The following article mentions sexual assault and addiction.
Over the years,the transformation of Dog the Bounty Hunterhas been truly something to behold.
From that point on, she remained a fixture of the series.
Baby Lyssa was born in 1987 to Dog and his third wife, Lyssa Rae Brittain.
Nowadays, Lyssa’s the proud mom to Abbie Mae Chapman and Madalynn Grace Galanti.
“I posted my house dirty, and I got shadowbanned on Instagram,” she said.
“It’s just not what people want to see, they want to see your perfect house.”
Needless to say, Baby Lyssa hasn’t stopped staying true to who she is all these years later.
When she was just 11 years old, Lyssa falsely accused her father of sexual assault.
“I had been molested by a friend of his,” she toldFox Newsin 2013.
However, at the time, the environment seemed more manageable.
She noted that her mother was inclined to accept her accusations against Dog as fact.
Despite their fraught history, Duane and Lyssa managed to reconcile.
In the aforementioned Fox News interview, Lyssa said that she hadn’t seen her mother since 2006.
After experiencing a rough childhood, Lyssa Chapman got pregnant at 14 years old.
Her daughter Abbie Mae Chapman was born the day after Lyssa turned 15.
Abbie’s father was in his 20s at the time, and he eventually pled guilty to statutory rape.
As Lyssa toldFox Newsin 2013, “Right after I had the baby my mom moved with her boyfriend.
Basically, she just stuck us in a trailer and told us to pay rent.
Lyssa was a kid raising a kid, and she didn’t have the support system she needed.
“I was a teen mom, I was poor living in Alaska with my mom.”
Producers made a meal out of Lyssa’s Season 2 debut.
“I kind of just changed my mindset and stepped into my power,” she said.
The series was temporarily suspended, but it returned the following year.
It would stay on the air for four more years.
“So I thought, ‘Well this would be a really good story to get out.'”
With the help of publisher Simon and Schuster, Lyssa was able to turn her dream into a reality.
“We’re putting it together,” she explained.
Teens are so bombarded with sex these days.
Years later, she shared a few more details about the series on “The Rumor Mill” podcast.
While that show never came to fruition, Lyssa’s small screen days were not over just yet.
In recent years, the “Dog the Bounty Hunter” alum has stayed active onInstagram pun intended.
The former reality TV star regularly posts about her workouts, which include long hikes and at-home exercise sessions.
“I’m a whole f**king mood today,” she wrote (viaThe Sun).
Lyssa’s love of exercise evidently inspired her to launch her very own line of clothing that included activewear.
Her brand, which was called Baby by Lyssa Chapman, was started near the end of 2019.
However, it took a little while to get things rolling due to the pandemic.
Sadly, it sounds like that momentum didn’t stick.
And then we wrapped the show around the time I was in my mid 20s,” she said.
I’ve grown up since then."
While she may not have gotten work done, she has made some changes to her appearance.
In 2020, she showed off a new light blond long bob onInstagram.
In 2022, she showed off an even shorter chop onInstagram.
As of this writing, it looks like Lyssa has continued to embrace the light blond bob.
And hey, who could blame her?
It looks chic as can be.
At a young age, she also began using drugs.
She began her recovery journey after she was arrested in 2011.
“Somebody put something in my drink and I was out walking the streets at three in the morning.
The cops arrested me for disturbing the peace,” she recalled.
Lyssa didn’t stop drinking alcohol for a little while after that.
In December 2022, Lyssa took toFacebookto share that she’d made a major life change.
The marriage lasted just one year, but Lyssa didn’t close herself off to finding love again.
Lyssa and Evensen began dating in 2016.
Lyssa took toInstagramto share photos of the special day.
She also acknowledged that she doesn’t really talk to most of her siblings anymore.
“I mean, my dad is 70 now.
I don’t know if he’s bounty hunting,” she said.
“If something happened where there was a big case …
I would definitely be open to being a part of a team with my family.”
