Gwyneth Paltrow ski accident trial – live: Terry Sanderson ‘didn’t think’ crashing with Goop mogul was cool

Gwyneth Paltrow’s trial over a skiing accident entered its fifth day on Monday.

The incident took place on the slopes of Flagstaff Mountain, part of the luxury Deer Valley Resort near Park City, Utah, on 26 February 2016 when Ms Paltrow and retired optometrist Dr Terry Sanderson collided on a beginner’s course known as the Bandana Run. Ms Paltrow claimed it was Mr Sanderson who plowed into her.

Mr Sanderson, 76, alleges he was left with “permanent traumatic brain injury, four broken ribs, pain, suffering, loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress and disfigurement”.

While on the stand on Monday, Mr Sanderson denied allegations by the defence that he’s suing Ms Paltrow to exploit her wealth and fame.

He said he wasn’t star-struck after learning that Ms Paltrow was the woman involved in the collision.

“I thought, ‘I’m not into celebrity worship,’” he told jurors on Monday.

Mr Sanderson filed for damages in January 2019 and is seeking $300,000 in compensation for the injuries he sustained, prompting the actress to file a countersuit in which she asks for a symbolic $1 should she win and for her legal expenses to be covered.

Key points

• Gwyneth Paltrow mocked over ‘half a day skiiing’ line

• Terry Sanderson, Paltrow’s children expected to testify today

• Paltrow says she first thought ski crash was sexual assault and ‘froze’

• Retired optometrist Terry Sanderson and Paltrow have very different versions of events

• Sanderson suffered ‘permanent traumatic brain injury, four broken ribs ... emotional distress’

Whitney Smith, Deer Valley employee who helped Mr Sanderson takes the stand

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Hours after the 2016 ski collision, Mr Sanderson sent a text message to his daughters.

“Whitney had me entertained while probing me with questions to evaluate my senses. A dedicated outdoor person and house lover from Michigan,” Dr Sanderson texted, along with a picture of Ms Smith. “She also took me down to the toboggan by herself and won the DV Women Downhill race contest. A sweetheart”

Eric Christiansen denies falsifying ski collision report

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The veteran ski instructor said that he noted in the incident report that Mr Sanderson had plowed into Ms Paltrow.

In court on Monday, Mr Christiansen denied changing his account of events because “Ms Paltrow had tipped him well.”

Eric Christiansen says he did offer help to Mr Sanderson after the collision

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Mr Christiansen told jurors that he arrived at the site of the collision after Ms Paltrow and Mr Sanderson came to a full stop.

The veteran ski instructor testified that he took Ms Paltrow’s skis before offering a hand to Mr Sanderson to get up.

Meanwhile, Mr Sanderson claims that Mr Christiansen yelled at him and blamed him for the collision.

Eric Christiansen denies confrontation with Mr Sanderson

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“Deer Valley takes their guest very seriously,” Mr Christiansen said. “And if an instructor has a confrontation with a customer, they don’t last.”

The ski instructor, who was training Ms Paltrow’s kids on the day of the incident, has worked at the skiing resort for 40 years.

“I am police to everyone, and I was polite to Mr Sanderson.”

Eric Christiansen takes the stand

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A ski instructor for Ms Paltrow has been called on the stand by the defence.

Ms Paltrow says her contact information was given to Mr Sanderson by Mr Christiansen.

Mr Sanderson claims Mr Christiansen yelled at him and blamed him for the collision as he remained disoriented after the accident.

Terry Sanderson recounts Gwyneth Paltrow’s ‘blood-curdling scream'

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Mr Sanderson said he heard a “blood-curdling” scream – a noise that he said he has never heard before in his almost four decades of skiing – before a “boom”.

“It was wide open. There was nothing, nothing in front of me,” he testified.

Optometrist testifies Gwyneth Paltrow let out ‘bloodcurdling scream’ before ‘smacking’ into him on ski slope

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During the courtroom testimony, Mr Sanderson recalled the moment he claims Paltrow crashed into him on the slope, leaving him with “permanent traumatic brain injury, four broken ribs, pain, suffering, loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress and disfigurement”.

Alleged victim says Gwyneth Paltrow let out ‘bloodcurdling scream’ before ski crash

Skier suing Gwyneth Paltrow is confronted over ‘I’m famous’ email as he insists ‘I’m not into celeb worship’

19:38 , Andrea Blanco

The man suing Gwyneth Paltrow over a 2016 ski collision was confronted in court on Monday about his “I’m famous” comments in the aftermath of the crash as he insisted that he is “not into celebrity worship”.

The Independent’s Rachel Sharp has more:

Man suing Gwyneth Paltrow over ski crash is confronted over ‘I’m famous’ email

Court takes recess

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Jury will reconvene at 3.30pm ET.

