arrest. he is now allowed to travel within the u.s. but his passport remains in possession of the u.s. government. we asked the world not to rush to judgment. reporter: outside the court, his attorney, benjamin brafman, who always insisted any sex was consensual, commended the court on its decision. we believed from the beginning that had case was not what it appeared to be, and we are absolutely convinced that while today is a giant step in the right direction, the next step will lead to a complete dismissal of the charges. reporter: in the end, the prosecution s case appears to have collapsed because of serious doubts about the credibility of the accuser. in a letter to strauss-kahn s defense attorney,prosecutors reveal that their own investigation showed the alleged victim had lied on her application for asylum about previously being gang raped in her native guinea, a story prosecutors say she has now changed. she lied about her whereabouts following the alleged se