Catalan was ultimately exonerated by outtakes from “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” an HBO comedy show that captured him at the Dodgers game, which was featured in Season 4’s episode “The Car Pool Lane.”

Although Catalan’s attorney, Todd Melnik, eviscerated police for failing to do their job properly, Catalan has spent his post-jail time finding forgiveness for the officers who put him in jail, a process he says his mother encouraged. “You know, hate is, no one should walk around with hate in them. That’s poison in our bodies that, you know, it doesn’t hurt the person you hate, it hurts yourself, and it eats away at your soul,” he said during an interview on “60 Minutes Australia” (posted on YouTube).

In 2007, Catalan received a $320,000 settlement from a lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles and its police force, and was the subject of a short Netflix documentary, “Long Shot,” that examines his ordeal. With his freedom back, Catalan has also not forgotten the show that helped him secure it. According to ABC News, Catalan is now a “devoted fan” of the acclaimed comedy series.

The New York Post reported in 2017 that Catalan had earned an associate’s degree in general education and hoped to pursue a bachelor’s degree in business. Catalan and Melnik are “best friends” now. Yet despite the settlement, a Gofundme page organized by Melnik last March in support of Catalan says that Juan “still struggles today” financially, working in his father’s machine shop to support his three children.