‘No one spoke to me, absolutely no one,’ ski collision victim says

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Mr Sanderson says no one inquired about his well-being in the immediate aftermath of the crash

“That’s absolutely, beyond a doubt, wrong,” Mr Sanderson said. “No one spoke to me when I was needing help. No one stopped.”

Mr Sanderson is grilled by the defence on details about the ski crash

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Under cross-examination by the defence, Mr Sanderson agreed that his memory was not as reliable as it used to be.

He admitted to “misspeaking” about his height in his deposition years ago.

When asked about his “I’m famous” email to his daughters after the accident, Mr Sanderson said: “It’s not me, it’s the other personality which is inhabiting my body right now.”

“And you blame Gwyneth Paltrow for that,” Steve Owens, Ms Paltrow’s attorney, asked.

“Yes, absolutely,” Mr Sanderson then said.

VOICES: Why the Gwyneth Paltrow ski trial is so captivating

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Why the Gwyneth Paltrow ski trial is so captivating

Terry Sanderson shares reason why he brought up lawsuit

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Mr Sanderson says he held a press conference in 2019 in hopes that somebody had recorded the collision.

When asked why he had brought up the lawsuit, Mr Sanderson said his friends and loved ones initially did not believe the extent of his injuries.

“My daddy would say, ‘If you’ve got the truth ... don’t let anybody back it out,” he said. ”That’s what I felt I needed to do.”

Terry Sanderson says he’s a ‘self-imposed recluse’ after ski crash

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“I spent 90 per cent of the time at home ... just not feeling as fun, not feeling as engaged, just don’t have that same spark I had,” Mr Sanderson told the court on Monday.

Mr Sanderson says he doesn’t feel safe anymore when travelling, and now requests somebody travel with me.

“We planned a trip to Europe, [Me], a physician’s assistant and my yoga instructor,” Mr Sanderson recounted. “And she told me right before the trip, ‘Terry, I don’t like you anymore, you are a different person.’”

Ski collision victims says he had to break up with girlfriend after accident

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Mr Sanderson said that he could not bare seeing his relationship decline after he suffered a traumatic brain injury.

“I had to tell her to leave,” Mr Sanderson said

“I said, ‘I’m not sure I’m going to get back to normal, and I don’t want you to feel like I’m crippled and you’re going to stick it out, half a brain or whatever, because I know you would but don’t do it.’”

Terry Sanderson ‘living a different life’ after accident

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Mr Sanderson said he no longer takes risks and feels like “everything is backwards” after the 2016 collision.

“I’m living a different life now,” Mr Sanderson testified.

“I can’t ski anymore. I was told that if I did and had another crash, I’d wind up full-time in a nursing home,” he added.

Mr Sanderson he assumed Gwyneth Paltrow’s ski instructor was her boyfriend

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Mr Sanderson recalled waking up from the accident to a man yelling at him.

“What did you do?” the man said, according to Mr Sanderson.

Eyewitness Craig Ramon testified in court last week that the man allegedly yelling is Eric Christiansen, Ms Paltrow’s kids’ ski instructor.

Mr Sanderson told the jury that he believed Mr Christiansen was Ms Paltrow’s boyfriend or husband because of the way he was yelling.

Terry Sanderson says he lurched to his right after collision to avoid hitting other skiers

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“I got hit in my back so hard,” Mr Sanderson told jurors. “Serious, serious smack. Never been hit that hard and I’m flying, I’m absolutely flying.”

He said “all he saw was snow” but tried to lean towards his right in order not to hit the skiers to his left.

Gwyneth Paltrow’s ski collision victim recounts collision.

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Recounting the moments preceding the ski collision with Ms Paltrow, Mr Sanderson says he remembers the skiers on his left side being around the same speed.

“It was wide open. There was nothing, nothing in front of me,” he testified on Monday.

Mr Sanderson says he heard a “blood-curdling” scream and then “boom!”

“It was like somebody was out of control and was going to hit a tree and was about to die,” he said.

Terry Sanderson explains why he was absent during daughters’ court testimony

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Mr Sanderson says that he was not present as his daughters testified because he wanted to speak freely.

His attorneys said during opening arguments that some of the testimony about how Mr Sanderson “lost his charm” would be too painful for him to hear.

Terry Sanderson takes the stand

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Craig Ramon takes the stand

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The defence accused Mr Ramon of offering an unfair representation of Mr Sanderson’s immediate reaction to the accident.

Last week, Mr Ramon told the jury that Mr Sanderson did not remember his name after the collision.

Under cross-examination by the defence, Mr Ramon said that Mr Sanderson remembered his name around six seconds after he first asked.

Who are expected to take the stand today?

