Richard Hatch, the winner of the original season of Survivor in 2000, spent nearly four years in prison for not paying taxes, including on the $1 million he won on the show. Yesterday, while still on house arrest in Rhode Island, he did an interview with Matt Lauer saying that the reason he was convicted was because a homophobic prosecutor and judge singled him out and that he is, in fact, innocent.

That is such a load of bull! Our legal system may not be perfect, but there is no way that enough evidence could be concocted to throw his greedy ass in jail. The only excuse he could have for not paying Uncle Sam for a check he was given in front of millions of people is stupidity. Instead, he plays the gay card.

Shortly after the interview, the sheriff came and carted him back to jail for doing it. We still don't know whether it was because he did it or because of what he said. Time will tell.

If only we could lock up Kristian Laliberte, the socialgay who claims he was harassed and assaulted by a guest at the Hamptons nightclub Georgica. Come to find out he was mistreated because he stole the guy's booze and caused a fit. Thanks for ruining your message of tolerance by being a jackass.

Maybe he learned this trick from Perez Hilton, who tried to get sympathy for being attacked after calling rapper will.i.am a "faggot" in a fight. Which is similar to Nick Haramis the BlackBook editor who claimed he was a victim of a hate crime at Village staple the Corner Bistro earlier this year, when the surveillance video shows his drunk ass was the aggressor in the attack.

Yes, homophobia affects gay men all the time in various and subtle ways. And yes, we are treated unfairly all the time. But hate crimes are on the rise, and we can't afford for the impact of these tragedies to be lessened by your petty claims. Every time a queer reports a false hate crime, a fairy loses its wings.

Take responsibility for not paying your taxes, for being a drunk idiot, or an aggressive blogger. It's time to take it like a man. It's something gay men are famous for, and it's about time you learn.

As you may recall, Laliberte claimed that he was "assaulted" for no good reason at The Georgica in the Hamptons by a rampaging barbarian who called him mean names like "Jew" and "fag," but the staff of the restaurant refused to throw the guy out. This outraged Laliberte.

Don't people realize that gays are being hung in Iran or bombed in Israel. People should stamp out hatred whenever they see it, and I was disappointed and ashamed that this certainly wasn't the case with the staff at the night club.

All of this raised a big question: just what did Laliberte do to spark this guy's ire? Laliberte refused to elaborate on the specifics of what led up to the incident and the restaurant hasn't returned our inquiry call (In fairness to them they're only open on the weekends.), but Guest of a Guest tracked down a couple of witnesses and learned that Laliberte's lucky he only got called names by the guy.

he walked up to a table where he was not sitting and poured vodka in his glass. the guy who was at the table told kristian to leave the table. kristian got hysterical and started to say "do you know who i am?" the guy said, i don't care who you are this is our table get out of here. as kristian walked away the guy booted kristian in the ass. more of a playful thing then anything harmful.

kristian then went outside and was hysterically crying and threatening to call the police...The patron went outside and tried to apologize but at this point Kristian was having none of it. He started to berate the guy, whom again he did not know, saying "you think because you're some spoiled rich kid you can get away with anything." The paying patron attempted to apologize a number of times before he got angry and started to yell at Kristian.

Another witness backed this story up, though that person thought it was expensive champagne that was pilfered by Laliberte, not vodka. Minor details. The bottom line is that Laliberte brazenly swiped pricey booze from a stranger and managed to toss out the "do you know who I am" card in the process. He's lucky he didn't get his face bashed in.

Regardless, one thing about this entire incident is abundantly clear: Kristian Laliberte gives socialgays a bad name.

Laliberte first reported the incident on his Twitter over the weekend:





Laiberte, last seen fully engaged in the most retarded social feud in the history of retarded social feuds, spoke to Guest of a Guest about the incident, but refused to elaborate on the details of what exactly happened, so we are only left to assume that Laliberte said something insulting about the guy's socks or something. However, he didn't hold back on painting himself as the gay Rosa Parks for having the courage to speak out against gay slur words.

A lot of my straight friends don't get why its such a big deal. However if the LGTB community wants to achieve more tolerance and equality, they need to realize that this term is nothing short of saying that homosexuals are second class citizens, that something is wrong with us.

When straights and gays realize the import of the world and all that it implies, its to recall a time when the n word was perfectly acceptable, a time when a certain group was inferior to the general population. We all know where that can lead.

Don't people realize that gays are being hung in Iran or bombed in Israel. People should stamp out hatred whenever they see it, and I was disappointed and ashamed that this certainly wasn't the case with the staff at the night club.

Sadly, Laliberte's words aren't exactly hollow, but it's hard to take them, or anything else that comes from Kristian Laliberte, seriously when they come from Kristian Laliberte.

