Richard Hatch Sent Back To Jail
Article by: Phillip Brunelle
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PROVIDENCE, RI - Survivor reality show winner, Richard Hatch, has turned himself into US Marshals in Providence, RI today for a federal probation violation which stemmed from his failure to pay taxes on his previous $1MIL winnings.
Rumor was that Richard Hatch would have to serve nine months, however a US District Attorney suggested six months to a Providence federal judge this afternoon.
Richard Hatch first failed to report his taxes for 2000 and 2001 and was later ordered to pay the IRS in excess of $400,000 and when Hatch failed to pay this money, he was sentenced to three years in prison. Upon his release he was put on supervised probation, one of the conditions was to re-file his previous years taxes, which he still failed to do. The IRS is now demanding $1.7MIL dollars in back-taxes and penalities and interest, almost double his $1MIL winnings from the Survivor show.
Is this insane, or is this reasonable considering his failure to pay for such a long period of time, and his lack to comply with his probation to at least attempt to pay any of the money owed?
The big question buzzing right now is if Richard Hatch will be out of jail in time for the final live show of Celebrity Apprentice. Although the shows have just begun airing, all of the shows have already been filmed except the final live show. Lips are locked about whether or not Hatch has made the final two contestants or not of Donald Trump's reality show, however Hatch may have some outside help from an influencial person to get him out of jail sooner.
In an interview with People Magazine Donald Trump said that he is going to see what he can do to get Richard Hatch out of jail sooner, possibly on "good behavior"... Is this code for Donald Trump will be paying the back-taxes owed to the IRS? Donald Trump has confirmed that he is "thinking about it".
This leads us to believe that Richard Hatch has either left a very impressionable reputation with Trump, or Hatch just may be one of the final two contestants and is expected to film the final live show.
If Richard Hatch is in fact one of the final contestants it will put Donald Trump's Celebrity Apprentice complete in jeopardy for this season since all of the shows have already been filmed and there is no going back should Hatch be in the final. Hatch will either need to be out by the time of the final show, or Donald Trump is going to have to run a live feed from the federal prison to reveal the Celebrity Apprentice winner... this should be interesting!
Whether Richard Hatch wins the Celebrity Apprentice or not he has certainly taken himself from Hollywood Fame to Hollywood Shame with his failure to pay Uncle Sam and his failure to comply with his probation and court orders. Welcome to our Hollywood Hall of Shame Richard Hatch!!
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