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Terry Sanderson will be called to the stand so his attorneys can rest their case.

Ms Paltrow’s defence is then expected to call her children April and Moses, who were with their Hollywood star mother on the day of the collision.

Trial delayed due to snowstorm

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Judge Kent Holmberg said the fifth day of trial is expected to start later as some jurors have not arrived in court due to a snowstorm.

WATCH LIVE HERE: Fifth day of Gwyneth Paltrow’s skiing collision trial

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WATCH: Shae Sanderson accuses Gwyneth Paltrow of ‘ignoring’ her father in mountain ski crash

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ICYMI: Why is Gwyneth Paltrow in court?

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Mr Sanderson is arguing that Ms Paltrow is essentially guilty of the ski version of a hit and run. In his complaint filed in 2019, he alleges that after the collision, she “got up, turned and skied away, leaving Sanderson stunned, lying in the snow, seriously injured”.

“A Deer Valley ski instructor, who had been training Ms. Paltrow, but who did not see the crash, skied over, saw the injured Sanderson and skied off, falsely accusing Sanderson of having caused the crash,” the complaint states.

Ms Paltrow on the other hand, claims that her instructor did in fact witness the collision.

The rule of the hills in Utah is that those ahead of you have the right of way and that those coming from behind have to avoid others. Both Mr Sanderson and Ms Paltrow claim that they were lower down on the mountain.

Deer Valley adheres to the National Ski Areas Association responsibility code, which also says that all skiers must be in control and able to stop as well as avoid other skiers.

Gwyneth Paltrow mocked over bizarre response when asked how she suffered as a result of 2016 ski crash

13:30 , Rachel Sharp

Gwyneth Paltrow has been mocked for her testimony in her ski collision trial after she gave a bizarre answer when asked how she had suffered as a result of the 2016 crash.

The Hollywood star and Goop mogul took the stand in Park City, Utah, on Friday to testify in the civil case brought by retired optometrist Terry Sanderson.

During her courtroom testimony, Paltrow was asked about the “losses” she had suffered from the crash.

“Well, we lost half a day of skiing,” she dryly responded.

The quote quickly went viral on social media with Twitter users mocking the actor over her response.

Read the full story here:

Gwyneth Paltrow mocked over response when asked how she suffered from ski crash

Man suing Gwyneth Paltrow to testify in Utah ski crash trial

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The man suing Gwyneth Paltrow over a 2016 collision at one of the most upscale ski resorts in North America is expected to take the stand on Monday as the closely watched trial goes into its second week in Utah.

Attorneys said Friday that retired optometrist Terry Sanderson, 76, would likely testify first on Monday, before his attorneys rest and hand the courtroom over to Paltrow’s defense team to make their case. Paltrow’s attorneys are expected to call her two children — Moses and Apple — and a ski instructor who was present the day of the collision.

Sanderson is suing Paltrow for more than $300,000, claiming she skied recklessly into him from behind, breaking four of his ribs and head trauma that post-accident manifested as post-concussion syndrome. Paltrow has countersued for $1 and attorney fees, alleging that Sanderson was at fault and veered into her from behind in a — first gradual and then sudden — crash.

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Man suing Gwyneth Paltrow to testify in Utah ski crash trial

Terry Sanderson to testify today

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Terry Sanderson, 76, has accused Gwyneth Paltrow of crashing into him on a ski slope at the Deer Valley resort in February 2016, leaving him with “permanent traumatic brain injury, four broken ribs, pain, suffering, loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress and disfigurement”.

Meanwhile, Paltrow claims it was Mr Sanderson who crashed into her — and that he told his daughter afterwards that he was “famous.”

On Monday morning, Mr Sanderson is expected to be the first witness called to the stand as the trial enters its second week.

After Mr Sanderson, his legal team is expected to rest before Paltrow’s defence then begins its case.

Paltrow’s team plans to call her children Moses and Apple to testify in her defence.

Busy Philipps joins in roasting of the Goop mogul

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Busy Philipps joined in the roasting of the Goop mogul on social media, after she complained about losing “half a day of skiing” because of the 2016 crash.

The actor captioned her Instagram post with the now-infamous line.

Gwyneth Paltrow is mocked over ski testimony

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Gwyneth Paltrow has been mocked online for her testimony in her ski collision trial after she gave a bizarre answer when asked about the “losses” she had suffered from the 2016 crash.

“Well, we lost half a day of skiing,” she dryly responded in court on Friday.

The comment prompted a roasting from social media users over the weekend.

Gwyneth Paltrow’s lawyer apologises to witness for being an ‘ass’

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‘I have some pride in the truth’

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“You know, I’ve skied for over 30 years. I’ve never knocked anybody down and hurt them. I’ve never been knocked down or gotten hurt,” Mr Sanderson said at the time. “They’re trying to twist the story around. It’s like, I have some pride in the truth, and so I guess maybe that’s why I want to push forward.”

