key takeaways
- John McAfee’s ex-girlfriend Samantha Herrera claims the crypto personality pretended her own death in a new Netflix documentary.
- According to Herrera, McAfee escaped from prison, returned to the United States, and asked her to escape with him.
- Spanish authorities claim that McAfee committed suicide by hanging while in prison; His remains are reportedly kept in a Spanish morgue.
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John McAfee’s ex-girlfriend, Samantha Herrera, says that contrary to official reports, McAfee did not die in his prison cell, but fled and is now living in the United States.
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John McAfee’s ex-girlfriend says she is still alive.
In the new Netflix documentary, Running with the Devil: The Wild World of John McAfeeMcAfee’s ex-girlfriend Samantha Herrera reportedly claims The infamous crypto personality faked his death.
“After his death, I got a call from Texas” [from him],” Herrera says. According to him, McAfee did not hang himself in a Spanish prison while awaiting extradition, but managed to escape from prison and return to the United States. McAfee asked him to run away with her, Herrera claims, and told him that there were “Only three people in this world who” [knew he was] Still alive.” However, at press time there was no known confirmation of Herrera’s claims, and McAfee’s remains are currently reported to be kept in a Spanish morgue.
John McAfee’s famous for creating and commercializing McAfee anti-virus software wild and outlandish behavior Made him an icon within the crypto scene during the ICO era. Among other things, he swore off To eat [his] Dick on National Television” if bitcoin fails to reach $500,000 by July 2020 (an offer he would later canceled it), launched two separate ICOs, and created an “unhackable” crypto wallet that was hacked almost immediately.
McAfee was arrested in Spain in October 2020 at the request of the Justice Department for tax evasion. The Spanish National Court authorized his extradition on June 23, 2021; McAfee was found dead in his prison cell hours after the news. The official autopsy concluded that McAfee had committed suicide, as did a Spanish court in February. However, McAfee repeatedly tweeted that he had no intention of killing himself.
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McAfee isn’t the first cryptocurrency to have fake death rumors swirling around. QuadrigaCX CEO Gerald Cotton took $190 million worth of client crypto funds with him at the time of his death in India in 2019—though crypto users were quick to point out that fake death certificates were found in some parts of India. were available in
Disclaimer: At the time of writing, the author of this article owns ETH and several other cryptocurrencies.