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Sep. 20, 2012 3:07pm Madeleine Morgenstern

Cindy Lee Garcia Innocence of Muslims film

Cindy Lee Garcia, right, one of the actresses in "Innocence of Muslims," and attorney M. Cris Armenta hold a news conference before a hearing at Los Angeles Superior Court in Los Angeles, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012. Garcia is asking a judge to issue an injunction demanding the 14-minute trailer for "Innocence of Muslims" be pulled from YouTube. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)

A California judge on Thursday denied a request from one of the actresses in the anti-Islam film “Innocence of Muslims” to force YouTube to remove the trailer for the film.

Cindy Lee Garcia said she and her family have been threatened and her career damaged since the 14-minute clip surfaced online, and said she was duped during filming about what the final product would look like. “Innocence of Muslims” depicts the Prophet Muhammad as an adulterer, child molester and killer and has been blamed in part for igniting violent mob protests throughout the Arab world. Garcia said the script she saw made no references to Muhammad or to Islam.

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Luis Lavin said he was rejecting Garcia’s request because she had not served the man behind the film with a copy of her lawsuit, and because she could not produce any agreements she made with the filmmakers. Lavin also said federal law protects third parties from the content they handle.

“That leaves really little to support your application,” Lavin said.

The lawsuit, filed Wednesday, accuses filmmaker Nakoula Basseley Nakoula of fraud and slander and named web giant Google and subsidiary YouTube as violating her right to privacy and endangering her life, Reuters reported.

“My whole life has been turned upside down in every aspect,” Garcia said before heading into court Thursday. “My family has been threatened.”

Garcia said she thinks the film needs to be taken offline “because it will continue to cause more problems.”

“I think it’s demoralizing, degrading,” she said.

According to Reuters, Garcia’s is the first known civil lawsuit connected to the making of the film.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Comments (81)

Magyar
Posted on September 20, 2012 at 5:07pm
What other roles has she had? Aliens? Frankenstein?

Good grief, I can understand why she might be riding this one for all it’s worth—

The classic ugly stick result— uh!

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- pissantno.10
  Posted on September 20, 2012 at 6:03pm
  she looks like kay parker porn star thats who i thought it was when i saw her picture
  
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- stillbombshelterbob
  Posted on September 20, 2012 at 6:58pm
  I’ve watched the clip, it’s actually kind of amusing that she would call what I saw acting!
  
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- ambrosia
  Posted on September 20, 2012 at 9:10pm
  There’s more to this than meets the eye-
  doesn’t have anything to do with this actress.
  
  Why is it that other You Tube videos, easily get pulled & not this one ?
  
  Follow Oblameo’s breadcrumbs.
  Google OWNS you Tube.
  
  Oblameo is best buds with Google Gurus & Founders-
  not only are they on his “Campaign” circuit, fundraising & power lunching,
  a couple of their top employees have jobs in the current administration-
  specifically created & designated by the Creep-in-Chief.
  
  So, ask yourself-
  why would Google pull a You Tube video,
  that fits perfectly into Oblameo’s Mideast narrative ?
  They are leaving it up because it encourages & plays into
  this administration’s cheap, lying reasons for unrest, protest & death.
  
  Death of an American Ambassador & others,
  who have been proven to have no direct connection to this video-
  this is straight out of this administration’s playbook.
  
  To remove the video would be to deflate Oblameo & Hillary’s false hype
  & place the BLAME on THEIR shoulders, where it belongs.
  
  Furthermore, look at the Judge’s name-
  Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Luis Lavin-
  most likely an Oblameo supporter,
  even if not,
  this Google/You Tube/White House picnic
  STINKS of 3-day old, leftover, blubbery, rubbery, fried baloney ‘sammiches.
  
  Oblameo likes his “Dijon” mustard to cover everything-
  unfortunately, he’s gonna need a dumptruck full of it,
  if some persistent, investigative reporter does his or her job !
  
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- jlfonz
  Posted on September 20, 2012 at 10:02pm
  If she wants to remove “demoralizing and degrading” content from the cyber world then they should shut down, ABC. CBS, NBC, MSNBC, PBS, CNN and a multitude of other propagandist machines.
  
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- mharry860
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:30am
  MAGYAR, you beat me to it. Wow, she’s one crazy looking female, but does anybody have evidence she is?
  
