attorneys office said publicly they had insufficient evidence to charge michael lyon with a crime. but published reports now reveal that the statute of limitations may have run out and so had the feds's chance of prosecuting lyon. now the state authorities are investigating, which is where rosenfeld says it should have been all along. >> we have evidence that there's videotapes and there's cameras. that's really not federal jurisdiction. so i'm not so down on the feds at this point. i'm sure they looked at it carefully and decided that this is better handled in state court which is where it should be. >> reporter: finally, as for those making allegations of sexual misconduct by the real estate executive. >> bring it on because we know who they are and we know what they're saying and we are 100% ready for every, single bit of it because it is false! >> well, this afternoon, lyon real estate released a statement announcing lyon's leave of absence. "after being cleared 6 any wrongdoing by the u.s. attorney and the fbi, mike lyon will spend time clearing his good name and dealing with t