The jury began deliberating mid-afternoon on Wednesday, after both sides presented their closing arguments in the case, with prosecutors telling jurors they presented a clear-cut case that the former “Empire” actor orchestrated a fake hate crime against himself as a publicity stunt, and the defense calling the prosecution’s case a “house of cards.” CBS 2’s Charlie De Mar reports.

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