Richard Hatch Headed to Prison Yet Again

One of the standouts on the new season of
Donald Trump's 'Celebrity Apprentice' is in very hot water.
Learning his IRS lesson the hard way, original 'Survivor' champ Richard Hatch was ordered on Friday to return to prison to serve a nine-month sentence, says the
Hollywood Reporter. A judge is punishing Hatch for (still) not paying taxes he allegedly owes on the $1 million prize (plus thousands for additional media appearances) he earned back in 2000 as the very first winner of CBS' hit series.
Hatch now owes approximately $2 million in taxes and penalties. He has vehemently proclaimed his innocence.
The 49-year-old Army veteran
already served time behind bars for tax evasion, for more than three years. He was released in 2009, vowing that "whatever is owed, I will pay," but describing himself as "financially devastated."
At the time, he remarked that his years in jail "reduced my arrogance," but insisted he was persecuted by an overzealous prosecution that failed, according to Hatch, to overlook his sexual orientation. He told Matt Lauer, "My personal opinion: [The prosecutor] discriminated against me. I do believe that. I don't think you or anyone else could deny that we, as homosexuals, face discrimination."
Hatch is now under orders to surrender to U.S. Marshals by noon on Monday. District Court Judge William E. Smith slapped the TV personality with an additional sentence to take effect after prison -- 29 months of supervised release, with a requirement that 25 percent of Hatch's gross wages be paid to the IRS.
The judge scolded Hatch on Friday, "You can continue to proclaim your innocence. You don't have the option of engaging in this type of game or negotiation with the court. It needs to be a severe punishment. That's the only thing that will deter you in the future."
At the sentencing in Rhode Island, where Hatch resides, Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew J. Reich told the court Hatch "acted with deliberation" by failing to file "and did not make any effort to pay the amount he owed in taxes and penalties to the IRS."
U.S. Attorney Peter Neronha said in a news release, "The sentence imposed by Judge Smith, the maximum sentence allowed under the guidelines, sends the right message that regardless how hard you try to manipulate the system to avoid paying your taxes, in the end you will be held accountable."
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Yeah Gays are discriminated against! You use that card just like the racist card is used only to get your way and if you do, us normal people are discriminated against but you do not hear us crying about it! We pay our taxes idiot! WHAAAAHHH! Cry Baby!
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there's nothing "normal" bout u. uneducated loser!
First thought, what the hell is the matter with this guy?
And playing the gay card, really?
But I've worked with guys who went to jail rather than pay their child support. (The amount of which they had in their pockets.)
Either jail isn't as bad as it should be or it's a sickness.
us "normal" people...wow. that says it all.
IRS is evil. Pure evil.
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Yeah. Pay your taxes so these judges can make payroll for themselves and their crooked cronies. Wouldn't want their lavish lifestyles to suffer any.
Of course the IRS is pure evil. After all, their senior mgmt. is all Republicans!
Anyone ever heard what happened the son he adopted? He had the child while he was on Survivor....???
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the same 1 ur daddy used on u?
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Good deal, I can think of no one I would rather see go to jail. Owe's 2 million dollars on a million dollar win....now that's funny!
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yet Goldman Sacks and AIG stole hundreds of billions and not one charge.
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You are so right Rudy.... and those guys laughed their rear ends off at how easy it was to get everyday people to throw money at them believing Wall Street actually has an interest in making anyone outside their circle rich. Their behaviour leading up to the crash was just sickening.
I saw this guy on Celebrity Apprentice and I thought he was pretty arrogant! Oh well, the IRS got him. He was just nasty.
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Wall street ,AIG Goldman and others have taken billions from tax payers and not one goes to jail the chuch gives money and support to anti gay government reps and no one goes to jail I see his point!
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i bet u were alone on Valentines Day kathy.
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Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.
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I used to feel sorry for Hatch thinking maybe it was just matter of confusion over the taxes on the Survivor winning. But now, just pay your taxes like the rest of us!
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Confusion? What confusion? He won a million and went home with a million...Doesnt sound like CBS paid the taxes to me...Richard is just an arrogant guy thinking he can play the "gay card" at the drop of the hat...
Just like the "race card" when you flip it out as much as people do, eventually no one pays attention...
Pay your dam taxes like the rest of do!
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Lowlife.
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