Judge: Hatch can't live in So. America

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A federal judge has rejected "Survivor" winner Richard Hatch's request to live in Argentina after he's released from prison on a tax evasion conviction.

Hatch is imprisoned in West Virginia for failing to pay taxes on the $1 million prize he won on the debut season of the hit CBS reality show.

He is scheduled to be released next month and had asked a judge's permission to serve his period of supervised release in Argentina.

He said he is married to an Argentine national whose family is unable to travel to the United States. He said he's stayed out of trouble in prison and has a right to pursue business opportunities in South America.

But U.S. District Judge William Smith denied Hatch's request in an order Monday.