March 24th 2023.
Gwyneth Paltrow took the stand on day four of her ski crash trial, claiming to be the 'victim'. The US actress, 50, is being sued by retired optometrist Terry Sanderson, who alleges she collided with him and left him with significant brain injuries. His defence is seeking damages of up to $3,276,000, according to Mr Lawrence Buhler, who is representing Ms Paltrow. In response, Ms Paltrow is counter-suing Sanderson for one dollar, alleging that he was the one who crashed into her. During her questioning, Ms Paltrow described herself as an 'intermediate' skier and was aware of the rules regarding leaving contact information in the event of a collision; her ski instructor Eric Christiansen had left hers for her. She denied engaging in 'risky behaviour' on the day of the incident, claiming that Mr Sanderson had ploughed into her back while she was skiing, leaving her confused and unsure of what was happening. Shae Herath, the daughter of Mr Sanderson, gave an emotive testimony today, with Polly Grasham, Mr Sanderson's other daughter, becoming tearful the previous day as she recalled her father's injuries.
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Gwyneth Paltrow took the stand on day four of her ski crash trial, claiming herself to be the ‘victim’. The US actress, 50, is being sued by retired optometrist Terry Sanderson, who alleges she collided with him and left him with significant brain injuries. His defence is seeking damages of up to $3,276,000 , said Mr Lawrence Buhler, who is representing Ms Paltrow. Meanwhile, Ms Paltrow, who has been described by her legal team as a ‘conservative’ skier, is counter-suing Sanderson for one dollar, alleging that he was the one who crashed into her.
(Image Source: https://metro.co.uk) Taking the stand for questioning, Ms Paltrow began her evidence by describing herself as an ‘intermediate’ skier and was familiar with the rules of skiing. She said she was aware that if involved in a collision, skiers were required to leave their contact information but that her ski instructor Eric Christiansen had left hers for her.
‘So because I was hit by Mr Sanderson and he was at fault I assume that Eric…who was there at the time, he said I’m going to leave all of your information, because my kids were waiting for me,’ she said. ‘I would not have left the scene without leaving my information and my information was left …subsequently I know that he did. I was not there when it was given.’
(Image Source: https://metro.co.uk) Ms Paltrow wore a navy skirt and button down blouse and occasionally drank from a glass bottle. She proceeded to deny that she had been engaging in ‘risky behaviour’ on the day of the collision. ‘I was not engaging in any risky behaviour. I would not engage in risky behaviour with or without my children being there,’ she said.
(Image Source: https://metro.co.uk) Ms Paltrow went on to reiterate multiple times that she had been skied into from behind by Mr Sanderson. ‘My daughter was down the hill, my son was to my left, so I was skiing and my eyes were not fixated on my son when Mr Sanderson skied directly into my back,’ she said. ‘I was confused at first and I didn’t know exactly what was happening. 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: ‘ Is this a practical joke? Is someone doing something perverted?…my mind was going very quickly and trying to ascertain what was happening.’
(Image Source: https://metro.co.uk) Shae Herath, the daughter of Mr Sanderson, gave an emotive testimony today and Polly Grasham, Mr Sanderson’s other daughter, also became tearful the previous day as she recalled her father’s injuries.
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