Did he think they wouldn't notice?
Richard Hatch Hit With Tax Evasion RapHow amazingly dumb can one guy be?IRS says "Survivor" winner didn't report his million dollar prize
JANUARY 18--Richard Hatch, the first winner of CBS's "Survivor," was charged today with failing to report his $1 million reality TV windfall to the Internal Revenue Service. The below two-count criminal information, unsealed today in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island, charges Hatch with filing a false 2000 tax return that omitted his seven-figure "Survivor" winnings. The nudity enthusiast, 43, is also charged with filing a false return for 2001 (he allegedly did not report $321,000 paid to him by a Boston radio station). If convicted of the felony charges, Hatch could face a maximum of five years in prison for each count and could be hit with a $250,000 fine. Hatch is scheduled to be arraigned on the charges in Providence federal court January 24
[Kevin adds] What? No Office Space inspired "federal-pound-you-in-the-ass prison", or Chris Rock inspired "toss my salad" reference? For shame...
[Paul Retorts] Hey I got the FNG reference, there's only so much pop culture you can expect from me.
[Kevin responds] The Smoking Gun has the indictment, and late word on the AP wires is that Hatch is pleading guilty to two counts of tax evasion. As for the "language" in the post title... Fans of Survivor should recognize Paul's quoted text as coming from Hatch's own mouth (and likely Rudy's too, though he was partial to the term "queer") on Survivor.
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Goddamn it they will have t... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Rob Hackney | January 18, 2005 2:25 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Goddamn it they will have the shirt off his back wont they?
1. Posted by Rob Hackney | January 18, 2005 2:25 PM |
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Posted on January 18, 2005 14:25
2. Posted by Justin B | January 18, 2005 2:32 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Those IRS agents are pretty smart. I mean it only took them 4 years to figure out that this dude won $1M. I wonder how they stumbled on to this one?
2. Posted by Justin B | January 18, 2005 2:32 PM |
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Posted on January 18, 2005 14:32
3. Posted by julie | January 18, 2005 2:32 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Okay, why would a radio station pay him $321,000 and how can I get that job?
3. Posted by julie | January 18, 2005 2:32 PM |
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Posted on January 18, 2005 14:32
4. Posted by Rob Hackney | January 18, 2005 2:36 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Well, take your clothes off for a start Julie. You can send me pictures...I'll take it from there for you.
4. Posted by Rob Hackney | January 18, 2005 2:36 PM |
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Posted on January 18, 2005 14:36
5. Posted by BigFire | January 18, 2005 2:39 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Re: Justin
IRS waited 4 years for the penalities & interest to build up before filing the charges. Also, this lulls the tax dodgers into thinking that they're off the hook.
5. Posted by BigFire | January 18, 2005 2:39 PM |
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Posted on January 18, 2005 14:39
6. Posted by robcc | January 18, 2005 2:51 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Not a very gay-friendly/tolerant site, based on that headline. I'm disappointed in you, Paul.
6. Posted by robcc | January 18, 2005 2:51 PM |
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Posted on January 18, 2005 14:51
7. Posted by jmaster | January 18, 2005 2:53 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Seems like the IRS likes to keep a nice big juicy publicity case for filing just before tax return season.
Looks like Dickie’s number came up this time. Talk show hosts should have a field day with this one. More publicity than the IRS could probably buy.
But I might be giving the bureaucrats way too much credit here….
7. Posted by jmaster | January 18, 2005 2:53 PM |
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Posted on January 18, 2005 14:53
8. Posted by McGehee | January 18, 2005 2:55 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Not a very gay-friendly/tolerant site, based on that headline.
I could be wrong, but I seem to recall that's how Hatch used to describe himself.
(I still know waaaay too much about that show, for somneone who never watched it.)
8. Posted by McGehee | January 18, 2005 2:55 PM |
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Posted on January 18, 2005 14:55
9. Posted by Rob Hackney | January 18, 2005 2:59 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Robcc Said: "Not a very gay-friendly/tolerant site, based on that headline. I'm disappointed in you, Paul."
