[I originally ilitumwa this at The Lion King chanzo as ElChivato.]

I mean for a crime other than Scar's. Fanfiction is fun fun fun! But the bottom line is; in movie making if anything gets complicated, it would be somewhat au extremely directly explained - NOT hidden behind hints.

Even the director of TLK2 says "the seeds of it are in the first film". (In the Making of documentary "Proud of Simba's Pride".) And the last time I checked, no crimes happen in that film apart from the one committed kwa Scar. And because the sekunde film did not specify any crime other than the one Scar committed, that's...