![]() | LOS ANGELES: September 19, 2012 A California judge denied a request on Thursday to remove an anti-Islam film from YouTube that has spawned violent protests across the Muslim world. Cindy Lee Garcia had sought to have the film removed in a suit against YouTube's parent company Google Inc and a the producer Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, saying she had been duped into acting in it and had since received death threats."The request for a temporary restraining order is denied. The plaintiff has not shown a likelihood to prevail on the merits," LA superior court judge Luis Lavin said. Garcia's is the first known civil lawsuit connected to the making of the anti-Prophet video. Garcia accused Nakoula of duping her into appearing in a "hateful" film that she had been led to believe was a desert adventure movie. "There was no mention of the Prophet during filming or on set. There were no references made to religion nor was there any segxwal content of which Garcia was aware," the lawsuit said. Garcia, who said she had received death threats after the video was posted on YouTube, has accused Nakoula of fraud and slander. She also named Google and YouTube as defendants in the suit she filed on Wednesday. She said her right to privacy had been violated and her life endangered, among other allegations. |
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