Family of Anti-Islam filmmaker flee home, goes into hiding

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.

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 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.