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- mharry860
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:32am
  Even her Attorney is looking at her thinking, wow your ugly.
  
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- kadster01
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 8:49am
  I had no idea that silly film was a monster flick! Sheeeesh……
  
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- Thomas_Jefferson
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 12:36pm
  Wow!, Talk about the bride of Frankenstein, Yikes, I hate to bump into that in a dark ally.
  
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Experiment626
Posted on September 20, 2012 at 4:54pm
This is the same actress that said, “Put your head between my thighs. Do you still see him?”
I would love to meet the make up artist!

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- The Third Archon
  Posted on September 20, 2012 at 6:14pm
  I’m glad someone went through and identified which part she played–also, that’s awesome.
  
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- OLDPAINT
  Posted on September 20, 2012 at 6:44pm
  And then she crossed her legs and broke his neck.
  
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- Pat Alexander
  Posted on September 20, 2012 at 9:06pm
  No, I think she was the old bat they did the wishbone pull – with the horses…
  
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- RayofDarkSunshine
  Posted on September 20, 2012 at 11:27pm
  I think she was the slug that was going to service the big mo while her husband went on caravan.
  
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teebubba
Posted on September 20, 2012 at 4:51pm
She should be happy. This is the most publicity she will ever receive…..of course unless someone makes her into a “martyr”.

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- Blackjacx1
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 5:10am
  I guess she should have thought about reading the script BEFORE agreeing to shoot the film… Hope they don’t cut her head off. But at least she’s got her 15 minutes of fame out of the way.
  
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jacobstroubles
Posted on September 20, 2012 at 4:46pm
whaaaaaaaaaaaaa…booooooooooooooooo whoooooooooooooooo…
I bet you’re a big fat liar tooo…Cindy Lee Garcia !
I bet you full well knew what the movie was..

So Cindy Lee Garcia, why dont you do some research on the topic of islam..and then
before you start trying to back peddle..maybe you’ll gain some insight, and find the content of that
film you claimed you had no knowledge of final point might have a great deal of ACCRUACY..

Remember Cindy Lee Garcia ..GOD is totally in charge..not you, not anybody..
And further Cindy Lee Garcia, the movie was not the reason those heathans killed our ambassador, and burned, torched, trampled, and all the other garbage they did.

Why dont you educate your stupid self…and wake up to the fact that that is who they are.
Stop trying to make youself feel better by trying to change what they are in your minds eye..

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fireball58
Posted on September 20, 2012 at 4:39pm
Holy suicide vest! If we were under sharia law, the judge would force that hideous face under a burqa!

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- Juniemoon
  Posted on September 20, 2012 at 9:18pm
  LOL, 5 star reply from me. That was too funny. I think we all had the same reaction upon laying our eyes upon Cindistien. No wonder they are PO’d over that video.
  
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RANGER1965
Posted on September 20, 2012 at 4:29pm
Wow…just wow.

She’s got Stockholm syndrome without even being taken hostage.

The film maker isn’t threatening her life, or promising dire retribution, but she’s all in in supporting the people that are.

She likely even thinks she is “standing up” In reality she’s a coward. As are most liberals.

They will sneer and laugh at people who disagree with their principles, but would lay down their life to protect them, and their rights to be disagreeable. Yet they will fawn all over brutal men who would if they had an opportunity take away their freedom, their dignity, and their very lives.

It used to make me so angry, but lately I am feeling more and more, a compulsion to seperate myself from them.

I feel sorry for them if they ever get their way. I know these Islamists, and they will eat these weak willed liberals alive.

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- JRook
  Posted on September 20, 2012 at 5:02pm
  @RANGER1965 “she’s a coward. As are most liberals” I got news for you champ. There were a lot of educated, rational thinking, non-ideologically driven individuals (liberals if you must) who fought and died protecting the rights of every American, including yours. So enjoy your right to make broad brush statements that reflect your general level of ignorance. Or should I say “You are ignorant, As are most conservatives” No doubt yourself as many of the ideologically addicted, arrogant Christians here posted all kinds of objections in the past to insulting comments and depictions of Jesus or other Christian symbols. There is truly nothing more ignorant than an individual who is incapable of applying the same criteria and reference points they use when criticizing others behaviors to their own.
  
