Richard Hatch really should not have gone around naked on Survivor all those years ago but now it seems that the guy can’t catch a break!After giving an interview to Today’s Matt Lauer two weeks ago, the former Survivor winner was arrested and taken to a Rhode Island jail.
His sister, Kristin Hatch, told Lauer this morning that a sheriff’s deputy and another official arrived at her house within hours of Hatch’s interview airing Tuesday to take him into custody.
Kristin Hatch said that her brother told the deputy, “Do what you need to do, just tell me why.”
During nearly four years in prison for tax evasion, Hatch had been denied permission to give interviews. He told Lauer that his Today interview, along with two other interviews he did, were approved by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. His attorney Cynthia Ribas said she has been unable to find out why her client was taken back into custody.
“I have spoken to Richard, and I’m so sorry to say I don’t know what the grounds are for why they have him back in jail,” Ribas said.
Hatch, who is openly gay, was convicted in 2006 of failing to pay taxes on his $1 million prize for the first season of the CBS reality show. He was given extra prison time for lying on the stand.
He had said in an interview broadcast Tuesday that he believes he was sent to prison because he’s gay: “I know without question that there are personal issues involved for the prosecutor. I don’t know why. The prosecutorial misconduct has been egregious.”
When asked whether he believes that if he was heterosexual, he would not have gone to prison, Hatch replied, “I do believe that.”
Former U.S. Attorney Robert Clark Corrente – whose office oversaw the case – told WPRO-AM that Hatch is “delusional.”
His sister, Kristin Hatch, told Lauer this morning that a sheriff’s deputy and another official arrived at her house within hours of Hatch’s interview airing Tuesday to take him into custody.
Kristin Hatch said that her brother told the deputy, “Do what you need to do, just tell me why.”
During nearly four years in prison for tax evasion, Hatch had been denied permission to give interviews. He told Lauer that his Today interview, along with two other interviews he did, were approved by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. His attorney Cynthia Ribas said she has been unable to find out why her client was taken back into custody.
“I have spoken to Richard, and I’m so sorry to say I don’t know what the grounds are for why they have him back in jail,” Ribas said.
Hatch, who is openly gay, was convicted in 2006 of failing to pay taxes on his $1 million prize for the first season of the CBS reality show. He was given extra prison time for lying on the stand.
He had said in an interview broadcast Tuesday that he believes he was sent to prison because he’s gay: “I know without question that there are personal issues involved for the prosecutor. I don’t know why. The prosecutorial misconduct has been egregious.”
When asked whether he believes that if he was heterosexual, he would not have gone to prison, Hatch replied, “I do believe that.”
Former U.S. Attorney Robert Clark Corrente – whose office oversaw the case – told WPRO-AM that Hatch is “delusional.”
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