The prosecution wrapped its case late Wednesday morning, sending the case to a panel of seven women and five men

A prosecutor on Wednesday told jurors in Harvey Weinstein's Manhattan retrial that the evidence clearly showed the former movie mogul raped three women, pushing back on a defense lawyer's efforts to paint the accusers as liars.

Assistant Manhattan District Attorney Nicole Blumberg said the disgraced film titan used his power in Hollywood to sexually assault women. She derided defense counsel arguments seeking to shift culpability away from Weinstein as "absurd.