Born Duane Lee Chapman, Sr.on 2 February 1953, in Denver, Colorado, USA, of part-German descent through his mother, and part-English through his father, he is best known under his professional name of Dog The Bounty Hunter, and is a well known television personality, who initially earned his wealth as a bail bondsman and bounty hunter.
So just how rich is this Bounty Hunter, as of early 2018? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the current amount of Dog’s net worth is as high as $6 million, earned variously as a bail bondsman, bounty hunter, and of course television personality. Duane Lee Chapman worked with the A&E television network, starring in the television show entitled ‘Dog the Bounty Hunter’, from 2004 through 2012. One of his recent jobs has been starring in the show called ‘Dog and Beth: On the Hunt’. The mentioned above shows have played a huge role when it comes to accumulating the amount of Lee Chapman’s net worth.
Dog The Bounty Hunter Net Worth $6 Million
Duane Lee Chapman, Sr. was raised in a family with his three siblings. In 1976, Lee Chapman with his friend wanted to obtain drugs, however, as a participant in an apparently random gunfight in which a man was killed, he was consequently sentenced to five years in prison, but paroled after 18 months. Consequently, he cannot own a gun, and has also been barred from entering the UK.
After Duane was released from jail, he became a bounty hunter, a person who catches outlaws and receives financial payment for it, and as a result, Duane Lee Chapman has increased his net worth considerably – an example is that in 2003, Duane Lee with his team members Tim and Leland Chapman, captured habitual offender, rapist and drug dealer Andrew Luster.
As a bounty hunter, he has been invited as a guest onto a number of television shows, including ‘The 9 on Yahoo!’, ‘The Glenn Beck Program’, ‘Fox 6 News San Diego’, ‘The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet’, ‘Mark and Mercedez Morning Show’, and ‘Larry King Live’. His unusual profession means that he narrates his outstanding everyday life, and he was subsequently invited to become a leading star of the reality show ‘Dog the Bounty Hunter’ which aired from 2004 till 2012. The show was produced by Daniel Elias, David Houts, David McKillop and Neil A. Cohen, and it has also added a significant amount to Duane’s net worth, as it aired more than 240 episodes, and the show was very popular for all eight seasons it was shown. Even then, it was further syndicated.
Since 2013, Chapman has added to his net worth starring alongside wife Beth in the reality show entitled ‘Dog and Beth: On the Hunt’. Duane Lee Chapman has also increased his net worth as an author of the books entitled ‘You Can Run But You Can’t Hide’ (2007) and ‘Where Mercy Is Shown, Mercy Is Given’ (2010).
In his less=than=private personal life, Dog The Bounty Hunter is evidently very popular among woman. He has fathered eleven children- or is it 12 – both in and out of wedlock. The first child Chapman fathered was with his girlfriend Debbie White. In 1972, he married his first wife La Fonda Sue Honeycutt with whom he has two children: the couple divorced while Duane was in prison. In 1979, he married Anne M. Tegnell and they had three children together before divorcing in 1982. From 1982 ‘til 1991, Lee Chapman was married to Lyssa Rae Brittain and they also have three children together. From 1992 to 1994, Duane was married to Tawny Marie. Finally, in 2006 he married Alice Elizabeth ‘Beth’ Barmore and they have two children together, and are partners both personally and in business. The special “Dog and Beth: Fight Of Their Lives” was aired in November 2017, and documents Beth’s fight against throat cancer, which appears set to have a positive outcome. They currently live in Hawaii.
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