Gwyneth Paltrow caused 2016 Utah skiing accident, witness testifies as trial opens
An eyewitness testified Tuesday that actor Gwyneth Paltrow crashed into another skier, injuring him, in an accident at Utah’s Deer Valley Resort in 2016, a sequence of events Paltrow's lawyer disputed.
An eyewitness testified Tuesday that actor Gwyneth Paltrow crashed into another skier, injuring him, in an accident at Utah’s Deer Valley Resort in 2016, a sequence of events Paltrow's lawyer disputed.
Paltrow was in court for the first day of the trial in Summit County, Utah, where she is accused of causing Terry Sanderson "to suffer a concussion, brain injury and four broken ribs," according to an initial lawsuit filing.
Paltrow denies being at fault in the Feb. 26, 2016, accident and said Sanderson was exploiting her wealth and celebrity.
Sanderson is seeking $300,000, amended down from a previous request for $3.1 million. Paltrow is countersuing Sanderson for $1.
Paltrow and Sanderson both dispute who hit whom and who was farther up the hill at the time of the crash. Deer Valley's website says the person ahead or downhill has the right of way.
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