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A restraining order prohibiting an Irvine man – who claims to have pretended to be Muslim while working as a paid informant for the FBI – from entering an Irvine mosque was lifted by a judge Wednesday. However, the purported informant signed a voluntary agreement to stay away.
As part of a deal to lift the restraining order, Craig Monteilh, a 46-year-old fitness consultant, agreed to stay away from the Islamic Center of Irvine until 2015.
Though the agreement and restraining order have same basic result, Monteilh said in a phone interview that he wanted to have the restraining order removed, since it could have resulted in his arrest if it were violated. According to the agreement he signed Wednesday, Monteilh would be cited if he appeared near the center.