Richard Hatch Talks About His Prison Time For Tax Evasion

[jmaytum]

So a large gay man sticking it to the large tax man. What's not to like?

[oooshitman9]

General Motors didn't pay 14 million in taxes last year!!! Wtf? And you are locking up Richard Hatch? You people should be ashamed of yourselves. If he lived in a more progressive state ( California ) this would not matter and he would not be locked up...numerous celebs don't pay taxes but that's ok...except Westley Snipes.

[ulongkoror]

a federal correction facility?!?!WTF,all he did was tax evasion,its just a matter of a slightly large amount of money,not like he raped kids or mass murdered people,i think the judge just hated him =.=

[chuckyko]

Come on, faggot!!! You cheated and you got caught.

[kyo0teboo]

What a nice way to just win a million dollars and pay most of it all back =D . Hope it was all worth it Richard, hope you have a nice life since there's so much more for you to see out there!

[POLAK1Nysa]

america is stupid



[yankeessuck309]

fuck this debate!

exonerate richard hatch!

bring him back for one last ultimate survivor!

[zeecee1]

Oh gosh. He says if he were a heterosexual then he wouldn't have gone to prison?! So he's blaming it ALL on gay discrimination. What a joke.

[zeuthuk]

Richard was guilty of being naive and greedy, if someone had agreed to pay my taxes I'd want that it writing, his defence was manufactured in his own mind. Tax evasion has nothing to do with a persons sexuality, if a guy working 50 hours a week in a steel mill busting his ass off has to pay his taxes, then so does Richard Hatch.

[SimonDubois1]

Fuck the IRS. People are so bent on hating Richard, which I think is unmerited, that they displace the true villains which is the government, the greatest theft. Tax invasion, what about all those billionaires and corporations that get tax exemptions. And the Federal Reserve, the greatest heist. Eliminate income taxes, for people are not slaves to the government. Poor Richard.

[tet43]

As a gay man myself, we so often are portrayed as emotional, fashion conscious faux females. Richard is kind of a "gay thug",who represents every typical negative quality of average straight males. I think that''s kind of cool and ironic at the same time.

[zimdelinvasor]

@tet43 best token gay survivor's ever had

[afton53]

The systems main agenda is your money, period! Is Hatch a threat to society? Hardly. But lets lock him up with violent criminals as if that's the answer. What

about our not too few crooked politicians? This is a personal agenda from an

an agency that constitutionally is not suppose to even exist, The IRS. Get a flat

tax in this country, abolish the gestapo IRS, and none of this madness or incarceration of slavery would be necessary.

[beermebaby]

Bull shit, if the judge admits that he was wrongfully convicted you can bet your sweet patootie Richard would sue for every little dirty dime he could get his hands on.

It's not the IRS's responsibility to hold your hand during tax season. It's the individuals responsibility to meet with a tax adviser and itemize any kind of income that is taxable.

Did anyone else hear him say "no I didn't" after Matt Lauer mentioned he went to jail for tax evasion? The man has ZERO integrity.

[beermebaby]

Richard is a fat, arrogant gay fuck who has zero integrity. Anyone who looks up to this man is probably just as big of a scum bag as Richard himself.

Fuck this tub of gay lard.

[irenaprude2010]

He is a such a fudge packer.

[liberalguy513]

Cock gobbler

[ringbolt9]

tax cheat. and you see him on apprentice ? what an arrogant smug fucker. i dont care if hes gay or not ...hes obnoxious . at least hes not the fat slob he was on survivor.

[fxaman]

Richard is the hottest Survivor player ever and I'd love to go out with him ;-) And he definitely is not fat.. :-)

[acb55555]

I love him more than Russell~~

[MariosGuy]

this guy smuggled matches up his ass in survivor all stars haha i love it!

[BlingToYoRing]

this is all bullshit. He's all pissed that they wouldnt' allow the potential jurors be asked their opinions on homosexuals? Well, Rich, if i were on trial I'd like to ask potential jurrors their opinions on normal heterosexuals to make sure that there aren't any biased homosexuals being considered for my trial! Think of the absurdity of THAT! You didn't pay your taxes, so you went to jail. Don't be an idiot. CASE CLOSED, CHECKMATE. Had nothing to do with your preference of penis or vagina.

[leighulation]

Richard Hatch is amazing. Jerri really got it right in the AS reunion when she said too many people view Survivors as characters and not people. He was a cut throat player, but he seems like a genuinely good person. He got fucked over and the fact he had to spend time in jail is complete B.S. We love you, fat gay Richard!!

[ramrod20042000]

@leighulation Do you think Richard Hatch woke up everyday in prison with a smile on his face? Something like being a kid in a candy store?

[leighulation]

@ramrod20042000 That is a terrible thing to say.

[ToriAndyErica]

My goodness this makes me so sad :( I love Rich

[TigertailzBezerk]

Poor guy, Won that money all himself and ended up going to prison for wanting to keep most of it. SICK !

[BlingToYoRing]

@TigertailzBezerk you have to pay taxes, everyone knows that. this man was NOT mistreated folks!

[TigertailzBezerk]

@BlingToYoRing i know, But I think a law should be passed that you wont have to pay taxes when getting the lottery, The damn government has enough money

[sweetsusan146]

how long is richard on house arrest for? could you only amagine richard and russell together on the same island.wow now that would have been mega exciting and great tv,

[ulongkoror]

ok theres still a big question that im still confused about after everything:

did he forget to pay the taxes or did he simply said"screw this,im keeping all of my million"??

