Does boundedness in $L^\infty ( 0,T; L^1 (\Omega))$ imply boundedness in $L^\infty (0,T;BV(\Omega))$?

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Let $\Omega$ be an open bounded domain in $\mathbb{R}^n$ and let $T>0$.

Assume $\lVert \nabla u \rVert_{L^\infty ( 0,T; L^1 (\Omega))} \leq C_1$. Does this imply $\lVert u \rVert_{L^\infty (0,T;BV(\Omega))}\leq C_2$ ? Here $C_1,C_2$ are positive constants.

Does it hold if I make the additional assumption on $u \in L^\infty (0,T; W^{1,1})$?

Because then by definition of this space:

$u \in L^\infty(0,T;L^2(\Omega)) \subset L^\infty(0,T;L^1(\Omega))$,

$\nabla u \in L^\infty(0,T;L^1(\Omega))$.

Then it holds: $\lVert u \rVert_{L^\infty (0,T; BV (\Omega))} = \lVert u \rVert_{L^\infty (0,T; W^{1,1})} = \lVert u \rVert_{L^\infty(0,T;L^1(\Omega))} + \lVert \nabla u \rVert_{L^\infty(0,T;L^1(\Omega))} \leq \tilde{C} \nabla u \rVert_{L^\infty(0,T;L^1(\Omega))} + C_1$ and since $u \in L^\infty(0,T;L^1(\Omega))$, this implies $\lVert u \rVert_{L^\infty (0,T; BV (\Omega))} \leq C_2$.

Where I used the Poincaré inequality and the assumption $\lVert \nabla u \rVert_{L^\infty ( 0,T; L^1 (\Omega))} \leq C_1$. Is this proof correct?