'Survivor' Hatch ends tax evasion sentence

Friday, October 16, 2009

Richard Hatch, who was convicted of failing to pay taxes on the $1 million prize he won on the debut season of the television reality series, 'Survivor,' is shown in this Sept. 19, 2005, file photo in Providence, R.I. Hatch is getting out of a Massachusetts jail Friday Oct. 16, 2009 after serving a 51-month sentence (AP Photo/Stew Milne, FILE)

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"Survivor" winner Richard Hatch has been released from jail after serving time for evading taxes on the $1 million he won during the CBS reality show's first season.

BOURNE, Mass. - "Survivor" winner Richard Hatch has been released from a Massachusetts jail after completing a sentence for evading taxes on the $1 million he won during the CBS reality show's first season.

Barnstable County Sheriff spokesman Roy Lyons said Hatch was freed at about 6 a.m. Friday from the Barnstable County Jail in Bourne, southeast of Boston. Lyons said he was taken home to Rhode Island.

Hatch was imprisoned in 2006. He was released earlier this year to home confinement in Newport, R.I.

In August, he was jailed for the remainder of his term for giving unauthorized television interviews.

Hatch claims prison officials were retaliating after he criticized the prosecutor and judge in his case.

Hatch must serve three years of supervised release, complete a mental health program and pay his back taxes.

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