MOSCOW, November 8 - RAPSI. Filmmaker Mark Basseley Youssef, thought to be behind the creation of “Innocence of Muslims” – a low-budget film trailer that incited riots across the Middle East, North Africa, and beyond – was sentenced to one year in prison for violating the terms of his probation, the LA Times reported Thursday.

According to the Times report, Youssef admitted in an LA-based federal district court to having violated four probationary terms, including the use of false aliases. These violations have arisen from a previous conviction and are unrelated to his role in making the film.

Prosecutors reportedly dropped the one claim pending against him that was connected to the film in exchange for the four violations he admitted to.

On September 8, clips of the trailer for a low-grade and (at that point) almost universally unknown film by the name of “Innocence of Muslims” were aired by an Egyptian television network. The trailer had been uploaded in June, but attracted little attention prior to its televised debut. The trailer, which depicts the Prophet Mohamed as something of a sexual deviant, evoked a rage that soon boiled over in the form of anti-American protests staged at US embassies and consulates in many countries around the world.

Previously, cast member Cindy Garcia listed Youssef as a co-defendant in her injunctive claim to have the trailer removed from YouTube. The claim was dismissed, however, due to a process service error and a lack of paperwork evidencing her contracted work on the film.

The film trailer is banned in Russia due to its extremist nature. This ban took effect on Wednesday.