According to sources the reality television star Richard Hatch has presented himself to U.S. marshals in Rhode Island to begin a nine month prison sentence for failing to pay taxes on the one million dollars he won on the first season of the CBS show Survivor.
Hatch arrived at the U.S District Court in Providence just after noon Monday, clad in a blue sweat suit. Hatch maintains his innocence and says he hopes to be released soon. He has appealed to the first U.S Circuit court of appeals in Boston. Hatch who lives in Newport, R.I is currently appearing on NBC’s the Celebrity Apprentice. He spent three years in prison for tax evasion before being released in 2009. He was ordered to refile his 2000 and 2001 taxes and pay what he owed, he never did.
Hatch is only one of many individuals who are charged with tax evasion every year, however the higher the amount you owe, the deeper in trouble you get as you can tell with Richard Hatch. He will spend the next nine months in prison when all he had to do was pay the amount owed.
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