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>> to make a long story short the judge said all of the money was raised was fraud even though we could show we gave away $70,000 to little league teams, hospitals, christmas drives, thanksgiving, easter basket drives. now it's all fraud money so because it's all fraud the $3.5 million is all income and by the way you owe several million dollars tax on that. >> after donating only $70,000 of the $3.5 million he raised, tiano was sentenced to almost 18 years in prison for fraud and embezzlement. >> it's one of those things that in the beginning it seemed surreal. as you go through it you start ...

All fraud money. so because it's all fraud, the $3.5 million is income and you owe several million dollars tax on that. >> after donating $70,000 out of the $3.5 million raised, tiano was sentenced to almost 18 years in prison for fraud and embezzlement. >> it is one of those things in the beginning it seems surreal and as you go through it you start to devise ways to cope or go crazy, you know? i've -- it's no secret. i'm not ashamed to say, i've thought of killing myself, you know, in the beginning. i didn't know if i could get through this. when i was arrested they took me down to my jail, ...

So it is fraud money, the $3.5 million is income and you owe several million dollars tax on that. >> after donating only $70,000 out of the $3.5 million raised, tiano was sentenced to 18 years in prison for fraud and embezzlement. >> it is one of those things in the beginning it seems surreal and as you go through it you start to devise ways to cope or go crazy, you know? i've -- it's no secret. i'm not ashamed to say, i've thought of killing myself, you know, in the beginning. i didn't know if i could get through this. when i was arrested they took me down to my jail, you know, where i worked...

Million is income and you owe several million dollars tax on that. >> after donating $70,000 out of the $3.5 million raised, tiano was sentenced to 18 years in prison for fraud and embezzlement. >> it is one of those things in the beginning it seems surreal and as you go through it you start to devise ways to cope or go crazy, you know? i've -- it's no secret. i'm not ashamed to say, i've thought of killing myself, you know, in the beginning. i didn't know if i could get through this. when i was arrested they took me down to my jail, you know, where i worked. i have guys that were working for ...

And that game was, you know, when we go into a pitch meeting with a reality star, we say, go crazy. do some nutty stuff. like, you know, it doesn't really matter what you say, whereas, i think, in the news business, people are looking at him based on content. it really isn't about content. it's about show, it's about performance, it's about what jeb bush said, which is sort of endless chaos. >> and yet briefly, final point is that reality shows themselves are not as popular as they once were. >> right, it's almost like they sort of birthed their demon spawn and now kind of roll up and die. so,...