Gwyneth Paltrow is set to appear in a US court over claims she injured a man in “hit-and-run” ski crash.
The American actress is being sued by retired optometrist Terry Sanderson, who alleged that she skied “out of control” and hit him at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah back in 2016.
He claimed that Gwyneth collided with him “knocking him down hard, knocking him out, and causing a brain injury, four broken ribs and other serious injuries”.
Mr Sanderson is seeking damages of $300k (€280k), having had his previous claim for $3.1 million (€2.89 million) dropped.
According to reports, Gwyneth and some of her family members are due to appear in court today, and she is expected to testify.
The original claim, filed in 2019, states:Â “This case involves a hit-and-run ski crash at Deer Valley, Utah, where defendant Gwyneth Paltrow skied out of control and hit the back of Terry Sanderson, another skier, who was downhill, knocking him down hard, knocking him out, and causing a brain injury, four broken ribs and other serious injuries.”
“Paltrow got up, turned and skied away, leaving Sanderson stunned, lying in the snow, seriously injured.”
Gwyneth later filed a counterclaim, alleging that Mr Sanderson had hit her and delivered a full “body blow”.
The actress claimed she was shaken by the collision and stopped skiing with her family for the day.
The filing added that Mr Sanderson apologised to the 50-year-old and said he was fine.
