Man behind anti-Muslims film denies violating probation

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Mona Shafer Edwards / APThis Sept. 27 courtroom sketch shows Mark Basseley Youssef, right, talking with his attorney Steven Seiden in court. Youssef was behind an anti-Muslim film that sparked violence in the Middle East.By NBC News staff and wire servicesUpdated at 5:44 p.m. ET: LOS ANGELES -- A California man who was behind an anti-Muslim film that sparked violent protests in the Middle East denied on Wednesday he violated his probation stemming from a 2010 bank fraud conviction.

Follow @NBCNewsUSU.S. District Judge Christina Snyder ruled that Mark Basseley Youssef will remain in custody and scheduled an evidentiary hearing for Nov. 9.

Youssef, 55, has been in a federal detention center since Sept. 28 after he was arrested for eight probation violations and deemed a flight risk by another judge. Prosecutors said Youssef lied to his probation officers about his real name and used aliases.




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[Nifemi Donald]

what do we expect him to say? he had to deny it now