MOSCOW, September 27 (RAPSI) - Mark Basseley Youssef, the filmmaker behind the now infamous “Innocence of Muslims,” was released Thursday from federal custody, CBS Los Angeles reported.

On September 8, the trailer for a low-grade and (at that point) almost universally unknown film aimed at discrediting Islam was aired by an Egyptian television network. The footage 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 deviant, evoked a rage that soon boiled over in the form of anti-American protests staged across the Middle East, North Africa, and beyond.

The film was banned in Russia in November owing to its “extremist” nature.

The LA Times reported in November 2012 that the filmmaker was sentenced to one year in prison for violating the terms of his probation.

According to the Times report, the filmmaker 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.

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.