News Flash: Hatch Sentenced (updated)
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (AP)
Richard Hatch, who won $1 million in the debut season of "Survivor," was sentenced Tuesday to 51 months in prison for failing to pay income taxes on his reality TV prize and other earnings.
Hatch, 45, was convicted in January. The charges carried a maximum of 13 years in prison.
U.S. District Judge Ernest Torres said he issued a harsher than expected sentence because Hatch had committed perjury repeatedly during his trial.
"It seems unfortunately very clear to me that Mr. Hatch lied," Torres said.
full story (at CNN)
Update: several news organizations are reporting that Richard Hatch must also "undergo psychological counseling." Also his web site www.RichHatch.com has been inactive for at least several days now. What? No jailhouse blog from Hatch?
posted by Mydree @ 4:02 PM
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You will never convince me that Hatch didn't know that he owed those taxes. He was to smart for that.
I agree with you.
Even if he thought that he had an oral agreement for the producers of the show to pay his taxes, when it comes time to pay up then he should have paid his taxes and then gone to sue the producers.
I think Hatch's ego was so great that he thought that he could beat the IRS. Months ago he turned down a plea-bargined deal where he would have served no jail time (or very little jail time), but he thought that he could prove his inocence in a trial. He was very wrong.
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