But not long after he met Bo, John divorced his actress wife.
“I was at least halfway responsible for some serious pain she (Linda Evans) went through. She’d been very gracious and kind … And I just saw her yesterday, funny enough. We were at a jewelry trunk show for charity. And she was just as fabulous and wonderful as ever. I always feel like sh*t when I’m around her. It’s just ingrained, years later,” Bo told Interview Magazine in 2016.
Because Bo was a minor at the time, John was at risk of being arrested in the United States, so the couple spent some time in Europe and Mexico to avoid age of consent laws in California. They later married in Las Vegas in 1976. She was 19 and he 49.
After they tied the knot, Bo’s career took off. John placed her in his movies – often in challenging poses and situations, to create buzz around his low-budget films. In the movie ‘10‘, Bo established herself as one of the most beautiful actresses in Hollywood. It was also in that movie that her iconic look first saw the light of day, her cornrow-style, blonde braids.
