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Gwyneth Paltrow finally took the stand in her ongoing ski crash trial on Friday afternoon, giving her testimony as to what took place on the Utah ski resort slopes between her and Terry Sanderson, the man who’s alleging that Paltrow skied recklessly, crashing into him and causing him significant injury in 2016. He’s seeking $300,000 in damages, while she’s seeking a symbolic $1 and compensation for her legal fees.
Paltrow disputes Sanderson’s version of events entirely. Under questioning from an attorney working for Sanderson, the GOOP founder, clad for court in a fitted, dark navy blue collared sweater and intermittently taking swigs from a green glass water bottle, was polite yet firm as she repeatedly insisted that Sanderson had skied into her back, causing the accident.
According to Paltrow, she was skiing at a moderate pace when she heard a rustling sound behind her—next, two skis appeared between her own, and she felt the front of someone’s “large” body pressing into her back.