Anti-Islam filmmaker faces 3 years in prison

Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, prosecutors said in court.
He faces a maximum of three years in prison if found to have violated his parole.
He was arrested Thursday and ordered back to jail during an usual hearing.
The hearing occurred amid high security, with the public only allowed to watch through a video feed in a separate courthouse blocks away.
Before his arrest Thursday, Nakoula and his family had been in hiding, and his attorney said he had received threats to his safety.
Magistrate Judge Suzanne H. Segal ordered Nakoula detained, citing a “lengthy pattern of deception” by the man, adding that he poses “some danger to the community.” Nakoula could face up to three years behind bars. Nakoula, who was on supervised release from a 2010 conviction for bank fraud, faces eight charges of probation violation including making false statements to authorities about the film.
When probation officials questioned him about the video, Nakoula allegedly claimed his role was limited to writing the script, and denied ever using the name “Sam Bacile” in connection to the film, said Assistant U.S. Atty. Robert Dugdale.
Dugdale said there is evidence Nakoula’s role in making “Innocence of Muslims” was “much more expansive” than penning the script. Prosecutors said Nakoula could face new criminal charges for lying to federal officials.
Dugdale said none of the violations Nakoula is accused of relate to use of the Internet, even though his probation terms specify he was not permitted to possess or use a device with access to the Internet without permission from his supervisor.
A trailer for the film uploaded on YouTube outraged Muslims the world over and has now become the centerpiece of a debate over the clash between free speech and hate speech. Arab leaders called on the U.S. to ban anti-Islam insults, while President  Obama defended 1st Amendment protections for such speech even as he criticised the video as crude and offensive.
At Thursday’s hearing, Segal asked the man who went into hiding after the uproar over his film if his true name was Nakoula Basseley Nakoula. He said he had legally changed his name to Mark Basseley Youssef in 2002. — Los Angeles Times.