judge bruce chan said it was enough to show the sex was consensual and threw the case out. the judge will now look at another case. >> i think she did go for rough sex and she did not communicate. >> reporter: while hoffman is not out of the hook yesterday, he did get his bond reduced. his lawyer says he could be out this weekend. eric rasmussen. >>> accused serial killer joseph naso reversed his efforts to represent himself. this afternoon a marin county judge granted a request to have an attorney represent him. the judge said that naso will pay for his own attorney. >>> a white ford pickup truck hit and killed 63-year-old donald casper last night while he was jogging in sonoma county. at a conference this afternoon, the chp asked anyone with information about the accident to please come forward. casper's cousin also took to the podium with a plea to the person behind the wheel. >> at the time of the accident, you may not have realized what happened. now that you've had time to think about the situation, we hope that you will see that the best thing to do would be to turn

>> larry, the judge bruce chan threw out cases against two women saying that basically there was a credibility issue here. just too many holes in the stories. now this, preliminary hearing lasted two days, two days, of very graphic testimony. >> sex, lies and videotapes. add to that sexual domination. this case had it all. the 50-year-old defendant, michael hoffman, a labor lawyer specializing in cases involving wrongful termination and sexual harassment. his accusers? three women who responded to his ads on craig's list where hoffman said he'd like to degrade and dominate partners. all three said he sexual assaulted them here in his condo. liz, shown here wearing a purple top said she'd been attacked in june, that he forced her to have rough sthaechl day but lawyers produced a video that his client took. which the judge said showed otherwise. >> this was a video of the alleged rape. and it showed she lied in the courtroom. >> and hahnlynn poked holes into this woman's story. vanessa says she was fondled in a painful manner, hahnlynn got her to admit she lied to police. >> she told the police