Survivor Winner Richard Hatch Gets Hammered by the Feds
After rejecting a plea deal earlier this year, original “Survivor” winner Richard Hatch was named today in a 10-count indictment charging him with tax evasion and fraudulently using charitable donations to cover personal expenses. According to the indictment, a copy of which you’ll find below, Hatch never bothered to report his 2000-01 haul for winning the initial installment of the CBS reality series–a $1 million check and a $27,000 Pontiac.
From the CBS Survivor website:
I’m speechless. It’s life changing, it’s literally life changing for me. Mentally I’m beyond exhausted, but I’m beyond elated as well right now, so much so I’m shaken. There will be more emotion when I have my wits about me and I realize what really just happened.
I really feel that I earned where I am. The first hour on the island I stepped into my strategy and thought, “I’m going to focus on how to establish an alliance with four people early on.” I spend a lot of time thinking about who people are and why they interact the way they do, and I didn’t want to just hurt people’s feelings or do this and toss that one out. I wanted this to be planned and I wanted it to be based on what I needed to do to win the game.
I don’t feel I was diabolical. There were ethics in this game. There was morality and I think that is a big part of why I won. I don’t regret anything I’ve done or said to them and I wouldn’t change a thing.
What a MORON!
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