What started out as a lawsuit claiming $3.1m in damages is now a $300,000 claim against Ms Paltrow, who in response is seeking a single dollar in damages and for her legal fees to be covered.

Her counterclaim, filed on 20 February 2019, also states she will give any recovered funds to charity, and she accused Mr Sanderson of attempting to “exploit her celebrity and wealth”.

The civil trial began on 21 March in Park City District Court and is set to go on for eight days, according to The Tribune.

Gwyneth Paltrow mocked over ‘Jeffrey Dahmer-inspired’ look at ski trial

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Fans have mocked Gwyneth Paltrow for the glasses that she wore on the first day of her civil trial over a ski collision, with some likening them to the signature style of notorious killer Jeffrey Dahmer.

Gwyneth Paltrow mocked for ‘Jeffrey Dahmer-inspired’ look at ski collision trial

The ski version of a hit and run

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Mr Sanderson is arguing that Ms Paltrow is essentially guilty of the ski version of a hit and run. In his complaint filed in 2019, he alleges that after the collision, she “got up, turned and skied away, leaving Sanderson stunned, lying in the snow, seriously injured”.

“A Deer Valley ski instructor, who had been training Ms. Paltrow, but who did not see the crash, skied over, saw the injured Sanderson and skied off, falsely accusing Sanderson of having caused the crash,” the complaint states.

Ms Paltrow on the other hand, claims that her instructor did in fact witness the collision.

The rule of the hills in Utah is that those ahead of you have the right of way and that those coming from behind have to avoid others. Both Mr Sanderson and Ms Paltrow claim that they were lower down on the mountain.

Deer Valley adheres to the National Ski Areas Association responsibility code, which also says that all skiers must be in control and able to stop as well as avoid other skiers.

WATCH: Gwyneth Paltrow thought ski crash was sexual assault for a split second

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‘I hope my head is still on straight and my neck is okay’

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While speaking to the press in 2019, Mr Sanderson said that he was transported down the slope on a toboggan by ski patrol because when he tried to ski down the rest of the way on his own, an acquaintance thought it appeared as if he no longer knew how to ski.

“I kept thinking, ‘I hope my head is still on straight and my neck is okay,’” Mr Sanderson said at the time, according to The Salt Lake Tribune.

“Luckily I had friends that were supportive and called and checked in on me and helped me, and stayed with me in some cases, because I sat in a chair and I couldn’t do anything. I couldn’t function. And so I’d get so tired I’d go to bed,” he added.

He said that he was still coming to terms with the effects of the collision and that some close to him had noticed his personality change.

Actor faces trial showdown over ‘hysterical King Kong’ ski crash

Sunday 26 March 2023 23:00 , Andrea Blanco

Actor Gwyneth Paltrow’s day on the slopes in Park City, Utah was cut short seven years ago when she had to take some time to rest after she collided with another person coming down the hill.

She’s now taking part in a civil trial that began on Tuesday (21 March).

As she was climbing the hill on 26 February 2016, another skier slammed into her from behind. She suffered minor injuries, for which she says the man apologized immediately. She adds in her legal filing that she was “shaken and upset”.

According to her, Terry Sanderson, 76, a retired optometrist, said he couldn’t clearly remember what had happened after the “full body hit”. But to Ms Paltrow, the incident is as clear as day.

The Independent’s Gustaf Kilander reports:

Gwyneth Paltrow faces court showdown over ‘hysterical King Kong’ ski crash

Injuries include ‘permanent traumatic brain injury’ and ‘four broken ribs’

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Mr Sanderson, 76, says the movie star and Goop CEO was the one who crashed into him, and with such force that he was left with “permanent traumatic brain injury, four broken ribs, pain, suffering, loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress and disfigurement,” according to Law & Crime.

Mr Sanderson was 69 at the time of the incident.

The two of them are now heading to trial to decide who’s responsible to pay damages, with proceedings scheduled to start on 21 March.

Gwyneth Paltrow confronted on the stand by ski collision victim’s attorneys for ‘lack of common decency’

Sunday 26 March 2023 19:00 , Andrea Blanco

When asked if she was aware that not leaving the scene of a ski collision is not only a rule in skiing but also common decency, Ms Paltrow argued that she had left her information with her skiing instructor.

“Because I was hit by Mr Sanderson and I assumed he was at fault,” Ms Paltrow said. “[My instructor] said he would leave all the information ... I said you should go ski down because my kids were waiting for me.”

