Gwyneth Paltrow arrived in a US court docket on Tuesday as opening statements within the civil trial over a 2016 ski accident had been set to start.
The actor and wellness guru waltzed into Park City Court, Utah, with a bodyguard simply after 8am native time (1am AEDT, Wednesday) as she ready to face off with Dr Terry Sanderson, who sued her in 2019 claiming that she crashed into him after snowboarding recklessly and left him with a traumatic mind harm.
Paltrow countersued Dr Sanderson, saying it was the retired optometrist who rammed into her on the Deer Valley Resort, 54km east of Salt Lake City, reported the New York Post.
She can be contesting his central declare that she did a “hit and run” and fled after the crash.
Opening statements from each side will probably be introduced on Tuesday to the jury of eight and two alternates, most of whom raised their hand in the course of the choice course of when the decide requested them in the event that they knew who Paltrow was.
Sources near the founding father of the controversial Goop beaut y and wellness agency have instructed The Post that Paltrow is planning to take the stand in her personal defence.
While Dr Sanderson claimed the occasion left him injured with a concussion, damaged ribs and everlasting mind harm, attorneys for Paltrow have instructed a narrative nearly fully reverse.
Paltrow claims Dr Sanderson was above her on the slopes when he crashed into her, delivering a “full body blow” to the Oscar-winning actor.
Her attorneys additionally declare Dr Sanderson had admitted to going partially blind earlier than the accident and had 15 pre-existing circumstances earlier than he rammed into their well-known shopper.
The Shakespeare in Love star additionally says she didn’t flee afterwards as a result of she was upset with Dr Sanderson for crashing into her and instructed him as a lot.
Dr Sanderson was initially looking for $4.7 million in damages, however a decide dominated he isn’t entitled to punitive damages, and reduce the quantity he’s allowed to hunt by greater than 90 per cent to $450,000.
In her countersuit, Paltrow is looking for $1.50 in damages and for him to pay her authorized charges.
This story first appeared within the New York Post and is reproduced with permission.
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