Gwyneth Paltrow’s Lawyer Slams ‘Meritless’ Lawsuit Over 2016 Ski Accident As ‘Utter BS’

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Gwyneth Paltrow’s attorney is coming out swinging in defending the actress against a $300,000 lawsuit filed by a retired optometrist who alleges she was negligent in a 2016 accident at a Utah ski resort.

Sources told the New York Post that Paltrow is planning to take the stand in her own defense, after retired optometrist Terry Sanderson, 76, alleged she collided with him while skiing at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah, “knocking him down hard, knocking him out.” On Tuesday, The Associated Press reported, lawyers for both parties gave their opening statements.

Lawrence Buhler, attorney for Sanderson, claimed that Paltrow took a “so what?” attitude after the collision while skiing, alleging the plaintiff experienced a “full body blow;” in Sanderson’s complaint filed in 2019, Sanderson alleged the accident left him with “permanent traumatic brain injury, 4 broken ribs, pain, suffering, loss of enjoyment of life.” READ MORE: Gwyneth Paltrow To Take The Stand In $300K Ski Crash Lawsuit  Paltrow’s lawyer, Steve Owens, offered a very different account, telling jurors that Sanderson is “obsessed” with the lawsuit and that the case was a “meritless claim of false allegation.” “Really kind of an offensive one,” Owens told the journey, reported AP. “That she somehow left him an unconscious man and bolted?

I can tell you, we believe it to be utter BS.” READ MORE: Gwyneth Paltrow To Take The Stand In $300K Ski Crash Lawsuit  Paltrow kept her head down as she was pictured arriving at Utah court on Tuesday, where she’s expected to take the stand.