Stretching his fifteen minutes even further, Richard Hatch of CBS’ "Survivor" went before a federal appeals court to argue against his conviction on tax evasion charges. Hatch was convicted of failing to pay taxes when he took home the $1 million prize on "Survivor. He was sentenced to more than four years in prison.
Defense lawyer Michael Minns argued on appeal that U.S. District Judge Ernest Torres improperly prevented him from pursuing a line of questioning regarding Hatch’s allegations that CBS promised to the pay taxes on the prize (CBS has denied those allegations). Federal prosecutors disagreed in their pleading, stating that Torres told Minns that he could present the evidence and that Minns chose not to do so.
While the "naked guy" (his "Survivor" tag) was acquitted on a number of charges relating to bank, mail and wire fraud charges related to his charity, Horizon Bound, he was convicted of tax evasion for more than $350,000 of income in additional to the $1 million prize.
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