Gwyneth Paltrow is reflecting on her 2023 ski trial.
The actress, 52, was discovered not liable in March 2023 after Terry Sanderson sued her and claimed that her alleged reckless snowboarding brought on her to run into him whereas on the slopes in 2016.
“It was ridiculous, and I have to say that the idea that someone could ski into your back and knock you down and then sue you? I was like, ‘This is everything that’s wrong with our legal system,’” Paltrow recounted whereas on “The World’s First Podcast” final week. “That’s why I felt like I had to fight it.”
The retired physician first sued the Goop founder in 2019, claiming she left him with everlasting injury after the ski crash in Deer Valley, Utah. Sanderson initially sued Paltrow for $3.1 million in damages earlier than decreasing his quantity to $300,000.
Paltrow vehemently denied the allegations and countersued the previous optometrist for $1 in damages plus her authorized charges. She additionally maintained that Sanderson was the one who brought on the collision.
After eight days, the jury deliberated for two hours and 32 minutes and located Paltrow not liable. After the choose learn the decision aloud, the “Iron Man 3” star turned to Sanderson and allegedly stated, “I wish you well.”
“I’m not going to be shaken down here,” Paltrow informed podcast hosts Erin and Sara Foster, referring to the trial. “I’m not doing that.”
Through the courtroom battle, Sanderson claimed that the ski encounter left him with “a brain injury, four broken ribs and other serious injuries” and that Paltrow had been snowboarding “out of control” when she allegedly knocked him down.
He additionally alleged that the “Shallow Hal” vet’s ski teacher didn’t see the accident however “falsely accused Sanderson of having caused the crash. He also failed to send help, as he was obligated to do, and later filed a false report to protect his client, Ms. Paltrow.”
Paltrow clapped again on the stand, stating, “I was hit by Mr. Sanderson, and he was at fault.”
The “Shakespeare in Love” star stated that her teacher informed her to depart her data with the person after the collision.
“He said, ‘You should go ski down’ because my kids were waiting for me,” she defined. “I would not have left the scene without leaving my information, and my information was left.”
“I was skiing and two skis came between my skis, forcing my legs apart, and then there was a body pressing against me. And there was a very strange grunting noise. So my brain was trying to make sense of what was happening.”
After the decision was learn, the Oscar winner launched a press release to the general public.
“I felt that acquiescing to a false claim compromised my integrity,” she stated. “I am pleased with the outcome and I appreciate all of the hard work of Judge Holmberg and the jury, and thank them for their thoughtfulness in handling this case.”
Paltrow’s lawyer, Steve Owens, additionally commented on her win.
“Gwyneth has a history of advocating for what she believes in,” the lawyer said. “This situation was no different and she will continue to stand up for what is right.”
In October 2023, Paltrow mirrored on the trial, saying she felt like she “survived” a really traumatic occasion.
“That whole thing was pretty weird,” she informed the New York Occasions. “I don’t know that I’ve even processed it.”
“It was something I felt like I survived,” continued Paltrow. “Sometimes in my life it takes me a long time to look back and process something and understand something.”
