Jurors deliberated in the Bill Cosby sexual assault case for about four hours before adjourning for the night.
The weeklong trial wrapped up on Monday in Pennsylvania after prosecutors and defence lawyers delivered their closing arguments, painting starkly different portraits of the once-beloved comedian.
Montgomery District Attorney Kevin Steele told jurors Cosby's own words, given to police and in a deposition more than a decade ago, show he ensnared Andrea Constand by posing as a trusted mentor before drugging and sexually assaulting her in his home in 2004.
"Ladies and gentlemen, he has told you what he has done," he said.
"It is about as straightforward as you are ever going to see in a sex crimes case."
But defence lawyer Brian McMonagle said Constand's inconsistent accounts, including her shifting estimate of when the incident occurred, revealed her to be a liar out for financial gain.
"She'd remember it for the next 365 days and all the days of her life if there were a sexual assault in this case," he said in his own summation, as Cosby's wife, Camille, sat in the courtroom for the first time since trial began.
Cosby, star of the 1980s hit family sitcom The Cosby Show and once a popular figure in television commercials, faces charges that he assaulted Constand, now 44, at his home in 2004. At the time, she was director of operations for the women's basketball team at Cosby's alma mater, Temple University.
Dozens of women have made similar accusations against Cosby, 79, although only Constand has accused him of a crime that allegedly took place recently enough to allow for prosecution.
Cosby, who did not testify, has denied all allegations.
