Gwyneth Paltrow Denies Fault in Ski Collision: ‘And That Is the Truth’

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, but this week had different plans for Gwyneth Paltrow. The Academy Award-winning actor and is , to the tune of $300,000, for an in 2016 by retired optometrist Terry Sanderson. , however, claims that it was she who was hit by Anderson, and accused him of “attempt[ing] to exploit her celebrity and wealth.” As such, she is countersuing him for the symbolic amount of one dollar plus the cost of her legal fees.

The incident happened at the Deer Valley Ski Resort, on the beginner's slopes. 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.

He also claimed that she left the area three to four minutes later. Sanderson was taken to a first aid tent by sled. But Paltrow contends that Sanderson hit her; her attorney Stephen Owens that Sanderson apologized to her following the incident and that she stayed on the scene until the ski patrol came by.

Paltrow took to the witness stand on March 24, the fourth day of the trial. If nothing else, onlookers were reminded that the woman is schooled at delivery.