It is one of the most popular court cases of the moment, following the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard affair.Gwyneth Paltrow had to take an oath, in turn, before the American court.
Accused of having seriously injured Terry Sanderson, a retired optometrist, during her skiing holiday, Gwyneth Paltrow had been asked for the sum of three million dollars by Terry Sanderson. Indeed, the lawyers of the doctor of 76 years asked the court to grant him 33 dollars for each hour spent since the accident, and this until the probable death of the latter, which they estimated in ten years.
During the first part of the trial, which took place in 2019, the lawyer for the civil party claimed that during the accident, Brad Pitt’s ex got up and continued to ski, leaving Terry Sanderson dazed, lying in the snow, seriously injured.
However, during the trial, the actress’ lawyers accused, in turn, the doctor of filing a complaint “for pleasure” and thus claimed the modest sum of a symbolic dollar from Terry Sanderson. Indeed, following Terry Sanderson’s first complaint once morest Gwyneth Paltrow, the 50-year-old actress filed a counter-suit once morest the doctor she accuses of “profit from notoriety and celebrity status“. After numerous testimonies from relatives of Gwyneth Paltrow and Terry Sanderson, the decision finally fell Thursday, March 30. Gwyneth Paltrow is cleared and has indeed received her symbolic dollar and will not pay three million dollars to Terry Sanderson. After the announcement of the verdict, the star ofIron Man expressed himself. “I have the feeling that letting false allegations pass jeopardizes my integrity“, she confided.
A publicized trial, target of mockery
Faced with the absurdity of the trial, Internet users around the world had fun ridiculing the case up and down and across. Whether on the side of the civil party or the defense, everyone has been there. From Tiktok to Twitter, Gwyneth Paltrow and Terry Sanderson have become the new darlings of social networks.