Richard Hatch" align="left" hspace="5" />The Supremes have spoken.
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined without explanation to take up a last-ditch appeal filed by original Survivor champ Richard Hatch hoping to overturn his...
Richard Hatch" align="left" hspace="5" />Richard Hatch is still stuck on the island.
A federal appeals court in Boston upheld the "Survivor" winner's conviction on tax-evasion charges, further rejecting his claim that...
RICHARD Hatch won the first "Survivor," but jail is too much for him. The openly gay ex-Army man, doing four years for tax evasion, is "having such a hard time in prison [that], to be honest, I think he's starting to lose it. I don't think he'll...
Richard Hatch, who won $1 million on "Survivor," says being in prison for failing to pay taxes on his reality TV prize and other income is no day at the beach.
"Survivor" winner Richard Hatch wants a new trial on charges he failed to pay taxes on his $1 million prize. His lawyer says a judge improperly kept him from testifying about claims of cheating on the CBS series.
For the first time in awhile, Richard Hatch's tax season is shaping up to be pretty busy.
The original "Survivor" champ's attorney argued in a federal appeals court Thursday that his client deserves a new trial on tax evasion charges because the judge who oversaw the case improperly kept the jury from hearing testimony that broached the subject of cheating on the set of the CBS series.
Hatch was convicted in January 2006 of failing to pay taxes on the $1 million prize he pocketed for winning the first season of "Survivor," as well as evading Uncle Sam on $327,000 he earned cohosting a Boston radio show and $28,000 in rent from property he owned.
In May, the 45-year-old Rhode Island resident was sentenced to four years and three months in federal prison. After short stints behind bars in Massachusetts and Oklahoma, Hatch has been cooling his heels since August at the minimum-security Robert F. Kennedy Correctional Center in Morgantown, West Virginia.
'Survivor' winner Richard Hatch's attorney says his client wasn't able to testify about why he thought CBS was responsible for paying his taxes during a tax evasion trial last year.
Survivor winner Richard Hatch has been granted a hearing in the US Court of Appeals regarding his tax evasion case.
Hatch, who won the first season of the reality TV series in 2000, was convicted of tax evasion last January after he was found guilty of not paying tax on his $1 million prize.[...] Read more!
Richard Hatch once made himself comfortable in the wilds of Borneo. It's looking like he's going to have to try and do the same within the confines of the West Virginia prison he's called home for the past four months.
His attempt to have his conviction on tax evasion charges overturned hit a roadblock Friday when federal prosecutors advised a Boston appeals court to uphold the original judgment, saying Hatch had his chance to testify on his own behalf but failed to capitalize on the opportunity.
The first-season "Survivor" champ has maintained that he didn't pay taxes on his $1 million grand prize because he thought that the show's producers were going to foot the bill. Hatch's legal camp has alleged that the Rhode Island native caught producers smuggling food to various contestants during the taping, after which they arranged the monetary deal in exchange for Hatch's silence.
The original "Survivor" champ, who was found guilty of tax evasion last January for failing to pay taxes on his $1 million prize money and associated income and was sentenced to more than four years in federal prison, filed an appeal Thursday hoping to have his conviction overturned.
In court papers filed in First U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston and obtained by the Associated Press, Hatch's legal eagles argued that the judge who oversaw his case barred him from raising accusations that there was widespread trickery going on behind the scenes of the hit CBS' game show's debut season.
In the appeal, Hatch's attorney noted that the court refused to allow him to delve into his client's claim that show producers had agreed to pay the income tax on his winnings. The attorney also claimed he was restricted from properly cross-examining several witnesses for the prosecution.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — "Survivor" winner Richard Hatch, who is serving more than four years in prison for failing to pay taxes on his $1 million prize, appealed his convictions Thursday.
The original "Survivor" champ, who was found guilty of tax evasion last January for failing to pay taxes on his $1 million prize money and associated income and was sentenced to more than four years in federal prison, filed an appeal Thursday hoping to have his conviction overturned.
In court papers filed in First U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston and obtained by the Associated Press, Hatch's legal eagles argued that the judge who oversaw his case barred him from raising accusations that there was widespread trickery going on behind the scenes of the hit CBS' game show's debut season.
In the appeal, Hatch's attorney noted that the court refused to allow him to delve into his client's claim that show producers had agreed to pay the income tax on his winnings. The attorney also claimed he was restricted from properly cross-examining several witnesses for the prosecution.
"Survivor" winner Richard Hatch, who is serving more than four years in prison for failing to pay taxes on his $1 million prize, appealed his convictions Thursday.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — "Survivor" winner Richard Hatch, who is serving more than four years in prison for failing to pay taxes on his $1 million prize, appealed his convictions Thursday.
Believe it or not, Richard Hatch is having a tough time adjusting to prison life.
The original "Survivor" winner is currently doing time at a minimum security prison in West Virginia after he was found guilty of neglecting to pay taxes on his reality winnings and other sources of income and sentenced to 51 months behind bars.
He maintains his innocence and says he was "unethically prosecuted."
Richard Hatch is settling for what's behind door number three. And by door, we mean the barred variety.
The original "Survivor" winner has been transferred to a correctional facility in West Virginia to carry out the duration of his 51-month sentence for evading taxes on his grand prize. This marks the third prison the clothes-eschewing reality TV hero has served time in since his day of reckoning in May.
Hatch will now call the West Virginia Federal Correctional Institute in Morgantown home, having arrived at his new digs a week ago.
He has been moved to West Virginia's Federal Correctional Institute Morgantown, which is home to quite a few white-collar criminals, the New York Post reported Tuesday....
"Survivor" winner Richard Hatch has been tranferred to a federal prison in Oklahoma as he serves his 51-month prison sentence for failing to pay taxes on the $1 million he received on the reality show.
Richard Hatch's survival skills are being tested in a new setting.
The 45-year-old original "Survivor" winner has been transferred to a federal prison in Oklahoma while he serves out his 51-month sentence for failing to pay taxes on his reality show winnings and other sources of income.