Gwyneth Paltrow

The actress testifies she felt "hurt and violated" when she says a man crashed into her on the slope.

Mr Sanderson, she said, had mumbled that he was OK. "I was skiing and looking downhill as you do," she said. Lawyers for Mr Sanderson asked if she remembered her nine-year-old son, Moses, shouting "mommy, mommy, watch me." This is an alternate version of my dad." "Is this a practical joke. Is someone doing something perverted?"

Paltrow told the court that she had briefly feared she was being sexually assaulted. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Paltrow said about Swift: “I would not say we are good friends. Paltrow, who said she was upset and cursed at Sanderson after the collision, said she did not ski off until after Sanderson told Christiansen that he was fine. Swift was awarded US$1.

The actress testified that the man suing her had run into her from behind, causing both skiers to end up splayed out on the ski run with Paltrow on top and ...

When asked whether she's friends with Swift over a parade of objections from her attorney, Paltrow said no, but that she was "friendly" with the singer. Paltrow's attorneys argue both that she didn't cause the crash and that the extent of Sanderson's injuries is exaggerated. Paltrow testified that she stood nearby on the mountain as one of her family's four ski instructors promised to give Sanderson her contact information and file an incident report. The amount of money at stake for both sides pales in comparison to the typical legal costs of a multi-year lawsuit, private security detail and expert witness-heavy trial. After sitting in court for four days, Paltrow remained calm and collected for more than two hours on the witness stand. Paltrow later clarified that after her split-second panic, she realised that the sudden collision wasn't sexual in nature.

Paltrow is in court this week over allegations she crashed into retired optometrist Terry Sanderson on a Park City, Utah, ski slope, breaking his ribs and ...

[Gwyneth Paltrow In Court For $300,000 Ski Accident Trial](https://www.forbes.com/sites/marisadellatto/2023/03/21/gwyneth-paltrow-facing-300000-trial-over-ski-accident/?sh=764e08652c95) (Forbes) [Gwyneth Paltrow’s ski accident trial has begun. Buhler, [said](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/21/arts/gwyneth-paltrow-ski-accident-trial.html) Tuesday. [filed](https://www.npr.org/2023/03/21/1165094504/gwyneth-paltrow-ski-crash-trial-lawsuit-utah) the lawsuit in 2019, three years after the accident. Here’s what to know.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/03/21/gwyneth-paltrow-ski-trial/) (The Washington Post) At what cost?” though his daughter, Polly Sanderson Grasham, said in a testimony this week he was just making light of a serious situation. Radiologist Wendell Gibby and Sanderon’s daughter Polly Sanderson Grasham both [testified](https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/24/entertainment/gwyneth-paltrow-ski-collision-trial-friday/index.html) Sanderson’s condition deteriorated in the years following the crash, and Sanderson’s lawyers said he experienced a change in personality: “Before this crash, Terry was a charming, outgoing, gregarious person,” his lawyer Lawrence D. Sanderson [apologized](https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/gwyneth-paltrows-lawyer-apologizes-witness-211436114.html) Thursday for “being an ass” after a tense cross examination with Sanderson Grasham, in which he asked about an alleged incident in which her father punched a man he thought his ex-wife was having an affair with (a claim Sanderson Grasham had not heard) and whether Sanderson was verbally abusive to his ex-wife and his other daughter Jenny. [asked](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/gwyneth-paltrow-treats-ski-utah-trial-b2307075.html?utm_content=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Main&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1679609710) the judge if they could bring in “treats for the bailiffs for how helpful they’ve been,” a request the judge denied. [accused](https://apnews.com/article/travel-entertainment-ap-top-news-us-news-lawsuits-89356b1afe574eee890e7f31cb193b86) Sanderson of suing to exploit her fame for money: After the crash, Sanderson [exchanged](https://apnews.com/article/gwyneth-paltrow-utah-ski-collision-trial-572ec8ab27ee4f3068cfa065bb08725a) emails with his daughter under the subject line, “I’m famous ... [goofy](https://twitter.com/defnoodles/status/1638238901453340672)” as he waved around a dollar bill as a prop during his [opening argument](https://www.courttv.com/title/gwyneth-paltrow-ski-crash-case-defense-opening-statement/) Tuesday to emphasize that Paltrow was countersuing for just $1, arguing it mattered because the crash ruined Paltrow’s family skiing trip. [court](https://www.forbes.com/sites/marisadellatto/2023/03/21/gwyneth-paltrow-facing-300000-trial-over-ski-accident/?sh=764e08652c95) this week over allegations she crashed into retired optometrist Terry Sanderson on a Park City, Utah, ski slope, breaking his ribs and causing permanent brain damage (Paltrow instead claims Sanderson crashed into her and filed a counterclaim, seeking just $1 in damages and attorney’s fees).