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- pissantno.10
  Posted on September 20, 2012 at 6:06pm
  jrook i bet when you pass gas you say i smell sooooo good . but then you can lick your own behind or so im told
  
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- RANGER1965
  Posted on September 20, 2012 at 6:21pm
  I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt and approach this like you’re sincere.
  
  But let’s be clear. Liberalism/Progressivism/Socialism to me is plainly and irrevocably evil. I don’t believe I am overstating it. It is a destructive philosophy which in it’s desire to offer equality destroys the very best in human nature, while cultivating the very worst.
  
  It destroys freedom for the sake of security, and the common good. Yet in the end you get no security, and the utter anihilation of individual freedom. It tells us to put our trust in Goverment, yet it has been proven time and time again that goverment…at it’s best…is an innefficient blundering beast that creates more problems than it solves.
  
  But in relation to your question. Liberalism is an engine of cowardice for one reason. It assumes and enforces the belief that you should not, and cannot take care of yourself. That you need goverment to do it for you. Therefore YOU are not responsible for your successes, or your failures. It is instead a victory or defeat for the goverment. Never you.
  
  Such belief creates men and women with no ambition, and no sense of responsibility. It is a generator of the worst that is within us, including cowardice.
  
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- WarMunger_Al
  Posted on September 20, 2012 at 6:25pm
  I am willing to bet she signed a waiver that is standard with models and actors. They are paid to perform and the producer has sole authority of how the footage is used.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on September 20, 2012 at 8:52pm
  WarMunger_Al
  I am willing to bet she signed a waiver that is standard with models and actors. They are paid to perform and the producer has sole authority of how the footage is used.
  ***
  There are some ways that footage should not be used. It might be legal, but they could draft new boilerplate waivers.
  
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paulwbrown
Posted on September 20, 2012 at 4:22pm
All free countries should inundate the Muslim world with material critical of Islam (Good for the French in taking the lead). Radical Islam is in full riot / terrorism mode now. Why not put them into hyper speed so that they may work it out of their system. I heard a Imam say the other day that there was nothing in the Koran justifying the rioting, etc. They have no excuse for their rioting except as demanded by radical Islamists. The West’s should not compromise free speech and not cower in fear at Muslim threats of violence and death to anyone critical of Islam.

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progressiveslayer
Posted on September 20, 2012 at 4:22pm
Elvira claims her career was damaged? What career I’ve never heard of this woman until now.

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- laserblast92
  Posted on September 20, 2012 at 4:39pm
  IMDB only has what she has put on there, but I am sure she will still try to seek damages.
  
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- yancie03
  Posted on September 20, 2012 at 4:41pm
  I thought this thing was a man. Put a berka on it. lol
  
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- Wool-Free Vision
  Posted on September 20, 2012 at 5:07pm
  That’s an insult to Elvira! Where’s your embassy, so that I might burn it to the ground?
  
  Seriously, though, to me she looks more like David Hasselhoff in drag… Or maybe it’s Wings Hauser wearing a ring buoy around his belly.
  
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iig
Posted on September 20, 2012 at 4:21pm
Of course the judge turned her down. She should be angry at the people threatening her, not the maker of the film. If she were to prevail, then can you imagine how many films could be censored by unhappy actors after the fact? How about by unhappy film viewers who think they was robbed of the price of a ticket? If she thinks this will get her more work, rotsa ruck hermana.

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SquidVetOhio
Posted on September 20, 2012 at 4:10pm
I’m still waiting to hear how the film was factually inaccurate……

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Lothmar
Posted on September 20, 2012 at 4:01pm
Bah, when has the law stopped judges from ruling in favor on a leftist agenda recently? Somethings wrong here ~Snrk~ ~chuckle~ Okay couldn’t get through it, dangit!

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kaydeebeau
Posted on September 20, 2012 at 4:00pm
So is she going to return the wages she recieved? Just like any other cowardly leftist, they never put their money where their mouth is, but are oh so willing to put our money where their mouth is.

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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on September 20, 2012 at 3:50pm
Acting, that was ACTING? My 2 year old niece can act better than that.

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kiwi1
Posted on September 20, 2012 at 3:44pm
Hollywood Commie, What’s New.

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Kirby-man
Posted on September 20, 2012 at 3:44pm
I think we need to get a video on YouTube that shows Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid making fun of the Prophet and burning the Koran. Nancy, Harry, blasphemer’s that you are, you can run but you cannot hide!

