The alleged sex abuse victim of Coronation Street actor Michael Le Vell had "absolutely nothing to gain" from making the accusations, a court has heard.
Members of the jury at Manchester Crown Court were told they must find the actor guilty if they believe the alleged victim's account.
Le Vell, who has played garage mechanic Kevin Webster in the ITV1 soap for 30 years, is being tried under his real name Michael Turner.
The 48-year-old denies five counts of rape, three of indecent assault, two counts of sexual activity with a child, and two of causing a child to engage in sexual activity.
The alleged victim cannot be named for legal reasons.
But prosecutor Eleanor Laws QC said his accuser had no reason to lie and the only explanation for her allegations was that it was the "uncomfortable truth".
"Bear in mind what this witness has put herself through over a long period of time," she said.
"What has she got to gain from all of that? Absolutely nothing, unless it is the truth and that is what she wants to tell you.
"If you are sure that she is telling the truth and not lying, then it is your duty to mark her courage from the witness box with convictions."
Ms Laws urged the jury of eight women and four men to concentrate closely on the evidence of the alleged victim.
"You saw her as bubbly, lovely, naive, so lovely," she said.
"She was not twisted. You are the most important people in the courtroom. It is you who decide the facts. At the end of the day it is your collective decision that is important."
She said Le Vell had only come up with one reason for the allegations and that was revenge against him.
That explanation was "absurd", said the barrister, and "just does not hold water".
Alisdair Williamson gave the closing speech for the defence, describing the matter as a "strange case of child rape" without any evidence of blood or semen or injuries to the alleged victim.
"Welcome to the prosecution's hall of mirrors," he told the jury.
"Where up is down and left is right."
He suggested the alleged victim had given differing accounts of the frequency and details of the alleged abuse to her mother, her friends and to the police.
"You are going to throw a man's life away? You are going to cast him to the outer darkness of being a child rapist?" Mr Williamson continued.
"Where is the consistency, the solidity of evidence on which you are going to be sure? Not there, simply not there."
He also accused the alleged victim of making "silly" or "ridiculous" details in her story that "doesn't add up".
Summing up the trial before sending the jury out for deliberations, Judge Michael Henshell said the jury's assessment of the alleged victim was "critical in this case".
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