A reasonably big scoop from Adrian Chen at Gawker: "The anti-Islam film that's set off a firestorm in the Middle East was directed by a 65-year-old schlock director named Alan Roberts, we've confirmed. He's the creative vision behind softcore porn classics like The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood" And related, more of the actors in this film are coming out to give press interviews claiming they were duped. At least one of them has a string of porn credits to his name. More: Boing Boing news archive for "Innocence of Muslims."
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Gawker outs director of "Innocence of Muslims" as softcore porn director
Mystery around anti-muslim filmmaker and fraudster deepens as yet another alias is revealed
As if “Sam Bacile,” “PJ Tobacco,” and dozens more colorful fake names weren’t enough, the “Innocence of Muslims” guy apparently had yet another alias. A California judge has detained him for violating the terms of his probation by using a computer to make and upload the crappy and controversial film to YouTube.
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Man behind "Innocence of Muslims" video ordered jailed for violating fraud probation by using computers
Nakoula Basseley Nakoula escorted by LA County Sherriff’s deputies from his home in Cerritos, CA. Photo: AP/CBS2-KCAL9, LA. A federal judge today determined that California resident Nakoula Basseley Nakoula (aka Sam Bacile), one of the men behind a crappy, anti-Islamic YouTube video linked to violent protests in the Middle East and the death of a […]
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