Gwyneth Paltrow confronted on the stand by ski collision victim’s attorneys

Who is Terry Sanderson? The Utah doctor suing Gwyneth Paltrow over a ‘hit-and-run’ ski collision in Park City

Sunday 26 March 2023 17:00 , Andrea Blanco

Hollywood actor-turned-lifestyle influencer Gwyneth Paltrow is facing legal action from a man who accused her of colliding with him in a “hit-and-run ski crash” seven years ago.

The incident took place on the slopes of Flagstaff Mountain, part of the Deer Valley Resort near Park City, Utah, on 26 February 2016 when Paltrow and retired optometrist Dr Terry Sanderson collided on a beginner’s course known as the Bandana Run.

Who is Terry Sanderson? The man suing Gwyneth Paltrow over a skiing accident

WATCH: Gwyneth Paltrow confronted by ski collision victim’s attorneys for ‘lack of common decency’

Sunday 26 March 2023 13:00 , Andrea Blanco

GoPro video footage of Gwyneth Paltrow ski crash may not exist

Sunday 26 March 2023 11:00 , Andrea Blanco

Rumoured GoPro video footage of Paltrow’s ski collision may not actually exist, the court heard on Friday.

Reference to footage of the 2016 incident had previously been made during the trial in an email sent by Mr Sanderson’s daughter.

The jury was previously shown an email, sent by Shae Sanderson-Herath, in which she referred to possible GoPro footage of the crash.

But giving evidence on Friday, Ms Sanderson-Herath said she had not actually seen any such footage, though she had believed it existed at the time.

“After my dad told me about what he was feeling and that he could hardly think, and that he had rung his bell, I believe he mentioned there had to be GoPro video,” she told the court.

“He said there has to be GoPro footage because there was this big blood-curdling scream, so that means someone with a GoPro would have turned to look and captured it.”

She added: “I have never seen GoPro video and I don’t know that it does exist. I believed there was GoPro video at the time and that’s why I said that. I just wanted my dad to have peace of mind that there was video out there that showed what happened.”

Gwyneth Paltrow questioned over friendship with Taylor Swift in ski accident trial

Sunday 26 March 2023 09:00 , Andrea Blanco

Taylor Swift had a surprising cameo in Gwyneth Paltrow’s ongoing ski collision trial on Friday (24 March).

Terry Sanderson claims Paltrow slammed into him in a “full body hit” while skiing at the Deer Valley resort in Utah, leaving him with “permanent traumatic brain injury, four broken ribs, pain, suffering, loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress and disfigurement”.

Gwyneth Paltrow questioned over friendship with Taylor Swift

Gwyneth Paltrow ski crash stripped victim of ‘pleasure in life’

Sunday 26 March 2023 07:00 , Andrea Blanco

Radiologist Dr Wendell Gibby, who examined Mr Sanderson, told the court the man had the “typical hallmarks” of a brain injury, and his quality of life “deteriorated abruptly” following the crash, drastically changing things for the typically “very high-functioning, high-energy person.”

“Terry had been a high-functioning, active person,” Dr Gibby said. “Every day he was doing lots of things. Meeting groups, wine tasting, skiing, volunteering.”

“I think that the ability to function at a high level was lost for Terry ... many of the things that gave him pleasure in life seem to have been abruptly diminished by this injury,” the doctor continued.

The radiologist said Mr Sanderson’s injuries, including broken ribs, would not have been “plausible” according to Ms Paltrow’s version of events, where the Goop mogul argues it was Mr Sanderson who rammed into her without warning.

Gwyneth Paltrow branded a ‘prima donna’ for complaining about being photographed at ski collision trial

Sunday 26 March 2023 05:00 , Andrea Blanco

Gwyneth Paltrow has been branded a “prima donna” for complaining about cameras pointing at her during her trial for a ski collision.

Gwyneth Paltrow complains about being photographed at ski collision trial

Gwyneth Paltrow to testify alongside her children and Brad Falchuk at Utah ski crash trial

Sunday 26 March 2023 03:00 , Andrea Blanco

Gwyneth Paltrow has appeared in a US court to stand trial in a case in which the Oscar-winning actress is alleged to have collided with a skier Terry Sanderson, leaving him unresponsive at the Deer Valley Resort in Utah in 2016.

The attorneys for Paltrow and Mr Sanderson, who is suing her, gave their opening statements in court on Tuesday.

Mr Sanderson’s attorneys said they plan to call Paltrow to the stand to testify on Friday, but could do so earlier in the week depending on the other witnesses’ availability, reported the Associated Press.

Paltrow’s husband, Brad Falchuk, and her two children 18-year-old Apple and 16-year-old Moses are also expected to testify.

