Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee Page #5

Synopsis: Mysteries abound in the life of John McAfee. He made millions creating antivirus software, then reinvented himself as a yogi, a proponent of herbal medicine, and a serial entrepreneur. He was known for his charm and generosity. Then his life took another turn. He moved from the US to Belize and built a heavily armed compound in the jungle, like a modern day Heart of Darkness. McAfee never shied away from media attention and boasted of his libertine lifestyle, maintaining a harem of young women. In 2012 his neighbour in Belize, an American named Gregory Faull, was found murdered by a gunshot. Sought for questioning by local authorities, McAfee fled to Guatemala, then returned to the US where he pursued the Libertarian Party nomination for President in 2016. Over the years, journalists have told pieces of McAfee's story (including the infamous Vice report accidentally revealing his secret location). Here the Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Nanette Burstein delivers a deep investigation
 
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and asked me to go there,

and I told him okay,

it's not a problem.

So I went there.

And I sleep with him.

John said, "You are not

the only girl.

I have more than one

girls here.

I don't want no fighting,

and I'll treat all the same."

I was pretty young,

so I'd be like, "Okay."

Everyone wanted to be

number one, you know?

Everyone wanted to be

number one, you know?

And they were just

another number.

He treat me the best.

He takes me out on lunch.

He take us to San Pedro Town,

go shopping.

John McAfee used to

treat me

well, I say the best.

He's always around me,

and when they call him

he would just

cut off his phone

'cause he's with me.

He would spend most of the time

with me in the room.

And he would bring me breakfast,

and, you know

And he would bring me breakfast,

and, you know

He treated all the girls,

them, nice.

Tell them they're beautiful,

and the right stuff

the girls wanna hear.

I think they'll stay there

for the money at first

and then most of them,

eventually,

had real,

true feelings for him.

They're young, too.

It was exciting for them,

living in this big house,

and having trips and stuff

that they wouldn't normally

and having trips and stuff

that they wouldn't normally

would have if they didn't

meet Mr. John.

Had you ever lived

like that before?

No.

Had you ever

had sex for money

prior to that or

No.

That was my first time.

I was ashamed,

but then I got used to it.

What did he

have you do?

Um, sit on this hammock,

the hammock has a hole.

He puts you in a hammock.

Then after that he lies

under the hammock.

Then after that he lies

under the hammock.

Then he, um

You know, he would cut

cut a little hole,

and he would sit there.

Mmhmm.

That's what he use it for.

'Cause hehe wanted

to have, like,

scat sex then, and I didn't

agree with that.

What is scat sex?

It when you poop

in someone's mouth.

He used to make you

sh*t in his mouth.

He used to make you

sh*t in his mouth.

Like that.

I never had done that before

and it was an experience

for me, and

He puts his in

under your butt and...

he ask you to sh*t

in his mouth, and so

Did he ever have

regular intercourse

like, vaginal intercourse?

No, no.

None of that.

That was only thing I did.

I think I was grateful,

I think I was grateful,

because I wanted

to finish school.

And, um, he was helping me.

So I didn't care about

what he did.

So, um, I was worrying about

finishing school

and doing something

with my life.

When I moved

to the village of Carmelita,

I decided I would try

to clean it up.

And to do it legally,

And to do it legally,

well, it makes sense

to hire offduty officers

to collect information.

And from that information,

maybe they can go

and do something.

And they did.

I have an officer living

on my compound.

It makes me feel safe.

Makes me feel safer

to know that all the criminals

that might want to rob me

know there's

a policeman living there.

And they think there's

something wrong with that.

I was awoken

at 6:
00 a.m. by a commotion.

Megaphones and dogs barking

and people yelling.

And I went outside

and saw 42 soldiers

in attack formation,

coming down the driveway

with automatic weapons.

Load!

What's the GSU?

I would like to think

that they are

this specialist

group of police officers

who pride themselves

as being incorruptible.

Who pride themselves

as being incorruptible.

Make weapon ready!

They are special forces.

The maximum military thing

that the country has.

Because if you think

you get away

with the police, okay, fine.

These guys, they don't come

to play with you.

These guys are coming for you.

I'm pushed up

against the wall.

Handcuffed, searched.

They show me a warrant.

I didn't get a chance

to read it.

I spent the next 14 hours

handcuffed.

Why did the GSU decide

to raid McAfee's compound?

Why did the GSU decide

to raid McAfee's compound?

Intelligence at the time

suggested that McAfee

was massproducing narcotics

or some

psychotropical substance

that he was offering

for sale, unrivaled.

What did they find?

What did you guys find,

exactly?

Besides the arms

and the amount of security,

there was some blocks

of something

that he was producing

that resembled

methamphetamine or cocaine.

It was built like that.

It was produced like that.

It was built like that.

It was produced like that.

But when tested,

it did not in fact

reveal the properties

that would have

rendered him liable

for criminal prosecution.

They took me

to Belize City.

They charged me

with having one firearm

without a license.

It took the intervention

of the U. S. Embassy

to get me out.

They were planning

on trying to find a way

to charge me for having

an unlicensed lab.

The lab was shut down

18 months ago.

Even if I did need a license,

Even if I did need a license,

it's no longer relevant.

McAfee says he's a victim

because he didn't

donate money

to a known UDP

Orange Walk politician.

A representative of the

government came by and said,

"Why don't you donate

$2 million to the party?"

I said, "Get the f***

off my property."

A week later, 42 armed soldiers

stormed my compound.

And I'm just sitting down

with Reuters News.

So now I'm going public

with this.

And so I went I went

to the world press.

And so I went I went

to the world press.

And now I'm a danger

to the government.

They talk about murdering me.

They talk about murdering

all my cohorts and friends.

They talk about

planting drugs and guns.

I was terrified now

that they were coming for me.

When he came back,

then he brought the entourage

of all the bodyguards,

all of the prostitutes

and girls that were with him.

To see somebody

on a tourist beach,

and they have two or three

armed guards,

and they have two or three

armed guards,

that's very intimidating

to the tourists

as well as the locals.

It disturbed the locals

quite a bit.

McAfee had a reputation

in the neighborhood.

Greg said he's just

a rich American

and he's just terrorizing

the neighborhood.

Greg was very vocal

of not liking McAfee

and I heard from other people

that McAfee didn't like Greg.

I think he lived

600 feet south

I think he lived

600 feet south

of John McAfee on the beach.

Gregory Faull,

he came to retire in Belize,

and because he was

into construction,

he was going to build

and sell homes

and that's how

he was surviving.

So this was

a hardworking man.

Greg, he always told me,

"You know, I love to walk

from my house

down the beach

to Rojo Lounge.

To go to eat and have

a few drinks."

He says, "But McAfee

has armed guards on the beach.

He says, "But McAfee

has armed guards on the beach.

Not one.

Several.

Including some mean dogs."

His dogs ran loose

on the beach

and they were

really ferocious dogs.

And I even remember

walking by there one time

and these dogs were just

really lay into you.

Greg went to McAfee's house.

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