Two Canberra men have been acquitted of raping a woman at a Red Hill home.
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But an ACT Supreme Court jury will continue its deliberations on allegations the men committed acts of indecency and tried to engage in sexual intercourse with the woman without her consent.
After a seven-day trial, jurors took less than one day to find Michael Morris, 22, of Red Hill, and Matthew Holloway, 22, of Bonython, not guilty of having sexual intercourse with the woman without her consent on Morris' bed on the Canberra Day long-weekend in 2012.
Jurors will reconvene on Tuesday morning after a deadlock on the remaining charges could not be broken on Monday afternoon.
Both men have pleaded not guilty to all charges, saying the sex was consensual.
The woman first met Morris while they were walking their dogs at Flinders Park, in Red Hill.
During the trial the woman admitted she had been interested in dating Morris.
They chatted on social media and by text message and agreed to meet.
The court heard the woman accompanied the two men back to Morris' bedroom about 3.25am on March 12, where they played a drinking game.
She said she felt unwell, lost control of her body and became aware all three of them were naked.
Morris said, ''It's a package deal'', and that he wanted to have a threesome, she said.
The Crown alleged Morris and Holloway then repeatedly raped her.
The woman told the court she could not resist other than to turn her head away, did not say a word and was frightened she would be hurt.
She said the two men walked over and around her to get to the shower as she lay on the floor in her own vomit. Holloway allegedly stood over her and said, ''Was it really that bad?'' she said.
But both men maintained their innocence, saying the woman had consented to intercourse.
Defence barristers for the men said the woman's evidence was littered with numerous inconsistencies, including false claims that she was covered in cuts and bruises after the incident and the fact she contacted Morris just hours later to ask about his plans.
In cross-examination, jurors heard the woman messaged Morris to ask how he felt and if he would take his dog the park that afternoon.
She ended the exchange with ''see you later''.
At one point during the trial, the Crown conceded the woman had introduced previously unheard evidence while in the witness box.
In his closing submission, Holloway's barrister, James Sabharwal, said the woman had been reluctant to report the matter to the police, but did so after a delay of weeks because her allegations had ''snowballed out of control''.
Jack Pappas, counsel for Michael Morris, likened the woman's claims to a rotten fish, saying it smelt wrong.
The Crown - led by Mark Fernandez - told jurors in its closing the woman had been so intoxicated that consent could not have been freely given.