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The lawyer for the retired eye doctor accusing actor Gwyneth Paltrow of causing a 2016 ski collision has alleged in closing statements of the civil trial that she planned a cover-up with a ski instructor.
The attorney for Terry Sanderson, Robert Sykes told jurors that he believed that Ms Paltrow and her children’s ski instructor at the Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah, Eric Christiansen, had planned a cover-up.
Mr Sykes also attacked remarks made by Ms Paltrow that she believed for a split second the crash was a sexual assault.
He began closing arguments by saying that Ms Paltrow is a “good mother” and a “good person”.
Mr Sykes said ski accidents are often “confusing” and emphasized that neither party was necessarily lying.
“I believe Gwyneth Paltrow when she says she believes Terry hit her in her back,” Mr Sykes told jurors. “The issue is, a sincere belief doesn’t make it a [reality.]”
Instead, Mr Sykes instructed jurors to focus on testimony by Craig Ramon — the only eyewitness of the collision — who said last week he saw Ms Paltrow ramming into Mr Sanderson.
The legal team for Mr Sanderson claimed that Ms Paltrow tipped Mr Christensen to say that the actor had not been reckless and to make it appear as if the incident was the fault of Mr Sanderson.
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