'It's not leaving until they pay me': sculptor holds Trump statue hostage

[sop]

"In a foundry in the hills of Ohio lies a colossal bronze statue of President Trump that was recently coated in gold on the orders of a consortium of cryptocurrency entrepreneurs."

"It is a work of art by the sculptor Alan Cottrill showing Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, standing and punching the air moments after he survived a would-be-assassin’s bullet."

"It is also a hostage."

“ 'They said: ‘Oh don’t worry Alan, we’ll pay you, we’ll pay you,' Cottrill said of his patrons, a group of 16 cryptocurrency enthusiasts who commissioned the statue to honour President Trump."

“ 'What they owe me is $91,200,' he said on Tuesday. 'They know it’s not leaving until they pay me.' "

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https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-today/article/trump-statue-gold-crypto-03ljw99hf

[CanonRay]

1. WTF did he expect? He's dealing with grifters.

[shelshaw]

2. He could make more money by blowing it up on PPV

[homegirl]

6. For sure

I would happily pay $100.to see that event on PPV!

[msongs]

3. with anything trump related it cash in full up front. the guy is learning a $92K lesson nt

[homegirl]

7. He should

give them thirty days to pay cash in full or else it goes on PPV for a big noisy EXPLOSION!

[3catwoman3]

4. How revoltingly gaudy.

[dickthegrouch]

5. "Ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country"

Seems appropriate

[Permanut]

8. Will ya take crypto?

[hlthe2b]

9. $91,200? Not much money for a statue supposedly gold-coated?

Is that IT?

[Chellee]

13. Like everything else Trump has that is "gold"

It's probably only gold colored. Why play for gold plating when he can't tell the difference?

[Maj. Dude]

10. They'll,

probably just get a search warrant and confiscate it.
Not right but that's the right for ya.

[Maraya1969]

15. Then I hope they move it. Besides wouldn't that be theft?

Trump might have correspondence indicating it was meant for him but he doesn’t have a certificate of ownership

[IbogaProject]

11. Lawyer up

They are stalling as the crypto market is way down from when the place the order. Only $6k from each of those 16, plus legal costs.

[Martin68]

12. Fucking cheapstake.

[CurtEastPoint]

14. oh, right. ... Dump's 'assassination' play