The family of a filmmaker linked to an anti-Islamic movie has left their California home in the middle of the night to join the man in hiding.
A spokesman with the LA County Sheriff's Department said that Nakoula Basseley Nakoula's relatives, each with his or her face covered, left their Cerritos home about 3:45am on Monday.
Deputies gave them a ride and they were reunited with Nakoula, then taken to an undisclosed location.
Family ties: The family of Nakoula Basseley Nakoula covered their faces as they were led out of his Cerritos, California, home early on Monday morning
Not under arrest: Nakoula Basseley Nakoula is escorted from his home by Los Angeles County Sheriff's officers in Cerritos, California on Saturday morning
Steve Whitmore, a spokesman for the LA County Sheriff's Department, told ABC News: 'They decided they would be safer where they could move about and live a normal life.
'All we did was pick them up and reunite them with Mr. Nakoula.'
He would not say when or if Nakoula and his family were planning to return - if ever.
He told ABC: 'What we do know and what they told me is that for the time now and for the immediate future, for the weeks and months to come, they will not be returning to this address.'
Nakoula wore heavy apparel to disguise his appearance when he left his home over the weekend.
His family was no different, keeping their faces covered as they were led away by deputies.
Meanwhile, as fresh protests broke out in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the Iranian Vice-President Mohammad Reza Rahimi issued an stark message directed at Nakoula.
Condemnation: Iran's Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi (left) called for the filmmakers to be punished while Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (right) called on the West to take action
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