Who Is The New Woman In Dog The Bounty Hunter's Life?

Duane Lee Chapman, who's best known for his A&E series Dog the Bounty Hunter, had a rough 2019. At the end of June, his longtime wife Beth Chapman tragically lost her battle with throat cancer after being placed in a medically induced coma. Since then, Duane was hospitalized for what he later told Denver Fox affiliates FOX31 and Channel 2 was basically a "broken heart" (it was actually a pulmonary embolism). He also vowed to never remove the tattoo of his late wife's name from his chest. According to E! News, Duane and Beth were together for 16 years before tying the knot in 2006. Anyone who watched the series could tell that they were, by all accounts, soulmates.

At the time of this writing, it hasn't been a full year since Beth's passing, and the grief certainly hasn't been easy for Duane, but it seems like the reality star may be thinking about doggy paddling back into the dating pool sometime soon. A lone wolf can't help but howl at the moon, and that's exactly what some tabloids suggest the star is doing with a woman named, well ... Moon Angell. But has this alleged new romance already landed Duane in the doghouse? So, who's the new woman in Duane's life? She's been around longer than you probably think.

There's not a whole lot we know about Moon Angell. We know she's been working for the family for a long time and has supported Duane "Dog the Bounty Hunter" Chapman during his grieving process, but the reality star's daughter seems to think there's something shady happening behind the scenes. In a series of tweets, Lyssa Chapman, Duane's daughter from a previous marriage, took Moon to task, and claimed that she has receipts locked and loaded that can prove the dirt of Moon's alleged schemes.

"When a person who has ill intentions, that my mother specifically warned me about before her passing tries to enter, the war is on," Lyssa wrote in a tweet. "The devil ALWAYS goes for the weakest link. Not today satan."

In another since-deleted tweet (via Us Weekly), Lyssa claimed to have a boatload of conspicuous information about her father's rumored lover including "restraining orders, trust fund thefts," and "5 men in 3 years," (which isn't particularly shady in the age of Tinder). Lyssa also claimed that her stepmother's former assistant bred dogs for money before abandoning the parents at the pound. 

This is, of course, pretty bewildering, but not because Lyssa allegedly has proof. After all, her dad is a bounty hunter — they know how to find things. But mostly, it's perplexing that Moon would have worked for the Chapmans for 20 years if Beth though she was shady, right? 

Moon Angell and Duane Chapman are definitely not dating — at least according to numerous tabloids and the Dog the Bounty Hunter patriarch himself — so, then why are Duane's daughters alleging that she moved into his home? In a very angry tweet, Lyssa Chapman questioned, "If you went to your mother's closet and saw she moved all her clothes and replaced them with her own, what would you do? #ItsNotWhenOrWhyItsWho."

Lyssa, whose mother is Duane's third wife Lyssa Rae Brittain (per Survivornet), isn't the most reliable narrator in the Chapman family. She feuded with Beth Chapman when the reality star was alive and reportedly skipped out on a hospital visit when Beth had a throat tumor removed in 2017. A month before Beth died, she accused Lyssa of not acknowledging her on Mother's Day, so why is she sticking up for her stepmother, now? Nonetheless, she's not the only Chapman kid claiming Angell moved into their den.

Though names were never distinctly named, it sounds like Cecily, Beth's biological daughter and Duane's stepdaughter, wasn't happy about Moon's reported move, either. "I've been very quiet concerning the circumstances but tbh what kinda 'friend' moves into a dead friends house with their husband?! And ACTS LIKE THEY DID NOTHING WRONG? #narcissist," she tweeted. Cecily also claimed that her step dad "threw [her] to the curb" after her mother died, and she retweeted Lyssa's tweet about Moon's alleged move, pouring more fuel on the fire.

If you needed proof that Duane Chapman and Moon Angell were not item, here's the heartbreaking truth: Duane still sleeps next to Beth Chapman's ashes. He even considered having her ride in the passenger seat while he's driving — macabre, but you can't erase true love. According to an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Duane was extremely protective over Beth's ashes to the point that he didn't even follow her dying wish. She reportedly wanted them scattered, but he couldn't bear to throw her away and "start over."

"So, I wanted to put them in the car and seatbelt them in," he told Entertainment Tonight. "And I want to take them with me. But that's like, morbid, you know? You gotta really watch it. These are the times when people go over the edge. And you really gotta watch how you do 'cause my life, I went through experiences to help others — I really mean this."

Instead, Duane put Beth's ashes right next to his bed and planned to keep them there forever. That way, when he's finally at the stage where he can stop sleeping with a pillow covering up her side of the bed, he could still see his late wife each morning when he wakes up. That might put a damper on any of Duane's bedroom activities, but like we stated before, there will never be another Mrs. Dog, anyway.

Grieving is a long process, and the first three months seemed incredibly hard for Duane "Dog the Bounty Hunter" Chapman. He was still grieving to the point that none of his family left him alone because, as he told Entertainment Tonight, "It hurts worse or you feel it more when you're all alone." This interview came a short month after reports of an alleged date with a mystery woman surfaced, but it turned out to just be a business dinner. The real dating rumors flared up when Dog shared a photo of himself with Moon Angell on Instagram a few months later. Nonetheless, these longtime friends will probably never tie the knot, even if their existing relationship blossoms into romance. The A&E star admitted that even though he was "so lonely," he had made a pact with Beth to never, ever get married to someone else.

"I told [a woman] the other day that I was kind of looking at, and I said, 'Listen to me, there will never be another Mrs. Dog, so if you're just gonna keep giving them them google eyes, you better know that right now,'" he told Entertainment Tonight, through tear-stained eyes.

There you have it: there will never be another Mrs. Dog. If Moon really is trying to swoop in, expecting Dog to put a ring on it, she's barking up the wrong tree.

It was a long six months, but if we're judging by Instagram posts, it seems like a little bit of the dark cloud surrounding Dog the Bounty Hunter since Beth Chapman's passing has lifted, partly thanks to Moon Angell. In an interview with Radar Online, Dog seemed almost ready to doggy paddle back in the dating pool. 

"I see myself dating again. I am a human being. I don't ever remember being single," he told the tabloid. "And of course what do you do now, you go to the bars. I can't drink. I'll be in jail. I really can't drink without Beth being around, because I'll get in trouble. But I'll probably end up dating soon."

Duane elaborated that he thinks he will eventually have a girlfriend who will sleep next to him, but it has to be "a certain person" who "know[s] about Beth" and "the whole story." Who knows about Beth? Who knows the whole story? Moon. If they're not already quietly dating behind-the-scenes, it certainly seems like she's a stellar prospect (unless Lyssa Chapman is willing to provide those alleged receipts).