A recap of this Most Vapid Feud of Our Time:
1. A ridiculous ad is posted on Craigslist seeking interns for Adrien Field and Alexandra Alexis, two vapid fauxcialites.
2. Adrien Field says the ad was fake; a tipster speculates that Kristian Laliberte put it up to make them look stupid, which he denies.
3. Kristian has now written an article for a social networking site for vapid richies, calling out his least favorite fauxcialites. No trace of irony here.
4. We're forwarded this screen grab from an alleged Laliberte Manhunt account, which has allegedly been going around. Kristian tells us, "I have no idea what this is."

Maybe it's a plant by one of his myriad rivals for the crown, another blow in an ongoing fauxcialite feud! Who knows. Hey, let's all play the quiet game!

I warn you up front that this entire post is the most insipid thing imaginable. Okay.


So! We told you this weekend about the laughable 'internship' ad for some poor sap to hold the coats of two aspiring carpet-walkers, for free, which was very sad and rage-inducing. But it was on Craigslist, which means it could be a fake. And the man himself says it is:

Neither I nor Alexandra wrote the Craigslist Ad linked to in the Gawker post. We are looking for interns (something we've been mentioning to several people) but neither of us would ever write anything as ridiculously bombastic as that post. I did get a laugh out of it though. You should be getting an email from Alexandra's publicist tomorrow morning stating the same.
Best, Adrien Field

Who would create such a vile spoof of this dynamic young combo and their quite innocent intern hunt? One tipster believes it was socialgay and lying flack Kristian Laliberte, who could be jealous that Adrien Field is trying to horn in on his title as New York's dumbest whatever:

It was at the Soho House on Tues for the Acria event where Adrien and Alexandra were both in attendance. KL was there as one of the hosts and looked disgusted when he saw them and went over to this guy, I think his name is Brett, and was like, "Ugh, the rat is here." Everyone knows that Kristian is pissed that Adrien has been getting attention for stuff he used to get it for, like the fur wearing and feels threatened by him especially since they are both apparently writing novels about similar things: social climbing.

I heard him mention Craigslist and I wouldn't be surprised at all if he sent it in himself.

There you have it, a big mystery. We emailed Kristian L. but haven't heard back yet. Needless to say—regardless of who did what—everybody involved in this is contemptible, most especially us. [Pic: Guest of a Guest]

UPDATE: Kristian Laliberte emails:

Hey,
Sadly, I have yet to have enough free time in my days to start creating fake ads. I don't even know who the second person is. I'm sure Craig's List will trace the IP address if you are willing to do a lil investigative journalism. This is mine, in case you are wondering.
x
KBL

Lohan was done in by paparazzi photos of her wearing someone else's fur coat; according to Guest of a Guest, Calderon was caught on a security camera.

Wednesday at The Eldridge, the story goes, the Paper magazine editor writer made off with someone's purse. According to a Guest tipster, it belongs to an Eldridge employee, and Calderon has promised to cough up some cash (he can't "find" the purse itself).

"He needed to ask his parents" for the money, the tipster wrote, which points at the likely cause: a tragically broke socialite robbed of patrons by the recession.

With so many other self-important personalities allegedly turning to crime to support their addiction to freebies — Jennifer Lopez, Michael Jackson and Calderon's frenemy Kristian Laliberte have all been accused — it would be no wonder if Calderon did the same. What socialite wants to be left out of an upper-crust fad?

(Top pic: Guest of a Guest)

The socialgay-turned-reality-diva is apparently the latest outsized personality to turn thief. A tipster said Laliberte made off with five of his company's fedoras:

I FedEx'd him the hats and he promised to produce articles in Black Book Mag and others about my line 7 months ago, never heard or saw any of them, and is refusing to return my goods. I filed a theft complaint with the NYPD. He is a thief!!

And it's not just your self-important UES cheek-kissers fueling the trend: Hollywood A-lister Jennifer Lopez is said to be guilty as well. Recall Page Six's Wednesday item about how the actress said she'd be keeping $50,000 of diamonds borrowed from a Beverly Hills fashion launch the star attended. An "insider" whispered to Six,

As far as Mr. Mouawad is concerned, Jennifer can have whatever she wants, but a premature demand seemed presumptuous.

Lopez's manager said she'd been promised the diamonds. Maybe he's confused: The fashion industry used to be able to afford such generosity, was once willing to write it off as the cost of doing business.

That's why stars used to get all sorts of freebies at "gifting suites" near showbiz industry events. Those rooms are getting kind of pathetic these days as the luxury goods makers have trouble selling their wares to anyone, celebrity endorsement or not.

