Suspected anti-Islam movie's producer may land in prison for probation violation
Friday, September 14, 2012 at 11:34PM The suspected director of the now-notorious anti-Muslim video that sparked violent protests worldwide is now under investigation on whether or not he had violated his probation by using an alias to publish the movie.
The 55-year-old Los Angeles man, Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, claims that he was not the author of the “The Innocence of Muslims,” but only helped in managing and providing logistics for its production.
However, an anonymous law enforcement official confirmed to the AP on Thursday that Nakoula, who is currently on probation after serving prison time on financial crimes charges, was in fact behind the production of the film to an extent much larger than he was letting on.
Simply producing the film is not considered a crime under US law, but the terms of Nakoula’s release contain a clause barring him from accessing the Internet or using aliases without a probation officer's approval.