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Detroit paperboy
Posted on September 20, 2012 at 3:38pm
Her head will soon be removed from her dumb ass………Allah willing ; )),,,,

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Cavallo
Posted on September 20, 2012 at 3:37pm
Did she play Satan in the movie? She looks demonic.

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- AvengerK
  Posted on September 20, 2012 at 3:45pm
  Perhaps Ms Garcia isnt’ aware that Mohammed married a 6 year old girl..but waited until she was 9 years old before bedding her? How nice of Mohammed. I guess that’s why a muslim cleric recently said it was fine for muslim men to sleep with children so long as the child can “bear the man’s weight”?
  Is all this “child molestor” enough for Ms Garcia?
  
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Tri-ox
Posted on September 20, 2012 at 3:36pm
If Cindy Lee Garcia has a problem with the death-cult of islam threatening her and her family, then her only hope is to stand tall, speak out and become a freedom fighter against the death-cult of islam – whether she likes it or not, she is and will remain a part of this stupid “movie” and a target for muslims worldwide …

A fatwa has been issued against ‘Innocence of muslims’ film producer, cast and crew –

http://india.nydailynews.com/newsarticle/5058ca6dc3d4ca1b46000000/fatwa-issued-against-innocence-of-muslims-film-producer#ixzz272YgNluI

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- fireball58
  Posted on September 21, 2012 at 8:56pm
  Eddie Munster and woof- woof. Those were the good old days!
  
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ElChupaCabraDeUSA
Posted on September 20, 2012 at 3:36pm
Her first clue that this project was sketchy should have been that they paid her to act in it….

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GoodStuff
Posted on September 20, 2012 at 3:22pm
Obama accepted a one million dollar political donation from a guy who made a film that mocked Islam. The man’s name is Bill Maher, the movie is Religulous.

The media = silence.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2012/09/15/Obama-Contribution-Anti-Islam-Filmmaker

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purplehippo
Posted on September 20, 2012 at 3:22pm
I find it difficult to believe that the actors and actresses had no idea what they were portraying. Even if the movie was about some other person they were acting a script portraying a man named mohammad as an adulterer, child molester and killer. Who did they think mohammad was? Free speech is such a great thing, but with it come consequences. Sometime it’s better to shut your mouth.

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- barber2
  Posted on September 20, 2012 at 3:30pm
  PURPLE: And sometimes it’s better to use your brain !
  
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- guz75
  Posted on September 20, 2012 at 3:54pm
  I’d suggest watching the trailer, it’s really not hard to notice that every single reference to Mohammed and Islam has been poorly dubbed over afterwards. There’s also a bit that mentions suicide bombers, which again has been added later.
  
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barber2
Posted on September 20, 2012 at 3:22pm
” My family has been threatened.” And the police will follow up and pursue the people doing the threats with Hate Speech charges. No ??? Let me guess who they might be….

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Jenny Lind
Posted on September 20, 2012 at 3:17pm
I guess she never got the memo of always covering your bu** with paperwork. Nothing to take to the judge, oh well. Sad, but will add to her learning curve-hopefully. Sorry that “people” are taking it out on her and her family.

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floridareader
Posted on September 20, 2012 at 3:14pm
Wait, she was an actress in the so called movie, but doesn’t want anybody to see it?
She didn’t know the script of the movie she was part of?
That line belongs to Eric Holder. He didn’t know the agency under his command was messing up with guns.

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- Capt_Gregg
  Posted on September 20, 2012 at 3:50pm
  Unless they’re an A-list “star”, few actors see the entire script. Their knowledge of the film is limited to the snippets in which they appear. It is only after the film is completed (and often not until it is released) do most of the participants get a chance to view it.
  
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BurntHills
Posted on September 20, 2012 at 3:12pm
THAT is an ‘actress’? that reminds us, how goes it with that democrat degenerate in prison we taxpayers are paying for his sex change for ??.

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- barber2
  Posted on September 20, 2012 at 3:29pm
  BURN: I wonder if she was trying out for the part of ” Condalisa….Hilary….George …or Matthew?” I wonder why she didn’t question why a film called ” Desert Warrior” called for actors for those character roles . Maybe she thought it was a mockumentary of Bush !? Most of the Hollywood types would love to mock a Republican…
  
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