So perhaps we should forgive celebs for trying to silently and unilaterally convert borrowed goods into gifts. Their innocent hearts are just trying to maintain the expense-free lifestyles to which they've become accustomed.

And it's easy to rationalize, because there's always someone running a bigger scam — like Michael Jackson, who right after last fall's economic meltdown tried to pretend a $7 million loan was a "gift."

Sorry, A-listers: If it seems like you're losing all your perks, maybe you need to ratchet down your expectations like the rest of us. We hear practically any celeb can still get free headbands, for example.

“I think that people are being more conservative… There’s a dichotomy: On one side, people are skimping on certain things and then, on the other side, you see these fabulous clubs again. There are extremes on both sides. From being in the PR industry, maybe deciding not to serve hors d’oeuvres. Or, instead of a big name DJ, let’s get an unknown. Instead of paying an appearance fee for an actor, maybe go with a socialite.”

We might direct him to the film Bon Voyage, set in France in 1940. As the NYT said, it "juggles myriad characters in various states of panicked self-absorption at a turning point in history."

[Photo: Nikola Tamindzic for Home of the Vain]

"Nahant Laliberte" is also his Facebook name, and he described his hometown in an interview on Guest of a Guest as "one of the smallest towns in New England, surrounded by beaches, and water, and a tight knit group of close friends."

Huh. Maybe those "close friends" are lucky they're not on Cityfile, because Laliberte—ever the consummate PR professional—has a long and colorful history of calling his dear chums out!

The email, excerpted for time and sanity (full thing can be read here):

I'm sure your story is based on emails sent from someone who hacked into my gmail and forwarded emails (mostly doctored) to an anonymous yahoo account (gaydavidvid@yahoo.com), and also hacked into my facebook and wrote a string of graphic, disgusting, and damaging emails to specific individuals. The self-same person had interactions via my gmail with people who assumed it was me writing. I am not perfect—I've made mistakes, but the extent and depth of the perpertrator's obsession with discrediting me has led him or her to severely alter the truth.

There is no story or article forthcoming about Kristian. Unfortunately!

I know for a fact that the people behind this sinister prank will be revealed in as little as two weeks time. They made a lot of stupid mistakes—logging in from a private computer, sending information to people that I never knew, talking about events that I was out of the country for, etc. I really don't want you to be involved with hindering a criminal and legal investigation—which I think your baseless article will be doing. I'm sure you have some fantastic pull quotes from unscrupulous editors or people that I have never been friends with—-but again, they mean nothing in the face of the fact that someone HACKED into my gmail and facebook and manipulated and twisted information.

I readily admit I've made mistakes. I was naive to trust people like you when I moved to New York. I didn't understand the toxic nature that defines the very insulated social world that I work in. At this point and time however, I know who my real friends are, I love my job and my family and I have very little time for anything other than those three major components of my life. Your suggestions of me air kissing those who hate me are so off base it's laughable. I'm a germophobic and notoriously shy. I rarely approach someone unless I'm introduced to them—although I'd probably make an exception for David Beckham :).

Oh, come on. David Beckham aside, anyone who's met Laliberte will tell you that he's quite touchy-kissy. Even if they haven't been disinfected first!

If you knew me even a little, you know that I've kept my friends I've had since day one in this city except for two people, one of whom has written an expose betraying all those he/she used to work with (and is writing a follow up about the very "socials" she/he befriended) and the other who's severe drug problems, thievery, rampant stds, and bulemia forced me to cut off the friendship.

BLIND ITEM ALERT!! Which one of Laliberte's ex-friends has bulimia, "rampant" STDs, and a "thievery" problem? And who mentions that kind of detail in an email to a frenemy?

I am not sure about writing freelance, but starting a clothing and a pr firm takes so much time that by the time I'm out I'm just there to spend time with my friends, not gossip about them. I know personal information that about people. If I had been a "rat" that information would have long been known. The fact that I still have the same friends that I had when I graduated Columbia in 2005 says alot.

That is three whole years, people.

Please just leave me alone . I don't know if your homophobic or what—but its starting to creep me out.

Hah! They usually accuse him of being gay, actually.

Your investigative campaign is hurtful in the extreme. Stop emailing my friends about me. Stop writing about me. Stop thinking about me. Just leave. me. alone.

Thanks so much for your time,

I hope this email may have somewhat illuminated your clarity of what you are attempting to write about.

Best,

Kristian

Oh, Kristian. You really gotta outsource your own personal PR instead of handling it yourself. This is not helping!