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Dispute over what happened after collision

Sunday 26 March 2023 00:00 , Andrea Blanco

The man skiing with the film star was Eric Christensen. At first, he and the Deer Valley Resort Company were named in the petition. They were later removed when a judge restricted the argument to be about the collision and to being between Ms Paltrow and Mr Sanderson, with the hit-and-run issue removed from the dispute.

The ruling led to the claim now being one of negligence against Ms Paltrow for allegedly causing the crash while what took place afterwards is out of bounds for the proceedings, KSL reported.

“No one with knowledge of Ms. Paltrow’s post-collision actions claims to have observed Paltrow acting recklessly,” the judge wrote in his order. “Even when interpreted in the light most favorable to [Sanderson], the undisputed facts fail to support his claim that Paltrow’s post-collision actions were likely to result in substantial harm, that they were highly unreasonable or an extreme departure from ordinary care, or that they came with an apparent and high degree of danger.”

While Mr Sanderson claims that Ms Paltrow and Deer Valley staff members skied away after the collision, Ms Paltrow alleges that Mr Sanderson told Mr Christensen that he was alright. Ms Paltrow says in her counterclaim that Mr Christensen alleged in a report that Mr Sanderson was responsible because he had “taken [Paltrow] out from behind”.

Mr Sanderson’s legal filing says that the report is false as the staff member didn’t witness the collision.

Gwyneth Paltrow’s ‘reckless’ skiing caused severe brain injuries, court hears

Saturday 25 March 2023 22:00 , Andrea Blanco

The Oscar-winning actor is being sued by retired optometrist Terry Sanderson, who alleged that she skied “out of control” and hit him at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah.

Paltrow appeared in court on Tuesday for opening statements in the case, wearing a high-necked cream jumper and brown trousers.

Lawrence Buhler, representing Mr Sanderson, told jurors that Paltrow’s behaviour on the mountain in 2016 had been “reckless”.

“Ladies and gentlemen… distracted skiers cause crashes. Defendant Gwyneth Paltrow knew that looking up the mountain and to the side while skiing down the mountain was dangerous,” he said.

“[She] was looking somewhere else blindly skiing down a mountain while looking up… [this] was reckless.”

Mr Buhler added that an injury being caused was “not a matter of if, but when” and that Paltrow “knew what she was doing was dangerous”.

He went on to tell the jury that the actor’s “neglect and conscious choices” had combined together to cause Mr Sanderson “four broken ribs and permanent brain damage”.

Gwyneth Paltrow says she first thought ski crash was sexual assault and ‘froze’

Saturday 25 March 2023 20:00 , Andrea Blanco

Gwyneth Paltrow says she briefly thought a 2016 ski collision was in fact a sexual assault and “froze” when a set of skis suddenly “forced my legs apart.”

Gwyneth Paltrow says she first thought ski crash was sexual assault and ‘froze’

Gwyneth Paltrow responds to backlash over viral wellness routine and diet: ‘I eat full meals’

Saturday 25 March 2023 18:00 , Andrea Blanco

Gwyneth Paltrow has responded to the backlash over her now viral wellness routine and daily diet.

Gwyneth Paltrow responds to backlash over viral diet: ‘I eat full meals’

Gwyneth Paltrow says she is the ‘victim’ of ski crash as she begins testimony

Saturday 25 March 2023 16:00 , Andrea Blanco

Gwyneth Paltrow reiterated multiple times that she had been the “victim” of a ski crash, as she began giving evidence in her US trial.

The Oscar-winning actress said she did “not believe” the testimony of previous witnesses and that her version of events was “categorically” the truth.

Ms Paltrow is being sued by retired optometrist Terry Sanderson over a collision at the Deer Valley resort in Utah in 2016.

She is accused of “slamming” into Mr Sanderson on a ski slope and falling on top of him, leaving him with several broken ribs and a severe concussion.

Ms Paltrow has denied the allegations, claiming that Mr Sanderson collided with her, and is counter-suing him.

The actress entered the witness box to give evidence wearing a dark blue skirt and a button-down blouse and began her evidence by describing herself as an “intermediate” skier who was “familiar” with the rules of skiing.

She denied that she had been engaging in “risky behaviour” on the day of the collision and reiterated multiple times that she had been skied into from behind by Mr Sanderson.

“I was confused at first and I didn’t know exactly what was happening,” she said, describing the incident.

“It’s a very strange thing to happen on a ski slope. I froze and I would say I got very upset a couple of seconds later.”

She added: “(I thought) Is this a practical joke? Is someone doing something perverted?… my mind was going very quickly and trying to ascertain what was happening.”

Gwyneth Paltrow questioned over friendship with Taylor Swift in ski accident trial

Saturday 25 March 2023 14:00 , Andrea Blanco

Taylor Swift had a surprising cameo in Gwyneth Paltrow’s ongoing ski collision trial on Friday (24 March).

