John McAfee today stepped up his vigorous campaign against the documentary about his turbulent time in Belize. The documentary premieres tomorrow night on Showtime, but McAfee's going all out to discredit it before it goes to air. He's coordinating no less than an international smear campaign in Belize, the USA, and the world, via the internet. So far, McAfee has gotten testimonials from a handful of interview subjects, and posted interviews or sworn statements from others disclaiming their involvement in the documentary or questioning its conclusions.
But today McAfee dropped what he calls "the hammer," which is a Western Union receipt for 1,500 US dollars from the film's producer Nanette Burstein to Edward McKoy - a former McAfee security guard and one of the Belizeans interviewed for the documentary. The receipt doesn't say what the payment is for, but in his social media postings, McAfee says it leaves no doubt that the producers paid for interviews.
And that's just what the man who says he is not McAfee's attorney is claiming here in Belize. Bryan Neal sent out a release today reproducing that same Western Union receipt, and quote, "renewing" his demand that Showtime refrain from airing the interviews done with his clients, who appeared in a press conference yesterday. All four of those persons told the media that they lied to the producers for money and then went ahead signed waivers, which they claim they couldn't or didn't read.
Showtime has said that it does not pay subjects for interviews.
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