• Trial Gwyneth Paltrow says skiing accident was not her fault and she feared someone was doing something "perverted"

Actress Gwyneth Paltrow was found not guilty in the case of the skiing accident that happened in 2016 and a jury found optometrist Terry Sanderson guilty of the incident, who was the one who accused her at first of having caused the collision.

The jury deliberated that Sanderson was "100%" at fault and that Sanderson would have to pay a dollar, which was what the "Shakespeare in Love" actress had asked for, as compensation for economic damages. Sanderson sued the interpreter for $300,000.

Paltrow received the news without making any gesture, while the optometrist felt sorry.

The trial came to an end after eight intense days in which witnesses and plaintiffs presented their testimonies.

Paltrow received a lawsuit from Sanderson in 2019, which accused her of hitting him from behind when they were both skiing on a slope at Deer Valley Resort, in the US state of Utah, in 2016.

The actress addresses the optometrist who has sued her. Rick Bowmer / POOLEFE

The man alleged that the Oscar winner had skied "recklessly" and that the accident left her with a bruise, four broken ribs and a lasting brain injury, in addition to changes in her personality that affected her daily life.

Paltrow's version was totally opposite to that of the 76-year-old, as she claimed that she was enjoying a day of skiing with her family when she felt an impact on her back that threw her to the ground.

On numerous occasions Sanderson claimed that it was he who suffered the blow and that he had "flyed away", becoming unconscious once he fell to the ground.

This Thursday, as a final witness in the case, Sanderson's team called neurologist Richard Boehme to testify by phone and after being questioned by Paltrow's lawyers said it was impossible that Sanderson could have "flown away" by a ski stroke.

"The skier who hit him from behind would have had to go more than 80 or 100 kilometers per hour, which seems very unlikely to me unless he is an Olympic downhill skier," he said minutes before the verdict offered by the jury.

The case became very popular on social networks, where some statements that happened during the trial, which was broadcast live on the YouTube account Law & Crime Networks, were dismissed as absurd.

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