Remember this? The drama surrounding to the run-up to the reality-show announcement, a Hamptons affair that Laliberte is now involved in? After socialite Emily Brill wrote about her "heart to heart" convo with Laliberte, he emailed us:

"I know Emily socially, I have never spent any one on one time with her. Half the time I am not sure what she is saying, she speaks very quietly...I have no idea what Emily is referring to, nor am I involved in any project with her. I would suggest that she employs a fact checker in the future."

Laliberte told Blackbook today, regarding Joshua Stein of Page Six Mag saying that he leaked info on his frenemies:

"Believe me, if I wanted to rat my friends out, I know secrets that could destroy their careers, and they know my secrets. All of my friends are people I love and trust. I've had fake friends who I now realize did throw me under the bus, but I have exorcised them from my life. As for Olivia Palermo, I never received the letter in the first place. And I certainly am not going to supply information to a website that caused me to receive death threats. Josh Stein thrives on gossip. Anyone who spends their life writing negatively on other people is not someone whose opinion I value."

"you know that whole style.com piece was written by derek blasberg. and he name drops himself in there too. ugh. why does he never take the heat. its so annoying."

[Blackbook]

[Photo: Emily Brill]

Writes Stein:

Kristian Laliberte has been selling his friends up river from day one. He sent the Olivia Palermo email to Socialite Rank that caused no small amount of pain for that woman. He's sent items to nearly every single gossip columnist reporting on the relationship-breaking contretemps of nearly every single friend he's had. Anyway, someone—-who I could not find out—-hacked into his Gmail account and sent those tipster letters to another anonymous account. They plan on revealing all Laliberte's perfidy in a few weeks time.

"If anyone has any clues to who would do this, some of the messages were quite personal, and therefore seems to narrow the prankster down to someone who knows me. If you weren't effected please disregard this message."

Brill began hanging out with shallow socialites like Laliberte, as well as Devorah Rose and Annabel Vartanian, when she launched her newly svelte body onto Facebook and the Manhattan social scene. The Brill family misfit, daughter of the founder of American Lawyer and Brill's Content, wrote on her new blog about the "substance" of her new friends, and catalogued the parties and fashion shows at which she met them. "Kristian and I were having a pretty good heart-to-heart, not to mention the fact that he was giving me pretty good business advice and even contacts (for all of that non-existent work I do during the day)," she wrote on her site, Essentially Emily.

By exposing Laliberte's participation in a project that she's too good for, Brill may have their budding friendship. Laliberte responds to Brill's post in a chilly email to Gawker: "I know Emily socially, I have never spent any one on one time with her. Half the time I am not sure what she is saying, she speaks very quietly... I am not involved in a reality TV project in ANY capacity with Emily Brill. I have no idea what Emily is referring to, nor am I involved in any project with her. I would suggest that she employs a fact checker in the future."

So, whom to believe? Well, Emily Brill wrote us, when we ran an item on the reality show: "I don't know what you're hearing. I'm not part of any show." So she's not a reliable witness. But nor, on past performance, is Laliberte. Our working hypothesis: they were both involved in the show; they're both panicking; they're both lying; and they're both equally awful. This would have made fabulous television. (Oh, and by the way, does anybody still maintain that Emily Brill is a private individual off-limits for this website?)

• Unruly Heir Kristian Laliberte may have plagiarized an article in one of his press releases. Also, he "is clearly a monkey." [NYO]
  
• Cops are investigating a break-in at Charlize Theron's house. [Us Weekly]
  
• Quarterback Michael Vick was sentenced to almost two years in prison for his inhumane dogfighting activities. [NYDN]

What was your childhood like and what did you want to be when you "grew up"? My childhood was the most amazing and idyllic experience...I lived in this magical town, Nahant, one of the smallest towns in New England. I spent my summers building forts in the rocky cliffs along the shore, sailing in the inlets of the peninsula, and attending art classes at the ramshackle, laid back club that all of my parent's friends belonged too....As an only child, my parents always treated me like adults...By the time I was ten, I had been around the world and back-always exploring different cities. ...I always had ten or twelve books I was reading....I went through a million stages of the age-old what do you want to be query. I think I oscillated between ambassador, U.N. Secretary General, architect, hotelier, and artist constantly.

What were your years at Milton Academy (boarding school) like?
Milton really opened my eyes to writing and charity.

You went from a double major in European History and International Politics at Columbia, studying in Paris, and working at a Pokhara refugee camp to a career in fashion and PR...How did you make that decision?
I drink in history books before I go to bed-right now I have an affinity for Imperial Vienna.

Do you like the term "socialite"?
It's a moniker that gets bandied about a lot. I looked it up in the dictionary the first time I saw it used in conjunction with my name and I still don't get what it means!