Local residents have increasingly filled the courtroom gallery throughout the trial. The trial has also shone a spotlight on Park City, known primarily as a ski resort that welcomes celebrities like Paltrow for each year's Sundance Film Festival. Three days later Sanderson gave an entirely different account, saying she ran into him and sent him “absolutely flying.” On Friday members of the jury were riveted when Paltrow said on the stand that she initially thought she was being “violated” when the collision began. A day earlier, they read depositions from Paltrow's two children - Apple and Moses - rather than calling them to testify as they earlier indicated they had planned.Īmong the most bombshell testimony has been from Paltrow and Sanderson. In the final hour of their last full day to call witnesses, they called Sanderson back to the witness stand. They chose to call four medical experts to testify rather than Paltrow's husband, television producer Brad Falchuk. Paltrow’s defense team picked mostly experts to mount their final defense on Wednesday. With lengthy rosters of witnesses on call, attorneys have confronted difficult choices about how to juggle their hired experts with family members, doctors and testimony from Sanderson and Paltrow themselves. 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. Though both sides have marshaled significant resources to emerge victorious, the verdict could end up being remembered as an afterthought dwarfed by the worldwide attention the trial has attracted. ![]() It's the pain of trying to sue a celebrity,” he said on Wednesday in response to a question from his attorney about Paltrow's team probing his personal life, medical records and extensive post-crash international travel itinerary. ![]() “That's the purpose: to make me regret this lawsuit. Sanderson testified Friday that he had continued to pursue damages seven years after the accident because the cascading events that followed - his post-concussion symptoms and the accusation that he sued to exploit Paltrow's celebrity - added insult to injury. Sanderson’s team will likely cite how the man claiming to be the sole eyewitness testified to seeing Paltrow hit their client and continue spinning the case as a contemporary David versus Goliath tale in which Sanderson suffered injuries and had the courage to take on a movie star. They've painted him as an “obsessed” man pushing “utter B.S.” claims against someone whose fame makes them vulnerable to unfair, frivolous lawsuits. ![]() Paltrow’s attorneys are expected to continue their two-pronged approach, both arguing that the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer didn’t cause the accident and that its effects aren’t as bad as Sanderson claims. Each side will then have roughly one hour to give the jury their closing arguments. Sanderson’s attorneys are expected to begin on Thursday morning by recalling their medical experts to rebut claims made by Paltrow’s. Paltrow’s defense team used most of their final full day in control of the witness stand to call medical experts to testify.
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