VIDEO: Survivor Winner Richard Hatch Re-Arrested; Sister Speaks Out
Posted on Aug 19, 2009 @ 08:38AM
Survivor winner Richard Hatch was re-arrested Tuesday by authorities only hours after he appeared on NBC’s Today Show.
Hatch was taken into custody at his sister's home in Newport, Rhode Island where he is under house arrest for tax evasion.
Roy Lyons, Public Information Officer of the Barnstable County Sheriff's Office in Bourne, Mass., told RadarOnline.com on Wednesday that Hatch was taken back into custody because he violated terms of his house arrest by doing the interview.
But Wednesday on Today, Hatch's sister Kristin said that Hatch had received permission to do the interview, and Matt Lauer raised the question if possibly Hatch was re-arrested not for doing the interview, but for what he said during it.
In the interview, Hatch told Lauer that he believes he was sent to prison because of his sexual preference.
Hatch had been serving a four year sentence for neglecting to pay the taxes on his $1 million Survivor winnings back in 2006. He feels as though he was discriminated against.
"I know, without question, that there are personal issues involved for the prosecutor," Hatch said during the interview.
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Comments
Why does he always pull out the homosexual card? He needs to be in prison for life just for being so ignorant. Just sayin...
Posted Thu, 08/20/2009 - 1:52am
Well there you go. While your under house arrest, you decide to get on NATIONAL TV and trash the prosecutor. And he said people don't think he's stupid.
Posted Wed, 08/19/2009 - 9:18am
LOL!!!
Posted Wed, 08/19/2009 - 10:36am
look at beth and lili getting all bent out of shape over this guy, could love be in the air? bunch of uptight witches....
ttfn,
sd
Posted Wed, 08/19/2009 - 9:06am
He should have kept his **** mouth shut !!!!
Posted Wed, 08/19/2009 - 8:26am
Is he serious? Of course, he's being punished for being gay. It has nothing to do with him not paying his taxes!! Start taking responsibility for your own actions and quit making excuses for your bad behaviour.
Posted Wed, 08/19/2009 - 8:13am