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What did Richard Hatch do after Survivor?

I’m going to pay off some bills.

Richard Hatch smiling

I’m going to pay off some of my mortgage.

Some of the money will go to Uncle Sam."

Nothing wrong with that."

Richard Hatch and Rupert Boneham

Unfortunately, the Rhode Island native took his own advice a little too far.

Department of Justice).

The jury found Hatch guilty of tax evasion.

Richard Hatch smiling

But Hatch argues to this day that he was not treated fairly by CBS or the legal system.

He said he tried phoning and emailing CBS to ask about his taxes.

“I just didn’t want to pay them if they had already been paid.”

Susan Hawk, Rudy Boesch, Richard Hatch, and Kelly Wiglesworth

The judge didn’t allow the jury to hear Hatch’s explanation.

In 2009, Hatch finished serving his sentence.

Where did all the prize money go?

Richard Hatch smiling

The outdoor program had helped him as a troubled teen in the 1970s.

Host Jeff Probst explained toUs Weeklythat Hatch was no longer a good representative of the show.

“That’s my thought.

Richard Hatch, Jerri Manthey, and Rudy Boesch

I think season 40 would have been better with me there than without.”