The headline is fine as he is a gay fag. I have heard many gays refer to themselves as fags. So what?
Good on him for trying to avoid tax though, just a pity it wasn't a legal way!
9. Posted by Rob Hackney | January 18, 2005 2:59 PM |
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Posted on January 18, 2005 14:59
10. Posted by Ralph | January 18, 2005 3:03 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
robcc, "fat naked fag" is Hatch's self title according to Gay.com's article-'Fat, naked fag' snags $1 million prize in TV game show Survivor
I had to look it up (Yahoo) since I did not follow the show.
10. Posted by Ralph | January 18, 2005 3:03 PM |
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Posted on January 18, 2005 15:03
11. Posted by robcc | January 18, 2005 3:04 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
My apologies. I've never watched the show! However, most gays who refer to themselves and their gay friends as "fags" don't like it when the straight folk do.... Have a great day!
11. Posted by robcc | January 18, 2005 3:04 PM |
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Posted on January 18, 2005 15:04
12. Posted by Just Me | January 18, 2005 3:10 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I am wondering how Hatch forgot that he won 1million dollars in 2000?
I am thinking there isn't going to be much of a defense for this guy, guess he should go ahead and pack his toothbrush.
12. Posted by Just Me | January 18, 2005 3:10 PM |
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Posted on January 18, 2005 15:10
13. Posted by julie | January 18, 2005 3:18 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Rob: Naked Radio? You may be on to something. ;-)
13. Posted by julie | January 18, 2005 3:18 PM |
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Posted on January 18, 2005 15:18
14. Posted by andre3000 | January 18, 2005 3:20 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
"most gays who refer to themselves and their gay friends as "fags" don't like it when the straight folk do"
I guess they forfeit the right to "not like it" when they use the word themselves. IMHO, of course. YMMV, PDQ ASAP.
14. Posted by andre3000 | January 18, 2005 3:20 PM |
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Posted on January 18, 2005 15:20
15. Posted by andre3000 | January 18, 2005 3:22 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Julie, Sorry, Stern's been doing it for several years now. Nothing new in the world.
15. Posted by andre3000 | January 18, 2005 3:22 PM |
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Posted on January 18, 2005 15:22
16. Posted by -S- | January 18, 2005 3:38 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I sense an overtone of intended destiny here.
As in, flagrant lie on federal/state tax forms (err, inaccuracies on some piece of paper he just signed, was in a hurry, didn't read them)====-->go to prison.
About the Wizbang choice o' wordage, I think I now perceive the pattern: mention "square" or display a "square object" = nazi. Mention "circle" or display "circular object" = gay. Mention any combination of "square" and "circle" and/or square and circular objects = go to jail via filing inaccurate tax returns.
I mean, I GUESS.
16. Posted by -S- | January 18, 2005 3:38 PM |
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Posted on January 18, 2005 15:38
17. Posted by -S- | January 18, 2005 3:39 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
P.S.: I love Wizbang. Just saying, I'm trying to learn the language, is all.
~;-D
17. Posted by -S- | January 18, 2005 3:39 PM |
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Posted on January 18, 2005 15:39
18. Posted by -S- | January 18, 2005 3:40 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Fairly reported, I see...ha.
18. Posted by -S- | January 18, 2005 3:40 PM |
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Posted on January 18, 2005 15:40
19. Posted by Rob Hackney | January 18, 2005 3:44 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Andre2000 said: "I guess they forfeit the right to "not like it" when they use the word themselves. IMHO, of course. YMMV, PDQ ASAP."
Exactly it is like the word " nigger" really and I love it when people get upset when I say it. Well the "gangstas" say it so it's acceptable to all I say.
19. Posted by Rob Hackney | January 18, 2005 3:44 PM |
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Posted on January 18, 2005 15:44
20. Posted by Paul | January 18, 2005 3:47 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
google: fat naked fag richard hatch calendar
It was a crack he made during the first show -- No pun intended.
