Gwyneth Paltrow not at fault for ski collision, jury decides – Moviesapple

Gwyneth Paltrow won her court battle over a 2016 ski collision at a posh Utah ski resort after a jury decided Thursday that the movie star wasn't at fault for the crash. A jury

dismissed the complaint of Terry Sanderson, a retired optometrist who sued Paltrow over injuries he sustained when the two crashed on a beginner run at Deer Valley ski resort,

siding with Paltrow after eight days of live-streamed courtroom testimony that made the case a pop culture fixation. "I felt that acquiescing to a false claim compromised my

integrity," Paltrow said in a statement released by her representatives. She also thanked the judge and jury for their work. As Paltrow left court she touched Sanderson's shoulder

and said, "I wish you well," she told reporters outside the courthouse. He replied, "Thank you dear." Her attorney, Steve Owens, added in a statement he read outside court that

"Gwyneth has a history of advocating for what she believes in this situation was no different and she will continue to stand up for what is right." Paltrow, an actor who in recent

years has refashioned herself into a celebrity wellness entrepreneur, looked up to her attorneys with a pursed lips smile when the judge read the eight-member jury's verdict in the

Park City courtroom. She sat intently through two weeks of testimony in what became the biggest celebrity court case since actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard faced off last year.

The attorney fees Paltrow demanded in her countersuit were not included in the jury's verdict, leaving the bulk of the final award for the Park City judge to decide. The dismissal

concludes two weeks of courtroom proceedings that hinged largely on reputation rather than the monetary damages at stake in the case. Paltrow's attorneys described the complaint

against her as "utter BS" and painted the Goop founder-CEO as uniquely vulnerable to unfair, frivolous lawsuits due to her celebrity. Paltrow took the witness stand during the

trial to insist the collision wasn't her fault, and to describe how she was stunned when she felt "a body pressing against me and a very strange grunting noise." Through the trial,

the word "uphill" became synonymous with "guilty", as attorneys focused on a largely unknown skiing code of conduct that stipulates that the skier who is downhill or ahead on the

slope has the right of way. Worldwide audiences followed the celebrity trial as if it were episodic television. Viewers scrutinized both Paltrow and Sanderson`s motives while

attorneys directed questions to witnesses that often had less to do with the collision and more to do with their client`s reputations. The trial took place in Park City, a resort