when he was mad at me, he was like, I&#8217;m gonna post them and ruin your life. We were fighting over this pilates stuff and he was like I&#8217;m gonna go post the TikToks&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2960\" data-end=\"3623\">Jessi continued: &#8220;I went to grab his phone, and at this point, no one knew about what I had done&#8230; he pulls out his phone and starts recording me&#8230; that was the moment where for me I was like &#8216;what am I doing&#8217;. It was unhealthy&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2960\" data-end=\"3623\">Jordan did not respond to PEOPLE\u2019s request for comment on those claims. It&#8217;s safe to say that it is a lot, and those are Jessi\u2019s allegations, not findings by a court.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2960\" data-end=\"3623\">Reality Shrine reached out to Jordan for comment.<\/p>\n<h2 data-section-id=\"1arxymj\" data-start=\"3625\" data-end=\"3665\">Jordan then filed for a restraining order<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DRQFm2TgXpc\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; 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