[BlingToYoRing]

@ulongkoror I think that's irrelevant, really. When you get pulled over for running a stop sign the cop doesn't care if you forgot to stop or if you blatantly drove through it. He didn't pay taxes on his winnings, period. It doesn't matter if he did it intentionally or not! Besides, he's not a young idiot, he's pretty smart. How can you forget to pay your taxes on ONE MILLION DOLLARS, LOL!

[ulongkoror]

@BlingToYoRing

maybe it was a misunderstanding?i heard it somewhere else that richard thought that CBS would pay the tax for him but CBS was like"huh we never said that" and next thing he knows,hes jailed

[BlingToYoRing]

@ulongkoror I dont know, I thought it was common knowledge that you have to pay taxes on winnings, whether its' lottery or game show. I hear that the winner of survivor only takes home about $600k! That's nuts.

[mrgoodfight14]

HAD to be on heroes vs villains... a true villain in real life and the game... plus hes a fag.... he had to be on h vs v... that would be lols

[CivilizedJerk]

@mrgoodfight14 Have you been a dickhead all your life or is this a new phenomena?

[subarianEra]

@mrgoodfight14 He's probably been a dickhead all his life. Nothing says a repressed homosexual than a homophobe. Just saying..

[HelloProAngel]

@mrgoodfight14 they said he would have been invited if he hadn't been under house arrest....lol

[thegov08]

i wish wish wish that richard hatch had been allowed to be heroes v villains. I know he's under house arrest, so they could have at least held the season in his backyard.

[JulesJoulesable]

The IRS do not "assess" your tax liability. You or your accountant do, and you're responsible for getting it right.

[JulesJoulesable]

He also endorsed checks to himself that were originally made out to his non-profit organization "Horizon Bound." The guy stole money from charity for Christ's sake!

[JulesJoulesable]

no, people think you're stupid

[ofelixdacat]

They accuse him of Tax evasion then WASTE our tax dollars by throwing him in jail? The American Government is Corrupt and STUPID.

[vrades421]

@ofelixdacat

thats why their called laws.... there needs to be consequences for peoples actions. Thats not corrupt or stupid

[ofelixdacat]

We NEED laws? Like laws convicting people for possessing Marijuana, a substance less dangerous then Alcohol which IS legal? Laws which ban gay marriage yet , makes the marriage valid if one of the same sex partners gets a sex change? Laws which ban prostitution yet allow pornographic films to be produced, which are both basically the same thing, since people are being paid to have sex? Laws which convict adults for having consensual sex with a minor, but not the minor? These are STUPID laws.

[JulesJoulesable]

@ofelixdacat Yeah I guess most of the laws you listed are a little controversial. But yes, societies actually NEED laws. It's a safety precaution. And yes, laws need to be enforced to persuade people to obeying them. Could you imagine a world without laws? Someone could walk into your home, murder your parents or your spouse or yourself, and walk away without any consequences.

[ofelixdacat]

@JulesJoulesable I never said we didn't need laws, because we do, however we don't need stupid laws, like the ones which throw reality show contestant winners in jail, just because taxes weren't deducted from there earnings. In fact, they are wasting more tax dollars to put Richard Hatch in jail, then just to fine him.

[TheGamingHero]

Thats not fair... seriously go ahead take away the money just dont put him in jail with murderers

[swim4scofield]

He doesn't sound gay at all. I mean, I know that's a stereotype, but all the gay guys I know talk that certain way.

[imfnbatman]

Hatch I always wanted to see you do other things..this fight is still holding you back, settle it and move on.. you maybe right but don't let this define your life. The other big point if you do the time, you should be even. otherwise its a debtor prison...str8fromCT

[jimijackson]

wow..with those surroundings, i can tell he has been financially devastated ahem...

[chadley6916]

God damn Hatch is such a train wreck...

[panther87prez]

Look at Matt's semi-hard on at 1:14 coming around the corner at Hatch's house. What was going on back there?!? Nice bulge Matt! Show us more!

[chuckyko]

2:47 Hilarious. Just ask the faggot, "Did anyone try to fuck you in the ass?"

[CivilizedJerk]

That's a question we need to ask you redneck cracker.

[VIDEOTIMEMACHINE]

Something wrong with this man . Not only did he not pay taxes on his Survivor money, he made money from his fame and didn't pay taxes on that as well. They gave him plenty of chances to pay before they charged him.

[CivilizedJerk]

Can you supply a link to that? Thanks.

[VIDEOTIMEMACHINE]

United States Department of Justice website.

[ZMT77]

@VIDEOTIMEMACHINE there is nothing wrong with not wanting to pay the goverment taxes for something he did entirely himself. shame on you.

[VIDEOTIMEMACHINE]

@ZMT77 Trouble is Richard Hatch wouldn't agree with you. He said the producers of the show told him they would pay the taxes. And he also failed to pay taxes on money he earned working for a radio station in Boston. Shame on me? no. Shame on Richard for being a liar and an cheat.

[ZMT77]

@VIDEOTIMEMACHINE theres no trouble that he wouldnt agree with me...i could care less. theres no need for him to pay taxes...nor should he have too...