Gwyneth Paltrow WINS Utah Ski Crash Trial & Is Granted $1 successful Damages

Gwyneth Paltrow is breaking her soundlessness connected her 2016 skis clang proceedings verdict.

Shortly aft a assemblage successful Park City, Utah, recovered that retired optometrist Terry Sanderson was "100 percent" astatine responsibility for the accident, the Goop mogul said successful a connection to E! News connected March 30, "I felt that acquiescing to a mendacious assertion compromised my integrity. I americium pleased with the result and I admit each of the hard enactment of Judge Holmberg and the jury, and convey them for their thoughtfulness successful handling this case."

Her attorney, Steve Owens, added successful a connection of his own, "We are pleased with this unanimous result and admit the justice and jury's thoughtful handling of the case. Gwyneth has a past of advocating for what she believes in—this concern was nary antithetic and she volition proceed to basal up for what is right."

Paltrow's ineligible saga archetypal began successful January 2019, erstwhile Sanderson filed a lawsuit against her for injuries helium sustained successful a collision connected a beginner-level slope astatine Deer Valley Resort successful Utah. In his filing, obtained by E! News, Sanderson accused Paltrow of crashing into him portion skiing, which helium said caused him to suffer "a encephalon injury, 4 breached ribs and different injuries." 

During the eight-day trial, Paltrow took the stand and denied Sanderson's claims. The Oscar winner said successful her grounds that she concisely thought she was being sexually assaulted during the crash, though aboriginal clarified that she was not accusing Sanderson of such.

"Two skis came betwixt my skis, forcing my legs apart, and past determination was a assemblage pressing against maine and determination was a precise unusual grunting noise," she recalled of the infinitesimal earlier the crash. "So my encephalon was trying to marque consciousness of what was happening. I thought, 'Is this a applicable joke? Is someone, like, doing thing perverted? This is really, truly strange.'"

During her testimony, Paltrow also said the skis travel was peculiarly important for herself and now-husband Brad Falchuk. As the 40-year-old explained, "[This] was the archetypal clip Brad and I were introducing our kids and doing thing unneurotic arsenic to spot if we could blend families."

Though Paltrow's daughter Apple, 18, and son Moses, 16—who she shares with ex Chris Martin—were initially scheduled to testify, their depositions were work aloud successful court instead aft scheduling conflicts prevented them from appearing successful person. Falchuk was not called to the stand.

The assemblage granted Paltrow her requested damages of $1 successful their verdict.

E! News has reached retired to Sanderson's lawyer for remark but hasn't heard back.