Gwyneth Paltrow slams ridiculous ski crash trial: I had to fight it

Gwyneth Paltrow is reflecting on her 2023 ski trial.The actress, 52, was found not liable in March 2023 after Terry Sanderson sued her and claimed that her alleged reckless skiing caused her to run into him while 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 while on “The World’s First Podcast” last week.“That’s why I felt like I had to fight it.”The retired doctor first sued the Goop founder in 2019, claiming she left him with permanent damage after the ski crash in Deer Valley, Utah.

Sanderson originally sued Paltrow for $3.1 million in damages before lowering his amount to $300,000.Paltrow vehemently denied the allegations and countersued the former optometrist for $1 in damages plus her legal fees.She also maintained that Sanderson was the one who caused the collision.After eight days, the jury deliberated for 2 hours and 32 minutes and found Paltrow not liable.

After the judge read the verdict aloud, the “Iron Man 3” star turned to Sanderson and allegedly said, “I wish you well.”“I’m not going to be shaken down here,” Paltrow told podcast hosts, Erin and Sara Foster, referring to the trial.“I’m not doing that.”During the court 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 skiing “out of control” when she allegedly knocked him down.He also alleged that the “Shallow Hal” vet’s ski instructor did not see the accident but “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 back on the stand, stating, “I was hit by Mr.

Sanderson, and he was at fault.”The “Shak...