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“Surivivor” season one winner Richard Hatch recently sent out a 43-page memo to petition his 13-year prison sentence for tax evasion. Hatch was sentenced to a 51-month sentence on May 16, 2006 when he was found guilty after failing to declare and pay taxes for the $1 million he won on the show. The survivor maintains his innocence and blames his ineffective lawyers for the crime. There is no ruling on the request as of yet but prosecutors are expected to respond to the request in the next few weeks.
This is a very bizarre case. Either Hatch is really stupid for thinking he could get away with not paying taxes for his highly publicised winnings or he was simply manipulated by malicious people. Whatever the case may be, let’s just leave it to the courts and see if they’re willing to give the ultimate survivor a break.