Gwyneth Paltrow, the award-winning actress facing a civil trial for a 2016 skiing crash at a Utah resort, testified that she "froze" when a man allegedly ...

It was the first time Paltrow and her then-boyfriend were introducing their children to each other to gauge whether they had a future as a “blended family.” She was shaken and upset, and quit skiing for the day even though it was still morning.” I thought it was very minor on the day,” she said. At one point, VanOrman asked whether Paltrow can demonstrate the crash with her in at the courtroom, but the judge declined that request. Sanderson also accuses Paltrow and her ski instructor of skiing away after the incident without getting him medical care. And there was a very strange grunting noise.

The Oscar-winning actress testified that the man suing her was to blame for the 2016 incident.

The pair then had a back-and-forth conversation, with VanOrman suggesting she was “so jealous” that Paltrow was just under 5-foot-10, and that she would “have to wear four-inch heels just to make it to” 5-foot-5. At what cost?” The trial has been picked apart by social media, as the trial has produced viral moments, including Paltrow [shielding](https://twitter.com/evanrosskatz/status/1638933250138865664) her face in court with a $250 notebook and offering “ [treats](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/gwyneth-paltrow-treats-ski-utah-trial-b2307075.html?utm_content=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Main&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1679609710)” to courtroom staff. Paltrow has also [accused](https://apnews.com/article/travel-entertainment-ap-top-news-us-news-lawsuits-89356b1afe574eee890e7f31cb193b86) Sanderson of suing to exploit her fame for money, citing emails between Sanderson and his daughter under the subject line, “I’m famous … Paltrow has acknowledged that she and Sanderson crashed into each other, though she has denied she was the one to run into him. [lawsuit](https://www.npr.org/2023/03/21/1165094504/gwyneth-paltrow-ski-crash-trial-lawsuit-utah) against Paltrow in 2019, three years after the pair collided while skiing in Park City, Utah. Paltrow responded: “Oh, they are very nice.”

Anderson claims that Paltrow was skiing “out of control” and that the collision “caus[ed] a brain injury, four broken ribs and other serious injuries.” In 2019 ...

This led to a Paltrow dropping her jaw in a very dramatic fashion and Owens demanding a retraction. Sanderson categorically hit me on that ski slope, and that is the truth,” but added “I feel very sorry for him. It seems like he’s 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.” Anderson claims that Paltrow was skiing “out of control” and that the collision “caus[ed] a brain injury, four broken ribs and other serious injuries.” In 2019 he sued for $3.1 million, but a judge ruled that the amount must be capped at $300,000. In an opening statement, Sanderson’s lawyer Lawrence Buhler claimed that Paltrow was looking at her children, not where she was skiing, and hit his client. Case in point: this meme-worthy moment in which she apologized for swearing after (allegedly) being hit on a ski slope.

Gwyneth Paltrow's clothes at her Utah ski accident trial have telegraphed two messages at once: She was just a regular mom on a ski vacation, and she is too ...

Like she was eager to get all this unpleasantness squared away and get on with the rest of her day. [Harvey Weinstein arrived for his 2020 trial in New York](https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/harvey-weinstein-looks-sloppy-and-weak-do-you-believe-him/2020/01/07/b09aeee2-309e-11ea-9313-6cba89b1b9fb_story.html?itid=lk_inline_manual_14) unshaven and leaning on an orthopedic walker with tennis balls affixed to the feet. When [Winona Ryder was on trial for shoplifting charges](https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2002/11/08/the-verdict-on-winonas-clothes/8f40bdfa-7233-438a-b027-ea8902dc4b3d/?itid=lk_inline_manual_12) in 2002, The Washington Post’s Robin Givhan took note of her girlish headbands and her prim, elegant knee-length skirts and dresses — but wondered after Ryder was convicted, “Did they sense in her an attempt at manipulative wardrobing so slick that it backfired?” Harris [observed](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/30/opinion/harvey-weinstein-walker.html), “contrasts sharply with his former image as a domineering Hollywood power broker now accused of rape and predatory sexual assault.” And Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, in court last year suing each other for defamation, wore sharp, tidy suits and clean-looking, off-the-face hairstyles while they traded allegations of drunken, drug-addled abuses. In gold jewelry and luxe-looking riffs on traditional businesslike silhouettes like the suit, cardigan and turtleneck sweater, her hair loose and makeup modest, Paltrow has effectively split the difference between demure propriety and power glam. Sanderson alleges that Paltrow fled afterward and that the collision left him with broken ribs and permanent brain damage, and after initially seeking $3 million, Sanderson is now suing Paltrow for $300,000.