PROVIDENCE - A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the tax evasion conviction of "Survivor" winner Richard Hatch, who was found guilty in 2006 of failing to pay taxes on the $1 million he won on the debut season of the reality TV show.
Hatch, a wily competitor known for his dealmaking with fellow contestants, claimed he caught show employees smuggling food to other contestants. He said producers made a deal to pay his income taxes if he kept his mouth shut about the cheating - a claim CBS has long denied.
Hatch's attorney, Michael Minns, argued that a judge improperly prevented the reality TV star from describing that deal, allegedly struck with show producer Mark Burnett.
But the Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said that Hatch was given several opportunities to testify about the alleged deal, but he never took the opportunity.
"The failure of Hatch to present any evidence of such conversations when invited by the court strongly suggested that no actual promises were made, and no such 'deal' actually existed," the court wrote in its 52-page decision.
Hatch is serving a federal prison sentence of four years and three months. A judge tacked on 10 extra months because he said he believed the reality TV star had lied on the stand.
Minns said Friday afternoon he had not seen the decision and could not immediately comment.
Besides his "Survivor" winnings, Hatch, of Newport, was also convicted of evading taxes on $327,000 he earned as co-host of a Boston radio show and $28,000 in rent on property he owed.
He was acquitted of seven bank, mail and wire fraud charges that related to his charity, Horizon Bound, an outdoors program he planned to open for troubled youth.
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