'Dog the Bounty Hunter's daughter Lyssa is reportedly going to marry her girlfriend
After Beth Chapman's dramatic fight for life last year, 'Dog the Bounty Hunter's family is back in the limelight and ringing wedding bells.
'Dog the Bounty Hunter's family has been big news since he became one of America's most popular reality show stars in 2004. Audiences fell in love with the big man with a dark chequered past and a heart of gold and his unconventional family.
They shared the Chapman's trials and tribulations and watched their children grow for 8 seasons until the show was canceled in 2012.
Duane 'The Dog' Chapman has no less than 12 children, and it's his ninth child Lyssa who is now featuring in headlines on social media, revealed InTouchWeekly.com on the 19th of April 2018.
Lyssa Chapman,30, first revealed in December 2017 that she was in love with Leiana Evensen and they were engaged to be married.
"On our Seattle trip this beauty beat me to the punch and asked me to marry her. I’m still in shock wondering how I caught the heart of such an amazing soul. Forever won’t be long enough baby."
Lyssa Rae Chapman, InTouchWeekly.com, 19th of April 2018.
A source close to the couple has revealed that the two are very much in love and that the wedding will be celebrated 'soon' in Hawaii where both women work and reside.
Lyssa seems to finally be on her way to stability and happiness, confided her friend, after a very complicated childhood and adolescence. During her early childhood, she had to deal with her mother Lyssa Rae Brittain's alcohol abuse, her father's drug addiction, and several incidents of sexual abuse.
Lyssa became a mother at just 15, and her daughter's father was subsequently imprisoned for sexual abuse of a minor.
Lyssa was married at 22, having wedded Brahman "Bo" Galanti in 2009. Sadly, Galanti was a violent and abusive spouse, and Lyssa divorced him in 2011. They had one child together, Madalynn Grace Galanti, now 8 years old. Lyssa's oldest daughter, Abbie Mae Chapman, is now 15.
Audiences knew Lyssa Rae Chapman as "Baby Lyssa" on A&E TV's reality show Dog the Bounty Hunter, in which she participated. As a bail bondswoman and bounty hunter, she helped her father Duane "Dog" Chapman to track down and capture wanted fugitives.
Lyssa is now a successful businesswoman and author, having published her biography Walking on Eggshells: Discovering Strength and Courage Amid Chaos in 2013.