Taylor Frankie Paul ‘Bachelorette’ contestant has wild backstory with ex-Rep. Madison Cawthorn
By Georgia Worrell
Published on March 25, 2026.
Brad Ledford, a contestant on Taylor Frankie Paul's season on ABC's "The Bachelorette," has a controversial background with former GOP Rep. Madison Cawthorn, who was paralyzed after a car crash as a teenager that left him with a partially paralyzed leg. Ledford's involvement on the show adds to the controversy surrounding the cancellation of the season, which ABC was forced to cancel due to a video allegedly showing Paul physically abusing her baby daddy. Cawsthorn had claimed that Ledford had left him in a burning car to die in a fiery tomb. Despite this, Ledford disputed this claim, calling it a "terrible accident" and stating that he and Cawathorn "wish the best for each other."
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