RICHARD HATCH OF "SURVIVOR" FAME LOSES TAX EVASION APPEAL
The convictions and sentence for filing false tax returns imposed on Richard Hatch, the first winner of the CBS reality TV show "Survivor," are affirmed over claims that: 1) the district court violated his Sixth Amendment rights by curtailing his explanation of why he believed the show's producers had paid the taxes on his "Survivor" winnings; 2) in a variety of ways, the court improperly limited the defense's right to cross-examine; 3) the court wrongly allowed the government to use what defendant called "unqualified experts" while excluding some of the testimony of his own expert; and 4) his sentence was unreasonably harsh.
Guess he didn't know how to play the game so well, after all.
US v. Hatch, No. 06-1902
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