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    'Survivor' winner Hatch says he's destitute

    PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Richard Hatch, the winner of the first season of "Survivor," is claiming he's "destitute" as he seeks a court-appointed lawyer to help him appeal a nine-month sentence for failing to settle his tax bill in his tax-evasion case.

    Filings in U.S. District Court in Providence made public last week show Richard Hatch believes he should be given free legal representation to fight the prison sentence handed down in March.

    Hatch, 50, of Newport, had been returned to prison for violating terms of his release from prison for failing to pay taxes on his $1 million winnings from the CBS reality show.

    U.S. Magistrate Judge Lincoln D. Almond is recommending Hatch be denied free legal counsel. He says the appeal is not "taken in good faith."

    Hatch is appealing to the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston. The federal court in Rhode Island, however, is expected to rule on whether Hatch is entitled to free legal representation.

    In his handwritten court filing, Hatch says he is "financially destitute" and rejects assertions that his appeal is not in good faith and his own issues frivolous.

    Hatch also claims the Internal Revenue Service has yet to inform him how much he owes on his winnings from 10 years ago.

    He also says he has new evidence indicating the taxes are due to the government of Malaysia, where the first season was filmed, and not to the United States. He says the U.S. Tax Court is reviewing that development.

    Hatch spent more than three years in prison for not paying taxes on "Survivor" winnings. He was released in 2009 and ordered to refile his 2000 and 2001 taxes and pay what he owed. Smith ruled he never did and returned him to prison.

    Hatch is behind bars at FCI-Morgantown in West Virginia. He is expected to be released in December.

     

    393 comments

    • Ken N  •  8 mths ago
      you have to be in Obama's cabinet to cheat on taxes and get a free pass.
    • Jesusislord  •  9 mths ago
      the man needs to find the Lord Jesus Christ, because he is coming to judge the world soon..
    • reader  •  9 mths ago
      I bet he doesn't wear his birthday suit in prison!!
    • Randy  •  9 mths ago
      I bet he won't 'survive' a life in prison
    • DUNSON  •  9 mths ago
      Hey, Richie or better known in prison circles as "little dickie" party over here!
    • GAIL  •  9 mths ago
      This is news?? Who could possibly care about this loser, other than those who want to hear stories about him, other guys, and throat yogurt....
    • Shirl  •  9 mths ago
      What should he pay since they stil have not told him how much he owes? I am not a Richard fan.
    • Professor Firefly  •  9 mths ago
      Hey Richard,if you have no money,then why not do a gay porno? I'm sure some "bears" would love to get ahold of your ass...
    • Utopia  •  9 mths ago
      This guy is a LOSER and a TAX CHEAT.
      If he'd have owned up way back when, he'd be sitting pretty now.
      I'm sure he signed his original contract in the US, but the show was filmed overseas. Still bound by US laws. Nice try, stupid.

      Back to jail where your best talents are put to use, SOAP DROPPER!
    • MeMike  •  9 mths ago
      HA HA HA the most unlikable smug creep on TV. Smug about what??? Take a walk on the wild side - make a PORNO!
    • blubuhda  •  9 mths ago
      Our government leaders need some jail time
      • Shirl 9 mths ago
        A lot of jail time.
    • jeff  •  9 mths ago
      Common Richard you can Survive a short Prison sentence Hell its not like youll have to forage for food......
      • Utopia 9 mths ago
        .....or worry about having sex with other men!
    • Dingledine  •  9 mths ago
      Silly #$%$
    • .  •  9 mths ago
      Last year Obama hired 16,000 new I.R.S. debt collectors to get the rest of you. Financial hardship is no excuse. Prepare to be locked up!
    • .  •  9 mths ago
      So now they have reinstuted debtor's prison? They better start building prisons for the other half of America then. Wow.
      • Brian 9 mths ago
        Debtors prison is completely different than tax evasion.
    • JoeyD  •  9 mths ago
      Hey, at least his social life will pick up now.
    • Fawbots  •  9 mths ago
      yeah me too.
    • PJ  •  9 mths ago
      Who is his cell...mate?
    • TXRed  •  9 mths ago
      I last saw him on Celebrity Apprentice. Didn't he get paid $omething for all those weeks he was on it?
    • danman  •  9 mths ago
      The first Survivor season was like 100 years ago. Let the man live his life in peace!
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