A lawyer for Hollywood star Gwyneth Paltrow has branded claims she violently crashed into a retired optometrist on the slopes of an upmarket ski resort “utter BS”
The Oscar winner for, 50, is being sued for $300,000 in damages by retired optometrist Terry Sanderson, 76, who claims she skied out of control on the beginners slopes at Deer Valley in Utah before crashing into him, leaving him with brain injuries, broken ribs and emotional distress.
Ms Paltrow claims Mr Sanderson was at fault in the collision and has countersued for $1 in damages, with her legal team alleging he is overstating his injuries and trying to exploit her celebrity status and wealth. Mr Sanderson’s initial claim for $3.1m described the accident as a “hit and run”. It has since been downgraded to $300,000 in damages.
On Tuesday, the Goop lifestyle brand founder appeared in court opposite Mr Sanderson and tried to shield her face from reporters with a blue “GP” initialled notebook. Jurors were strictly warned not to research the trial on the internet, as it was streamed live on Court TV accompanied by a string of commentary from those watching at home.
The actress shields her face with a blue notebook as she exits a courtroom, where she is accused in a lawsuit of crashing into a skier during a 2016 family ski holiday Ms Paltrow’s lawyer Steve Owens said Mr Sanderson crashed into his client in what has been labelled a “full body blow”.
“It was a sentimental issue because she had started getting back into skiing and she did it because she wanted her kids to learn like she had,” Mr Owens said in his opening argument. “And [Falchuk] has kids the exact same age as Gwyneth’s daughter and son,” Mr Owens told the court. “And this was really their first trip to sort of a have a mixed, see-if-this-might-work. So it was a special time and it was a lovely day.
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