Caricatures deemed insulting in the past have provoked protests and drawn condemnation from officials, preachers, ordinary Muslims and many Christians. Garcia was aware,” read the lawsuit, which accused Nakoula of fraud and slander.įor many Muslims, any depiction of the prophet is blasphemous. There were no references made to religion nor was there any sexual content of which Ms.

“There was no mention of ‘Mohammad’ during filming or on set. In her lawsuit, Garcia accused a producer of the movie, whom she identified as Nakoula Basseley Nakoula using the alias Sam Bacile, of duping her into appearing in a “hateful” film that she had been led to believe was a simple desert adventure movie. and other foreign embassies were also stormed in cities in Asia, Africa and the Middle East by furious Muslims. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans were killed.

diplomatic facilities in Benghazi in which the U.S. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States and in the following days. The film helped generate a torrent of violence across the Muslim world last week during the anniversary of the Sept. Garcia’s is the first known civil lawsuit connected to the making of the video that depicts the Prophet Mohammad as a womanizer and a fool. A date for a future hearing in the case was not immediately set. The plaintiff has not shown a likelihood to prevail on the merits,” Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Luis Lavin said. “The request for a temporary restraining order is denied. She argued that she was duped into taking part and had since received death threats. LOS ANGELES, Sept 20 (Reuters) - An anti-Islam film trailer that has spawned violent protests across the Muslim world can remain on YouTube despite a request from a California actress to have it taken down, a judge ruled on Thursday.Īctress Cindy Lee Garcia had sought to have the film removed in a suit filed on Wednesday against YouTube parent company Google Inc an d a California man linked to the film.

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