What followed, the women have maintained, were unwanted, sometimes violent, encounters in hotel rooms and apartments. Some of Mr. Weinstein’s accusers have said he raped them; others that he forcibly performed oral sex on them.

Their testimony has included allegations that Mr. Weinstein masturbated in front of them and tried to leverage his power in the film industry to induce them to take part in threesomes.

The witnesses

The charges Mr. Weinstein faces are based on the accounts of only two of the six women: Miriam Haley, a production assistant who worked on the TV show “Project Runway,” and an aspiring actress from a small town in Washington State, Jessica Mann.

The other four women — among them an actress from “The Sopranos,” Annabella Sciorra — were asked to testify to show that Mr. Weinstein engaged in a pattern of sexual predation.

The defense

Mr. Weinstein’s lawyers have pointed out repeatedly on cross-examination that even after the alleged attacks, most of the women kept in touch with him, sometimes to the point of willingly having sex with him.

The lawyers have sought to convince the jury that the encounters, as described in court, were not crimes because they occurred in the context of broader consensual relationships.

What’s to come

Mr. Weinstein’s lawyers are expected to begin their defense as early as Friday morning.

They plan to call at least five witnesses, some of whom may bolster their contention that their client’s accusers remained in contact with him even after the alleged assaults took place.