Survivor Spy's Emails Published

A few weeks ago, The Daily Beast broke the story that Russell Hantz, one of the most popular players on the CBS reality-TV show Survivor, leaked the show’s secrets to Survivor fan Jim Early, who was then sued by creator Mark Burnett’s company for disclosing them and spoiling Seasons 19 and 20. Hantz would not respond to a request for a comment at the time, but now TMZ has published seven email messages from Hantz to Early. The emails were sent between “hantztankering” (the name of Russell’s company) to “thegamesurvivor” (Early’s alias) in late September and early October 2009, and reveal plans for the order of eliminations, as well as details about Russell Swan’s fainting during a challenge.