‘Survivor’ Winner Aims to Toss $3 Million Tax Bill (Correct)

The winner of the original season of the reality television competition show “Survivor” asked a federal court to end a tax case in which the government is seeking to collect fines and penalties totaling nearly three times what he won on the show.

Richard Hatch Jr. asked Judge William E. Smith of the US District Court for the District of Rhode Island on June 11 for dismissal of or summary judgment in the suit, saying he’s faced “prosecutorial misconduct, judicial bias, and wrongful persecution.” Hatch has been fighting income tax liabilities, interest, and penalties that have now reached $3.3 million—up ...