HBO Video(clears someone of murder) Curbs Police Enthusiasm

[Champ]

(AP) "Curb Your Enthusiasm," an HBO show known for its acerbic wit, accidentally helped deliver a happy ending to a man who had been charged with murder.

Juan Catalan spent five and a half months in jail on murder charges before his attorney found video footage taken by the show at Dodger Stadium that backs up his client's claims of innocence.

Police arrested Catalan in August, alleging he killed Martha Puebla, 16, in the San Fernando Valley on May 12, 2003, because she had testified against his brother in another case.

Catalan insisted he and his 6-year-old daughter were watching the Los Angeles Dodgers lose to the Atlanta Braves, 11-4, minutes before Puebla was killed about 20 miles north of the stadium.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/06/02/national/main620661.shtml

[Don_G]

1. And Just As Odd

The story was about Seinfeld's co-creator who hired a hooker to qualify for the carpool lane to avoid the stadium's worst traffic.

[LynneSin]

2. Don't forget the racists he ran into at the park

He was trying to get a membership at some super-white country club because Larry was banned from his other club.