Celebrity Apprentice's Richard Hatch Sent Back to Jail
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Richard Hatch is headed back to the slammer.
The Survivor winner -- and current Celebrity Apprentice contestant -- was ordered to return to jail for nine months for neglecting to pay taxes on the $1 million prize he won as a part of the CBS series in 2000.
Hatch -- who was released in 2009 after serving a three-year sentence for tax evasion -- still owes an estimated $2 million to the IRS. As a condition of his release, the reality star was ordered to file his 2000 and 2001 tax returns and fork over additional funds, but he failed to do so.
"This isn't a complicated matter as much as you tried to complicate it," Judge William E. Smith told Hatch on Friday. "As far as I can tell, you've made no effort to put any money into the government's coffers."
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In addition to a nine month jail term, Judge Smith also ordered Hatch to serve 26 months of supervised release, during which the IRS will garnish 25 percent of his gross income.
Hatch is expected to surrender to U.S. Marshals on Monday. The Providence Journal reports the finale of NBC's Celebrity Apprentice will still air on May 22, regardless of Hatch's imprisonment.
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11So he will serve 9 months for tax evasion. After, we the taxpayers pay for 9 months of him in jail or prison... the courts will garnish his wages. Why didn't the courts just garnish his wages to begin with? We will be paying for his jail time and 26 months of supervised release. This is just silly to keep him in the system for this long. Ther are people that do a lot worse and serve lot less time. I am not a fan of his... but I don't like wasting tax payer money for this when we could have just garnished his wages to begin with!!!!!
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Since all of the Celebrity Apprentice episodes (with the exception of the finale) have already been taped, If Richard Hatch did make it all the way to the finale, he will have to appear in the Boardroom via a closed circuit televion hook-up from prison!
I can't believe Lisa got kicked off.. Why did she bring Star AND The Old Witch back into the board room, they ganged up on her and everyone knew that would happen.. How could she not know she would get eat'n alive by those two?? She should have brought the pretty white blond, she definitely would have stuck up for her and then Lisa and her could have ganged up on the Dion or Star. Pisses me off, lol.
well since this was taped well in advance it is possible that the winner has already been chosen. How can you owe the IRS double of what you won. He must be a total idiot. Definitely don't piss off the IRS...the fines seem to be outrageous.
Something tells me Richard Hatch likes being in jail for the view...
He is such a jerk and, as it turns out, an idiot as well! Good riddance, Moron!
This guy is such a TOOL!!!
I bet David Cassidy is doing a happy dance.
I bet David Cassidy is doing a happy dance.... :)
I never understood how he got on Celebrity Apprentice. The show will be better without him.