Los Angeles- She drew millions of fans to “Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle,” but Cameron Diaz believes that one man set out to destroy her reputation and her career. Now, Cameron will get her day in court as the criminal trial of photographer John Rutter kicks off in Los Angeles.

Rutter’s attorney, Mark Werksman, knows he has his work cut out for him, as Diaz is expected to testify against his client on Wednesday.

“Naturally, juries are sort of star struck,” Werksman said. “I imagine they’ll hang on every word Ms. Diaz says.”

Here are the facts of the case: in 1992, when Cameron was an unknown, she went to Mr. Rutter and posed for some racy photos. “The whole purpose of the photo shoot — she wanted to gain exposure as a model internationally,” Werksman said.

Cameron, of course, became a huge star with movies like “There’s Something about Mary,” “Shrek,” and “Vanilla Sky.”

Then, in 2003, Rutter told Cameron he had offers on those old sexy photos and allegedly offered to sell them back to the star for $3.5 million. Diaz called the police, and Rutter was charged with attempted grand theft, perjury and forgery. The forgery was because Rutter has a consent form signed by Diaz, which she insists is a fake.

But Werksman insists that his client was just being a stand-up guy. “He was just trying to do the decent thing,” he said. “If he had gone ahead and simply sold the photographs to the highest bidder, we wouldn’t be here.”

Werksman also believes Cameron’s celebrity is a major factor in this trial. “I don’t want to accuse the DA’s office of playing favorites, but clearly Ms. Diaz commands a lot of sympathy and attention from the DA’s office than an ordinary citizen,” he said.

And Werksman revealed to “CJ” that the case could have even more star power. The DA wants to call some top models to the stand.

“It’s certainly not going to be your run-of-the-mill criminal case on the 9th floor of the federal courts building,” Werksman said.

But Rutter’s defense is pretty simple: he had employees deal with consent forms, so if it’s a fake, he knew nothing about it. If convicted, Rutter faces five years in prison.