The Independent’s Tom Murray has more:

Gwyneth Paltrow questioned over friendship with Taylor Swift

WATCH: Shae Sanderson accuses Gwyneth Paltrow of ‘ignoring’ her father in mountain ski crash

Saturday 25 March 2023 12:00 , Andrea Blanco

Gwyneth Paltrow’s attorney apologises for being an ‘ass’ to Mr Sanderson’s daughter

Saturday 25 March 2023 10:00 , Andrea Blanco

Gwyneth Paltrow’s lawyer apologised for being an “ass” to the daughter of the doctor suing the actress over a 2016 ski accident.

Attorney Stephen Owens made the admission after his cross-examination of Polly Sanderson Grasham, who had testified as a witness for her father, Terry Sanderson.

He claims Paltrow slammed into him in a “full body hit” leaving him with “permanent traumatic brain injury, four broken ribs, pain, suffering, loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress and disfigurement”.

Mr Sanderson is seeking $300,000 in damages from the Oscar winner after alleging that her was left with permanent brain damage following the accident at the Deer Valley resort in Utah.

Mr Owens and Ms Sanderson Grasham had been involved in a tense questioning after she testified that her father had become angry and short-tempered after the accident.

Gwyneth Paltrow causing ski collision is most likely scenario, US court told

Saturday 25 March 2023 08:00 , Andrea Blanco

Gwyneth Paltrow colliding with a man from behind on a ski slope and falling on top of him is the “only scenario” that would explain his injuries, a US court has heard.

Terry Sanderson provided “a cushion” for the Oscar-winning actress during the incident at the Deer Valley resort in Utah in 2016, jurors were told.

The retired optometrist is suing Ms Paltrow over the crash, in which he suffered several broken ribs and a severe concussion.

Ms Paltrow has denied the claim and is counter-suing Mr Sanderson, alleging it was him that caused the collision.

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On Thursday jurors heard testimony from Dr Richard Boehne, who said Mr Sanderson’s injuries could only have been caused by being struck from behind.

“He was hit by someone from the side and from behind, bear in mind that person landed on him. People who fall don’t get rib fractures… it takes something else,” he said.

“If you had a choice between Mr Sanderson hitting Ms Paltrow or Ms Paltrow hitting Mr Sanderson, you would have to pick Ms Paltrow hitting Mr Sanderson from behind and falling on top of him to account for the rib fractures.”

“If you were to compare two scenarios… there’s only one scenario that would account for enough force application to fracture those ribs and that would be Ms Paltrow striking Mr Sanderson from behind and falling to the ground.

“In essence he was like a cushion, if you will.”

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Saturday 25 March 2023 04:00 , Andrea Blanco

Actor Gwyneth Paltrow’s day on the slopes in Park City, Utah was cut short seven years ago when she had to take some time to rest after she collided with another person coming down the hill.

She’s now taking part in a civil trial that began on Tuesday (21 March).

As she was climbing the hill on 26 February 2016, another skier slammed into her from behind. She suffered minor injuries, for which she says the man apologized immediately. She adds in her legal filing that she was “shaken and upset”

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Hollywood star has been sued for $300,000 by a retired doctor following a 2016 crash on the lopes of Deer Valley, Utah.

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Ms Paltrow says in her filing that Mr Sanderson’s injuries are exaggerated because an examination was conducted with his doctor, which didn’t reveal anything lacking in his cognitive functioning, the claim says.

The movie star’s filing states that medical records show that he was diagnosed with a “mild” concussion and that he has spent “extended periods of time” on vacation abroad following the crash.

A general view during the Dual Moguls Preliminary Rounds on day three of the Intermountain Healthcare Freestyle International Ski World Cup at Deer Valley Resort on February 04, 2023 in Park City, Utah

The counterclaim also alleges that Mr Sanderson had 15 chronic medical problems and that he had told his physician a year previously that he was blind in his right eye, and that the vision in his left eye was getting worse.

“She did not knock him down or cause him to suffer a concussion, brain injury, or broken ribs,” Ms Paltrow’s filing states.

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Retired optometrist heard ‘hysterical screaming’ before collision

Saturday 25 March 2023 00:00 , Andrea Blanco

Mr Sanderson alleges that Ms Paltrow was coming down the beginner slope of Bandana Run on Flagstaff mountain in an “out-of-control” manner, according to Court TV.

He claims that she struck him so hard that he was knocked out. At a press conference in 2019, he said that moments before the collision, he “heard this just hysterical screaming like … King Kong in the jungle or something”.

Terry Sanderson during a press conference in 2019

He said at the time that he thought the speed at which Ms Paltrow was allegedly coming at him could explain the extent of his injuries. “A little bitty bullet can make a big hole,” he said, according to The Salt Lake Tribune.

