“We left, he is free,” said the lawyer a few hours after a bail of $900,000 was posted. Hannibal Gaddafi was charged with concealing information about the disappearance of Lebanese Shiite spiritual leader Musa Sadr, who vanished in Libya in 1978. However, the case never went to trial. At the time of Sadr's disappearance, Gaddafi Jr. was only two years old. In October, a judge ordered Gaddafi's release on bail of $11 million, but last week, after an appeal from his lawyers, the amount was reduced to $900,000. According to Bayon, his client intends to leave Lebanon and go to a “confidential” destination, noting that he has a Libyan passport. “If Gaddafi could be arbitrarily detained in Lebanon for ten years, it is because the judicial system was not independent,” Bayon stated. He said that Gaddafi's release reflects the restoration of judicial independence under the reformist government of Lebanon formed in January. Musa Sadr is the founder of the Amal movement, now allied with the Hezbollah fighting formation, and disappeared during an official visit to Libya along with his assistant and a journalist. Beirut accused the then-leader of Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, who was overthrown and killed during the uprising in 2011, of being responsible for the disappearance. Since the disappearance of the trio, relations between Libya and Lebanon have remained tense. Hannibal Gaddafi, married to Lebanese model Aline Skaff, fled to Syria after the uprising in Libya. In December 2015, Gaddafi Jr. was kidnapped by armed men who brought him to Lebanon, where authorities freed him from his captors but then detained him.