Richard Hatch Asks Court’s Permission To Do Survivor
Survivor winner, Richard Hatch, wants to be Wesley Snipes.
Well, not really, but they have more in common than you’d think. Both were convicted for failing to pay taxes and sentenced to prison. Snipes received a three year sentence, but he appealed and hasn’t started his prison term yet. Hatch was sentenced to four years, three months in prison and is finishing out his last few months on home confinement in Rhode Island.
In July 2008, a court granted Snipes’ request to travel to Thailand and England to film movies. Now, Hatch wants a court to let him participate in the 10th anniversary edition of Survivor in Samoa in order to help pay the $400,000 he still owes the IRS.
But, here’s the hitch for Hatch. He’d have to leave home confinement early to participate in the show. As expected, government attorneys oppose the request, arguing that if he leaves the country, he will not return and definitely won’t pay the IRS.
Let him go! Not only will this make great TV, but it’s a chance to let him pay back the money. The taxpayers could use it!
PS: The video above is Susan’s final speech in which she calls Hatch “openly arrogant, pompass human being.” Classic.
UPDATE: The court denied Hatch’s request for early release. That means no Hatch on the anniversary edition of Survivor.
I remember how much you loved that speech.
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