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April 10, 2006

Survivor Hatch being held in protective custody

PROVIDENCE -- Survivor winner Richard Hatch is being held in protective custody apart from other inmates until his sentencing this month on tax evasion charges.

Rhode Islander Hatch, who won $1 million in the debut season of the CBS reality TV series, was found guilty in January of failing to pay taxes on his winnings and other income. He was taken into custody immediately because U.S. District Court Judge Ernest Torres said he posed a flight risk.

Hatch, 45, asked to be put in protective custody shortly after he was detained, his attorney, Michael Minns, said Monday. Hatch is being held at a jail in Plymouth, Mass., until his sentencing April 25.

Charles Wyant, a supervisory deputy U.S. marshal, said Hatch was placed in protective custody because he is a celebrity. Any prisoner can make such a request. "The situation he's in is the best possible position for him to be in at this point in time, the safest and most secure," Wyant said.

-- Associated Press

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