20. Posted by Paul | January 18, 2005 3:47 PM |
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Posted on January 18, 2005 15:47
21. Posted by Don Myers | January 18, 2005 3:56 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Any time a report ends with the words "via Drudge," the safest thing is to assume it's bullshit, but this story does have a certain ring of truth.
I met Hatch about six months after Survivor when my employer published his book. I became his publicist even though I hadn't owned a tv while the show was on and had never seen the show.
The thing is, when I met him he was with his lawyer, his manager, his agent, his ghostwriter, and his own publicist---and all of them (except the ghostwriter) had hoses attached to his wallet, siphoning off the prize money.
I remember thinking to myself "Fuck---this cat has already blown his whole prize, but he doesn't know it yet." And I was right.
21. Posted by Don Myers | January 18, 2005 3:56 PM |
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Posted on January 18, 2005 15:56
22. Posted by Bud Norton | January 18, 2005 4:05 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
The Smoking Gun now has the text of the indictment online; what strikes me as odd is that he didn't file his 2000 tax return until November 2002. You can do that?
22. Posted by Bud Norton | January 18, 2005 4:05 PM |
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Posted on January 18, 2005 16:05
23. Posted by leelu | January 18, 2005 5:10 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Bud:
You can file for an extension (6 months, as I recall, which lets you file in October instead of April. I *think* you can get a second to file even later.
23. Posted by leelu | January 18, 2005 5:10 PM |
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Posted on January 18, 2005 17:10
24. Posted by Sean | January 18, 2005 5:16 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
IRS waited 4 years for the penalities & interest to build up before filing the charges. Also, this lulls the tax dodgers into thinking that they're off the hook.
The IRS is typically about 3 years behind in their review/audit cycle of tax returns. This is based on volume, not the desire to build up interest and penalties.
24. Posted by Sean | January 18, 2005 5:16 PM |
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Posted on January 18, 2005 17:16
25. Posted by Big Bang Hunter | January 18, 2005 6:08 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
- Actually he may prove to be a "survivor" yet again...If it turns out that D. Myers is right, and his check went out to services, to a high enough percentage, then the most they can get him for is "direlection" which generally only entails a fine of some sort.... usually based on the total projected income you can expect to make for life....but thats another story.....The unreported radio income may be the boat anchor that sinks him... with all that pile of blood suckers you'd think he might have squeezed a tax accountant in there somewhere.... pun intended......
25. Posted by Big Bang Hunter | January 18, 2005 6:08 PM |
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Posted on January 18, 2005 18:08
26. Posted by Drew - Dallas, TX | January 18, 2005 8:54 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I'm still wiping the tears from my eyes after reading the title. Too funny.
26. Posted by Drew - Dallas, TX | January 18, 2005 8:54 PM |
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Posted on January 18, 2005 20:54
27. Posted by OneDrummer | January 18, 2005 10:10 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Lennon was right....
Instant Karma's gonna get you....
When someone is so cocky and arrogant, they're bound to fall on their own sword (or pole, in his case....)
27. Posted by OneDrummer | January 18, 2005 10:10 PM |
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Posted on January 18, 2005 22:10
28. Posted by Justin B | January 19, 2005 1:36 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Holy shit. He just got an offer from Mark Burnett to do a new reality TV Show with Martha Stewart.
While your missed references to Office Space or Chris Rock left me disappointed, I surely hoped that you might throw some Shawshank Redemption in there. Didn't Tim Robbins "get a deal from the guards to protect him from being butt raped in exchange for helping them do their taxes?" Oh the silly Irony.
28. Posted by Justin B | January 19, 2005 1:36 AM |
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Posted on January 19, 2005 01:36
29. Posted by Ken | January 19, 2005 3:22 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I've filed late or made an error, and after a month or two, the IRS hits me with a correction letter and says "you owe such and such because of blah blah infraction or error, and you owe this much more for penalties and interest". If it looks close, I just pay it. So I assume the IRS sent such letters to Richard. He must have held them off with some tricky moves until they just decided to nail him.
29. Posted by Ken | January 19, 2005 3:22 AM |
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Posted on January 19, 2005 03:22