Shortly afterwards, his wife - who was also a mod on the RPG.net and a very active participant in the community - was similarly exiled from the site as Matt had been. The site’s staff stated that she had not acted in good faith with the investigation. Again, the details are scant and mostly hearsay, but word is that she actively worked against it by withholding information from the investigators, stalling for time when asked to provide it, and generally being uncooperative.
Worse still, it was said that his wife was using her position of influence as the President of the Indie Game Developer Network to cover her husband’s tracks. She had lots of connections in the industry and lots of favors she could call in. These people were known quantities. They were respected and had been for a long time. A lot of other high profile people around them either didn’t want to believe these allegations or, more likely, I presume didn’t want the stank from the accusations against McFarland to stick to them by dint of association. I found multiple comments while doing research of people alleging that many people in the industry were warning one another about McFarland, his wife, and how insulated and protected they were from consequences because like protects like. Obviously, I can’t speak to the veracity of these claims.
Make of them what you will.
