Man who sued Goop founder testifies in Gwyneth Paltrow’s ski crash trial

Park City, Utah — The man who sued Gwyneth Paltrow for a 2016 skiing crash at one of North America’s most exclusive resorts took the testimony on Monday and said he was “absolutely blown away” after being hit from behind. I was.

A trial in Utah will depend on who clashed with whom. Paltrow testified a few days ago that Terry Sanderson, a 76-year-old retired optometrist, turned on her back. Later symptoms were triggered that changed his personality and strained family relationships.

But beyond the issue of ski etiquette, Paltrow’s attorney said the lawsuit was an attempt by an “obsessed” man to capitalize on his wealth and fame as an actor turned lifestyle influencer. claims that

Sanderson demanded more than $300,000 from Paltrow, and Paltrow counterclaimed for $1 and attorneys’ fees. The amount both sides bet pales in comparison to the typical legal costs of multi-year lawsuits, private security details, and weighty trials of expert witnesses.

On Monday, Sanderson recalled a screaming woman skiing into him and hitting him between the shoulder blades with a fist and a stick as he tried to protect his head.

“All I saw was a lot of snow. I couldn’t see the sky, but I was flying.”

Sanderson said he remembers a man in a ski suit from Deer Valley Resort coming up after him and angrily taking responsibility for the crash instead of offering to help.

Mr. Sanderson sometimes cried during his hour-long testimony. Especially when my concentration and memory seemed to be failing. This was consistent with his legal team’s claim that the crash had caused permanent brain damage. They also claimed it damaged his relationships with loved ones, including his daughter.

Since the crash, “something is wrong with my nature and what I brought to the table with them,” Sanderson said.

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A juror in Park City, Utah, was presented with successive victim stories. Moaning and moaning, the two fell together into the mountain in the collision.

Four and a half days after the hearing of witnesses, Sanderson’s attorneys plan to turn the court over to Paltrow’s legal team to present the case. Paltrow’s attorneys plan to call her two of her teenage children, Moses and Apple, and her ski instructor who was present on the day of the crash.

They also plan to dismiss a list of dueling medical professionals expected to undermine testimony from neurologists, radiologists and psychologists hired by Sanderson’s team. .

Craig Ramon, who claims to be the sole witness to the clash, testified last week that he saw Paltrow punch Sanderson.

Also last week, there was an email exchange between Sanderson and his daughters with the subject line “I’m Famous… At What Cost?” jury and audience.

Lawyers have raised questions about a message from one of Sanderson’s daughters suggesting the entire crash may have been recorded on a GoPro helmet camera.

“I can’t believe this is all on GoPro,” her daughter Shay Herath testified Friday about an email with a link to the website. Both she and her father did not include the footage in her message, she testified.

Herath, speaking with his father, speculated that someone with a helmet camera must have heard the screams and tried to catch the two as they turned on the crowded hills of a resort like Deer Valley. After that, he said he sent it. hill.

On Monday, Judge Kent Holmberg said online investigators found the link and its contents were included in the evidence. The link he did not include GoPro footage. Instead, it was a chat between members of Sanderson’s ski group, and Ramon, who claims to be the sole witness to the crash, said Paltrow crashed into Sanderson on the day of the crash.

“Terry collapsed with a cold. A terrible blow to the head!” Ramon wrote. “I saw the hit. Terry didn’t know his name.”

The exchange reveals that Ramon thought Paltrow had run into Sanderson years before the lawsuit was filed. , also indicates that he knew the woman who crashed was Paltrow, the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer that day. and asked about the extent of Sanderson’s injuries and disorientation.

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