While filming in Dodger Stadium, HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" recorded murder suspect Juan Catalan with his 6 year old daughter clearing him of the murder of Martha Puebla. Although Catalan had ticket stubs from the game and family testimony, police had a witness that placed Catalan at the scene of the murder. Catalan spent over 5 month in jail until his lawyer, Todd Melnik, learned that HBO had been filming the night Catalan claimed to be watching the baseball game.
.."I got to one of the scenes, and there is my client sitting in a corner of the frame eating a hot dog with his daughter," Melnik said. "I nearly jumped out of my chair and said, 'There he is!"'..
Posted by bkirsten at June 2, 2004 03:54 PM | |