It turns out winning an Oscar isn’t necessarily an instant ticket to the Academy’s membership ranks. On Wednesday, the Los Angeles Times reported that Kobe Bryant, who won an Academy Award earlier this year alongside director Glen Keane for the animated short film Dear Basketball, was considered for entry, but will ultimately be denied membership due to his lack of film experience.

Invites for new members go out early next week. Winners and nominees are, typically, up for consideration for membership, but are sometimes denied for any number of reasons, as in Bryant’s case.

His nomination and ultimate win in the category wasn’t without controversy. As the #MeToo movement and the greater sexual misconduct reckoning ramped up, some questioned why Bryant was being considered for one of the film world’s greatest honors. Bryant was accused of violent sexual assault of a 19-year-old woman in 2003; the case was ultimately dismissed in 2004, when the woman refused to testify. Bryant was cleared of the charges, but issued an apology, writing that “although I truly believe this encounter between us was consensual, I recognize now that she did not and does not view this incident the same way I did.”

Because of his past, 17,308 people signed an online petition asking the Academy to revoke Bryant’s Oscar nomination. “An important conversation has been started about sexual assault and harassment, so why is Bryant being honored for best animated short if Time really is Up?” the petition read.

Bryant’s Oscar has not been revoked. The Academy has, however, taken other steps to address the ongoing conversation around sexual misconduct in Hollywood. In January, the film institution issued a new code of conduct for its members, outlining how it plans to address sexual harassment in its ranks. The code was a direct response to the explosive allegations against Harvey Weinstein and the sexual misconduct reckoning that was triggered afterward. (Weinstein was kicked out of the Academy last October.) And in early May, the film institution expelled Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski; Polanski, through his lawyer, has made it clear that he intends to fight back against this expulsion.

Representatives for Bryant have not yet responded to Vanity Fair’s request for comment.