Richard Hatch, the "Naked, Fat Guy" from Survivor Claims Prison is Horrendous

As if we had not heard enough from the 15-minute plus TV star Richard Hatch, he is again in the news, spreading his two-cents-worth. According to Hatch, prison is, "Horrendous!"

Richard Hatch, who was made famous by winning a million dollars on the TV reality series Survivor, was incarcerated in a minimum security facility in Morgantown, WV after failing to pay the proper taxes on his winnings. He was sentenced to 51 months in prison and claims that even though the facility has no fence and boasts beautiful countryside views, he is definitely no spending time at a countryside resort as some feel he is. "Obviously, this is better than county lock-up," Hatch told People Magazine in a March 26^th interview, but, "this is prison and it's horrendous because I'm an innocent man in jail."

After being known as the man who refused to wear clothes during a family TV show, Hatch seems to be grasping at straws to reclaim an image other than the "naked, fat guy."

Hatches' claim that this "country club" of prison is horrendous seems to fall on deaf ears after he spent six months in the Plymouth County Correctional Facility in Plymouth, Mass. It was here, Hatch spent six months in the same room with 52 other offenders. Amidst the lawbreakers were child molesters, murderers and rapists. "For six moths I never left that room. There were no doors, no privacy. ," Hatch related about the experience.

Despite attempts to have Hatch retried due to the judge not allowing him to testify, Michael Minns, Hatch's attorney has been unable to convince the courts of foul play in the original case. Originally, Hatch claimed that he thought the producers on Survivor or CBS itself was going to pay the taxes on his winnings due to the fact he saw the producers in question slipping food to their favorite contestants despite this clearly being a breach of contest rules. A CBS Corporation spokesperson has said Hatch's claims have no merit. And since Hatch was not just on trial for avoiding taxes on his prize winning but also monies earned from other legitimate jobs, it seems CBS may be right.

"I don't apologize for anything, "says Hatch, "I didn't do anything wrong."