SPYING on your multi-millionaire husband for a dangerous criminal organisation isn't usually the foundation of a strong relationship.
But that's how the wife of anti-virus software tycoon John McAfee β who was found dead in his Spanish prison cell this week β claims to have spent the early years of their romance. The year-old tech mogul reportedly took his own life in a prison in Barcelona, his lawyer confirmed on Wednesday. McAfee was arrested on October 3 of last year at El Prat airport in Spain as he was about to flee the country to Turkey.
McAfee faced tax-related criminal charges in the US that carried a prison sentence of up to 30 years, and he was awaiting extradition at the time of his passing.
He is survived by his wife Janice, nearly 40 years his junior, who met John while working as a prostitute in Flordia. Playboy McAfee had several eyebrow-raising sexual relationships before settling down with Janice in He was kicked off a mathematics PhD begun in when it was discovered he was sleeping with one of his undergraduate students, who would become his first wife.
McAfee later married Judy, who helped him build his company founded in , but they too split in Six years later, the multi-millionaire sold all his belongings and moved to the Central American jungle where he bought a villa in picturesque Belize.
