Troy Kotsur won an Oscar for his role in CODA, but he lost shortly afterwards. How? He told Jennifer Hudson the story on her talk show today.
After he won the award for his acting, he went home to Mesa, Arizona, and the Mayor gave him the key to the city. The Mayor asked him to bring the statuette, and he did. After posing for a lot of photos and signing, he needed to put it down. Therefore, he covered it up and put it in his Jeep.
You would think it would be safe. It was not. His Jeep was stolen by four kids aged 12-16.
We know that because the police in Mesa did their job, and he got it back!
Had he not, he was afraid what the National Academy of Arts and Sciences would do it him, because you sign your life away when you accept it. Well, not really. But you guarantee that you will keep it in your possession until you die and within your family after that.
So it is a scary situation. But he got it back, and now he keeps it at home. At least, I assume he does.
