The man suing Gwyneth Paltrow at one of the most upscale resorts in North America took the stand Monday, saying he was rammed into from behind and sent B次元官网网址渁bsolutely flying.B次元官网网址�

The trial in Utah hinges on who crashed into who: days earlier that Terry Sanderson, a retired 76-year-old optometrist, veered into her back. He says the opposite, and that the collision broke four ribs and caused post-concussion symptoms that changed his personality and strained his family relationships.

But beyond questions of skiing etiquette, PaltrowB次元官网网址檚 attorneys the lawsuit is an attempt by an B次元官网网址渙bsessedB次元官网网址� man to exploit the actor-turned-lifestyle influencerB次元官网网址檚 wealth and celebrity.

Sanderson is suing Paltrow for more than $300,000 and Paltrow has countersued for $1 and attorney fees. The amount of money at stake for both sides pales in comparison to the typical legal costs of a multiyear lawsuit, private security detail and expert-witness-heavy trial.

On Monday, Sanderson recalled a screaming woman skiing into him and hitting him between the shoulder blades with her fists and poles as he tried to shield his head.

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Sanderson said he remembered a man in a Deer Valley Resort ski suit come up afterward and instead of offering help, angrily blaming him for the collision.

The hourlong testimony at times brought Sanderson to tears, particularly when he appeared not to be able to focus or remember things B次元官网网址� in a way that dovetailed his legal teamB次元官网网址檚 claim that the crash permanently damaged his brain. They have also argued it hurt relationships with his loved ones, including his daughters.

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The jury in Park City, Utah, has been presented back-to-back victim narratives. Paltrow testified Friday that she was downhill of Sanderson, who she said hit her square in the back, then grunted and groaned as the collision caused the two to fall together on the mountain.

After four-and-a-half days of calling witnesses, SandersonB次元官网网址檚 attorneys will now hand over the courtroom for PaltrowB次元官网网址檚 defense team to make their case. PaltrowB次元官网网址檚 attorneys are expected to call her two teenage children B次元官网网址� Moses and Apple B次元官网网址� and a ski instructor who was present the day of the collision.

They have said they also plan to depose a slate of dueling medical experts, who are expected to undercut testimony from neurologists, radiologists and psychologists hired by SandersonB次元官网网址檚 team.

Craig Ramon, the man claiming to be the sole eyewitness to the collision, testified last week that he saw Paltrow hit Sanderson.

Also last week, an email exchange between Sanderson and his daughters with the subject line, B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檓 famous B次元官网网址� At what cost?B次元官网网址� intrigued jurors and viewers following the trial online.

Attorneys have raised questions about a message from one of SandersonB次元官网网址檚 daughters suggesting the entire collision could have been recorded on a GoPro helmet cam.

That daughter, Shae Herath, testified Friday about an email in which she wrote B次元官网网址淚 also canB次元官网网址檛 believe this is all on GoProB次元官网网址� and sent along a link to a website. She and her father both testified the message didnB次元官网网址檛 contain any footage.

Herath said she sent it, she said, after speaking to her father and speculating that, at on a crowded hill at a resort like Deer Valley, someone wearing a helmet cam must have heard a scream and turned their head to capture the pair veering down the hill.

On Monday, Judge Kent Holmberg said online sleuths had found the link and that its contents would be included as evidence. The link didnB次元官网网址檛 contain GoPro footage. Instead, it was to a chat between members of SandersonB次元官网网址檚 ski group, in which Ramon B次元官网网址� the man claiming to be the crashB次元官网网址檚 sole eyewitness B次元官网网址� said on the day of the crash that Paltrow had crashed into Sanderson.

B次元官网网址淭erry was knocked out cold. Bad hit to the head!B次元官网网址� Ramon wrote. B次元官网网址淚 did see the hit. Terry did not know his name.B次元官网网址�

The exchange makes clear that Ramon thought Paltrow crashed into Sanderson years before any lawsuit was filed. It also shows Sanderson and those skiing with him knew the woman in the crash was Paltrow B次元官网网址� the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer B次元官网网址� that day.

PaltrowB次元官网网址檚 attorneys used SandersonB次元官网网址檚 participation in the post-crash exchange to ask questions about the extent of his injuries and disorientation.

B次元官网网址擲am Metz, The Associated Press

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