<p>Testimony ended Wednesday in the court-martial of U.S. Naval Academy Midshipman Lamar Owens Jr. and the judge told the five Naval officers who will decide the case to return to the courtroom after lunch for closing arguments.</p><p>Deliberations could begin later Wednesday afternoon, said Navy Cmdr. John Maksym, the court-martial's presiding judge.</p><p>Owens, once Navy's star quarterback, is charged with rape, conduct unbecoming an officer and failure to obey a lawful order. The 22-year-old senior from Savannah, Ga. faces the possibility of life in prison if convicted of all charges.</p><p>On Tuesday, Owens offered senior officers graphic details of the sexual encounter that stands at the heart of the charges and that could end his career.</p><p>"The sex was very quick and there wasn't a lot of romance," he said.</p><p>Owens told the panel assembled at the Washington Navy Yard that his accuser initiated their Jan. 29 encounter when she sent him a computerized instant message in the pre-dawn hours from her room one floor below his in the academy's Bancroft Hall.</p><p>"She invited me to her room," said Owens. He testified that when he went to his accuser's darkened room, she tugged on his sweater and indicated she wanted him to join her on her bed.</p><p>While there was foreplay, "there was no kissing," Owens told the court.</p><p>The encounter ended abruptly after a few minutes when his accuser became still and unresponsive. "It was the most bizarre thing that's ever happened to me," said Owens. He testified that realizing that his accuser's roommate was sleeping about ten feet away "just added to the weirdness of the situation."</p><p>During more than 90 minutes of testimony he repeatedly described the incident as "sex gone bad."</p><p>The Associated Press is not identifying the woman because she is an alleged victim of a sexual assault. She testified last week that she resisted Owens' advances, and protested that she had a boyfriend. But Owens has insisted that the sex was consensual.</p><p>Both midshipmen have testified that they had several drinks at separate clubs in Annapolis and Baltimore in the hours before returning to their dormitory. Owens first met his accuser during the summer following his freshman year as she prepared to enter the academy as a plebe. While he had expressed an attraction to her in the past, she had never rebuffed his advances.</p><p>"If I could change everything about the couple of minutes of consensual sex, I would change it in a heartbeat," said Owens. He is expected to conclude his testimony on Wednesday before prosecutors are allowed to call rebuttal witnesses.</p><p>Also Tuesday, Owens' accuser was recalled to the stand by defense attorneys to answer questions about her use of a prescription painkiller. The woman testified that she took the pain medication Vicodin following surgery on her left foot, but did not say when she took the medication.</p><p>The woman, who is now a senior at the academy, said she had "nightmares and weird hallucinations" after taking the drug. "I thought it was normal," said the accuser.</p><p>While she denied ever abusing the drug, she took it for as long as two months before exhausting the prescription.</p><p>She also testified that she has no recollection of several incidents male witnesses have testified about during the court martial proceeding. Those incidents included encounters in bars when witnesses testified the woman consumed several drinks. Several witnesses have testified that they saw the midshipman drinking heavily at the Acme Bar and Grill in Annapolis the previous night.</p><p>Owens' civilian attorney questioned her about a call she made at 3:49 a.m. on Jan. 29 as indicated by her cell phone bill. "I made a call to my voice mail," the woman replied, after examining a copy of the bill. The defense contends she was also receiving instant messages from her boyfriend on her computer, but the woman said she could not recall either activity.</p><p>This week, the defense has called several junior officers from the Navy and Marine Corps, including many former academy athletes, to testify about Owens' character and leadership abilities.</p><p>Ensign Adam B. Lane, who roomed with Owens for three years, testified that his friend's dedication to the Naval Academy extended beyond the football field. "He was out for the good of people underneath him," said Lane.</p><p>Former academy quarterbacks Navy Lt. Craig Cadeto and Marine Corps Lt. Aaron K. Polanco, who spent six hours or more a day with Owens when they played together, praised him as a great leader and team player. "He's very trustworthy," Polanco testified.</p><p>It is against Academy regulations to engage in sexual activity on campus. Owens was also restricted from making contact with his accuser early in the investigation. He has admitted violating that restriction by walking through her dormitory wing on Feb. 15.</p>
