Richard Hatch survives prision too
Richard Hatch , winner of the season one ” Survivor ” show has been released from federal prison. He was serving a four year sentence for tax evasion.
Hatch, 47, of Newport, was convicted of failing to pay taxes on his $1 million prize in January 2006. He was sentenced to serve four years and three months in jail.
After being released from a federal prison in West Virginia this week, Hatch is now being held at a halfway house in Pennsylvania.
According to Carla Wilson, a spokeswoman for the Northeast Regional office of
the Bureau of Prisons , Hatch is expected to be released from the Pennsylvania halfway house Oct. 7.
Hatch has maintained his innocence, claiming the show was rigged. He has also said the producers offered to pay his taxes on the winnings, when he confronted them about the cheating. CBS has denied Hatch’s claims.
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