A luxury car that Tom Brady donated to a raffle in 2004 has since mysteriously disappeared.
That year, the former New England Patriots star won Super Bowl MVP after his team defeated the Carolina Panthers in Houston.
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Brady, now 47, already earned the same honor two years ago.
At the time, the Super Bowl MVP winner received a luxurious Cadillac XLR Roadster.
Brady had already won one in 2002 and was keen to find another home for his new cause.
The quarterback racked his brain and found what he thought was a good solution.
Brady decided to raffle off the car and donate the proceeds to his former high school, Junipero Serra of San Mateo, California.
Raffle tickets were sold for $25 each, and the car was worth about $76,000 at the time.
The exercise reportedly raised $367,000 for Junipero Serra, with principal Lars Lund calling it “the most successful fundraiser ever.”
However, it is unknown what happened to the car itself after that.
Charlie Aflanti, whose two sons graduated from Junipero Serra, was announced as the winner.
Both of his sons are said to have played on high school baseball teams with Brady in the 1990s.
After the drawing, Cadillac did not appear in public again.
It is theorized that Aflanti could not afford to keep it, according to the Mail.
Rules set by the Internal Revenue Service require lottery winners to round up 25 percent of the market value of their prize minus the ticket price.
That means Aflanti was charged a dizzying $19,000 to recover the Cadillac, since the car was worth $76,000 at the time.
Aflanti has never responded to an interview request in the 20 years since he won the lottery.
Brady went on to win three Super Bowl MVP awards.
But he would have won just one more Cadillac.
This tradition was abolished in 2015.
Brady’s third and final Cadillac was given to him in 2014.
He went on to win Super Bowl MVP awards in 2017 and 2020, before retiring after the 2022 season.
