The Wildest Moments From Gwyneth Paltrow’s Ski Accident Trial: Lawyer’s Taylor Swift Questions, Treats for Bailiffs and More

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Gwyneth Paltrow’s ski accident trial has been making headlines for much more than just the 2016 incident at the center of the case.The Goop founder and retired doctor Terry Sanderson are on trial due to a 2016 skiing accident in Deer Valley, Utah.

Per his 2019 lawsuit against the Contagion star, Sanderson claimed that Paltrow crashed into him on the slopes, which caused him multiple severe injuries.

He further alleged that the accident was a hit and run and Paltrow fled the scene.“Gwyneth Paltrow skied out of control and hit the back of Terry Sanderson, another skier, who was downhill, knocking him down hard, knocking him out, and causing a brain injury, four broken ribs and other serious injuries,” read court documents obtained by Us Weekly at the time. “Paltrow got up, turned and skied away, leaving Sanderson stunned, lying in the snow, seriously injured.”The Oscar winner, for her part, has not only vehemently denied his allegations but also claimed he was the one who ran into her.“This lawsuit is completely without merit, and we expect to be vindicated,” Paltrow said in a statement to Us in January 2019.

One month later, she filed the countersuit and requested a symbolic $1 in damages.In court documents obtained by Us at the time, the MCU star’s legal team claimed that “[Paltrow] was enjoying skiing with her family on vacation in Utah, when Plaintiff — who was uphill from Ms.