California man behind anti-Muslim film gets prison
by GREG RISLING, Associated Press
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This Sept. 27, 2012, file courtroom sketch shows Mark Basseley Youssef, right, talking with his attorney Steven Seiden in court. Youssef, who was behind an anti-Muslim film that sparked violence in the Middle East, is expected to be asked by a judge Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012, whether he violated his probation for a 2010 bank fraud conviction. (AP Photo/Mona Shafer Edwards, File)
This Sept. 27, 2012, file courtroom sketch shows Mark Basseley Youssef, right, talking with his attorney Steven Seiden in court. Youssef, who was behind an anti-Muslim film that sparked violence in the Middle East, is expected to be asked by a judge Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012, whether he violated his probation for a 2010 bank fraud conviction. (AP Photo/Mona Shafer Edwards, File)
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California man who was behind an anti-Muslim film that led to violence in the Middle East has been sentenced to one year in prison for violating probation stemming from a 2010 bank fraud conviction.

Fifty-five-year-old Mark Basseley Youssef was immediately sentenced Wednesday by U.S. District Court Judge Christina Snyder after he admitted four of eight alleged violations including obtaining a fraudulent California driver's license.

Youssef served most of a 21-month prison term in the bank fraud case. Federal authorities wanted Youssef to serve two years for the violations.

None of the violations had to do with the content of "Innocence of Muslims," a film that depicts Mohammad as a religious fraud, pedophile and a womanizer. The movie sparked violence in Libya and other parts of the Middle East, killing dozens.
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lesconnell
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November 07, 2012
The facts indicate that this film had nothing to do with the attack on the consulate in Libya, where an ambassador and three other Americans were killed.
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