Director of ‘Innocence of Muslims’ film released to halfway house

Director of ‘Innocence of Muslims’ film released to halfway house

The man behind “The Innocence of Muslims” film that stoked anti-US protests has been moved from prison to a halfway house, federal officials say. Egyptian-born Coptic Christian Mark Basseley Youssef, 56, will serve the remaining weeks of his sentence for probation violations stemming from his role in making the video. He previously served time for a 2010 bank fraud conviction and was sent back to prison last year after admitting to breaching the terms of his probation, Reuters reported. Youssef is due to be freed on September 26 but will remain under the supervision of probation officials for the next four years, Federal Bureau of Prisons spokesman Ed Ross said.