Richard Hatch's appeal denied

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear "Survivor" winner Richard Hatch's appeal of his tax evasion conviction.

Hatch was convicted in 2006 in federal court in Providence of failing to pay taxes on the $1 million prize he won on the debut season of the reality TV series. He was sentenced to four years and
three months in prison.

Hatch, of Newport, argued in his appeal that a judge improperly barred him from raising allegations of cheating during taping of the show and from explaining why he believed the producers would
pay his taxes for him.

Hatch's appeal was denied by a federal appeals court in Boston and was among more than a thousand rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court last week.  

The court did not explain its decision.