At that press conference announcing the lawsuit, Mr Sanderson said he noticed a number of large “slow down” signs as he headed down Bandana run, so he slowed down but still stayed with the flow of other skiers coming down the slope.

“It was just instantaneous,” he said in 2019. “I got hit in my back. ... It felt like it had just drove me forward.”

He said he could remember not being able to control himself as he went down.

“And then that’s all I remember to that point — just out,” he said.

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Court is in recess for the weekend

Friday 24 March 2023 23:19 , Graeme Massie

The jury will return to the courtroom in Park City, Utah, at 9am MT on Monday morning.

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“He hit me and I was very upset,” she told the court.

She said her ski instructor had asked Mr Sanderson how he was and he had replied, “I am okay.”

And she said that she is now asking for more than a “symbolic $1.”

“For me, there is a delineation between the $1 I would receive and the lawyer fees being reimbursed,” she added.

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“That’s what they charged,” said Gwyneth Paltrow said with a deep sigh. “This is what Deer Valley charges when you go and ask for a private instructor, that’s the fee, unfortunately.”

She was asked if Terry Sanderson had hurt her during the accident.

“He did. when we fell over my right knee felt like it had been over-stretched and my back hurt,” she said.

The Hollywood star told the court she got a massage after the incident but did not have to seek any medical care.

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Friday 24 March 2023 22:34 , Graeme Massie

Gwyneth Paltrow told the court on Friday afternoon under cross-examination that she felt “very sorry for” Terry Sanderson.

“It seems he has had a very difficult life but I did not cause the accident so I cannot be at fault for anything that subsequently happened to him,” she told the jury.

The actor also testified that she did not give Sanderson brain injuries that her defence lawyer says showed up on a 2006 MRI.

The court was shown a selfie photograph of Ms Paltrow and her son Moses on the ski lift on the day of the accident and she testified that she always wears a helmet when she skis for safety and for some anonymity.

“When I am skiing I like to try to keep a low profile,” she added.

She was also asked about her history of skiing with her father, who died when he was in his 50s, causing her to step away from the sport for a while.

“I was pretty devastated by his death and being in a ski resort or on a chairlift was difficult for me and I avoided it for a few years until I had my own kids and I heard his voice in my head telling me I should teach them to ski,” she said.

She told the court that her first husband Chris Martin of Coldplay, did not ski but she had started again with now husband Brad Falchuk in an attempt to “blend” their two families.

She added that she was not distracted and was paying attention to where she was skiing on the day of the accident.

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Friday 24 March 2023 22:24 , Graeme Massie

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Gwyneth Paltrow did not ask anyone at Deer Valley about Mr Sanderson’s condition

Friday 24 March 2023 21:52 , Andrea Blanco

“Did you ever ask, ‘Hey how is that guy who ran into my back,’ Did you ask anyone at Deer Valley about that?” an attorney for Mr Sanderson asked.

Ms Paltrow answered: “I did not because at the time, I did not know he had sustained injuries like that.”

“... When you are the victim of a crash, your psychology is not necessarily about the person who perpetrated it.”

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Friday 24 March 2023 21:34 , Andrea Blanco

Under cross-examination, Ms Paltrow was asked how tall she is.

“I’m just under 5’10,” Ms Paltrow said.

Her answer prompted an unlikely pleasant exchange between her and an attorney for the man who is suing her.

“I’m so jealous,” the lawyer said.

Ms Paltrow then said: “I’m starting to shrink, though.”

“You and me both. I have to wear four-inch heels just to make it to 5’5’’.”

Gwyneth Paltrow briefly thought ski collision was sexual assault

Friday 24 March 2023 21:28 , Andrea Blanco

Ms Paltrow says she “froze” when two skis came between hers, “forcing her legs apart.”

“And then there was a body pressing against me and there was a very strange, grunting noise,” Ms Paltrow said. “My brain was trying to make sense of what was happening.”

“I thought, is this a practical joke? Is someone doing something perverted? This is very strange.”

The Goop mogul later clarified that she was not accusing Mr Sanderson of sexual assault, but that at the moment of the accident, her brain was trying to reconcile what was going on.

Gwyneth Paltrow confronted for ‘lack of common decency’

Friday 24 March 2023 21:15 , Andrea Blanco

When asked if she was aware that not leaving the scene of a ski collision is not only a rule in skiing but also common decency, Ms Paltrow argued that she had left her information with her skiing instructor.

“Because I was hit by Mr Sanderson and I assumed he was at fault,” Ms Paltrow said. “[My instructor] said he would leave all the information ... I said you should go ski down because my kids were waiting for me.”

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