Richard Hatch

The Survivor season one winner Richard Hatch has been found guilty of evading taxes.

Richard Hatch, who won $1 million in the debut season of the reality show “Survivor,” was found guilty Wednesday of failing to pay taxes on his winnings and taken straight to jail.

The charges carry up to 13 years in prison. Torres said he expected a sentence of between 33 months and 41 months, but it could be longer because prosecutors accuse Hatch of committing perjury during his testimony. Sentencing was scheduled for April 28.

Hatch, 44, was also convicted of evading taxes on $327,000 he earned as co-host of a Boston radio show and $28,000 in rent on property he owned.

If convicted Hatch will face up to 13 years in prison and a $600,000 fine. Looks like you will be living the show Survivor all over again in prison. I bet it will be a lot harder this time around.

[AP]

Related Today

This entry was posted on Friday, January 27th, 2006 at 9:58 am and is filed under Entertainment | Television . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.