The stage is set for the legal battle between House of Cards star Kevin Spacey and Anthony Rapp. The two will square off in a federal courtroom on Thursday in the first of four #MeToo trials to get underway this month in New York and Los Angeles, reports Variety.

The other three trials involve producer Harvey Weinstein, director Paul Haggis, and actor Danny Masterson. The four cases — two civil, two criminal — each involve at least one sexual assault allegation against a once-powerful celebrity whose career was badly damaged, if not destroyed, in the court of public opinion.