Gwyneth Paltrow ski collision trial – live: Star mocked over viral quote as Terry Sanderson to testify today

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 line went viral on social media with actor Busy Philipps joining in the roasting of the Goop mogul.

The trial will resume on Monday morning in Park City, Utah, with the man suing Paltrow expected to take the stand first.

Terry Sanderson, 76, has accused the Hollywood star 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.”

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

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

Key Points

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

• Oscar-winning actor Gwyneth Paltrow faces civil suit after 2016 ski crash

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

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

• Trial will decide damages

‘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

07:00 , Andrea Blanco

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’

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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

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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.