—Rezero1234
“There’s a superb quick documentary about his case known as Lengthy Shot if anybody’s !”
—snoozysuzie008
What occurred: In August 2003, Juan Catalan was arrested for the homicide of a 16-year-old lady named Martha Puebla who had been shot and killed outdoors of her residence. Previous to her killing, Martha had testified in courtroom in opposition to a person named Mario Catalan, which finally led to police arresting Juan, Mario’s brother (assuming revenge as a motive). Nevertheless, Juan’s alibi was that he had been at a Dodgers recreation together with his daughter and a few buddies on the time of the homicide, but it surely could not be confirmed.
Fortunately for Juan, he remembered a movie crew had additionally been on the recreation capturing footage for a TV present. Certainly, a crew for Curb Your Enthusiasm was additionally there, filming establishing photographs for an episode known as “The Automobile Pool Lane.” Juan’s lawyer was in a position to monitor down footage from that evening, “inspecting each individual like a grain of sand,” and finally discovered footage of Juan (and his daughter) proving his story to be true.
A decide dismissed all costs in opposition to Juan (who, by this level, had spent six months in jail awaiting trial), and a jury awarded him $320,000 for the false accusation. The true killer was lastly dropped at justice in 2008.
