Boy, talk about a fall from grace:
Survivor winner Richard Hatch has been sentenced to more than four years in prison for tax evasion on his reality TV show winnings and other earnings.
Richard Hatch, who won $1 million US on the first edition of 'Survivor' in 2000, received a harsher than expected sentence because he repeatedly lied during the trial, according to the judge. (CP)
U.S. District Judge Ernest Torres, at a court in Providence, R.I., on Tuesday sentenced Hatch to 51 months in prison.
"I believe I've been completely truthful and completely forthcoming throughout the entire process," Hatch, 45, told the judge before he was sentenced.
However, Torres responded by issuing a harsher than expected sentence because he said Hatch had repeatedly committed perjury during the trial.
"It seems unfortunately very clear to me that Mr. Hatch lied," Torres said.
That seems like a really long sentence for tax evasion.
# posted by Adam Daifallah : 7:46 AM
