Survivor’s Richard Hatch Leaves Prison
Survivor champ Richard Hatch has been released from federal prison after spending four years behind bars for tax evasion.
The 48-year-old Hatch — who was convicted in January 2006 of failing to pay taxes on the $1 million prize he won on the first season of the CBS reality show — left a federal prison in West Virginia on Monday. He was released early due to good behavior.
He will reside in a halfway house in Pennsylvania until Oct. 7, said Carla Wilson, a spokeswoman for the Northeast Regional office of the Bureau of Prisons.
Hatch — best known as “the fat, naked guy” on Survivor — has maintained his innocence all along, claiming that he thought the show’s producers would handle his taxes and that he was ignorant about money matters. (CBS has denied Hatch’s claims.)
He appeared upbeat when he was sentenced to 51 months behind bars in 2006. He shook hands with his lawyers and greeted family members, yelling out, “See you later, Mom.”
May 14th, 2009 at 8:05 am
I think it\’s pretty sad when he does 4 years for tax evasion and child molesters and rapists don\’t even get 4 years.
Not that I like Richard Hatch or anything..
May 14th, 2009 at 8:27 am
I was just gonna say the same thing…it\’s a screwed up system. I can go to jail longer if I sold my pain medication than I would if I murdered someone, how does that make sense?