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Gwyneth Paltrow opened up about the lawsuit against her brought by retired optometrist Terry Sanderson, who alleged she recklessly crashed into him at the Deer Valley resort in 2016.
Seven months after winning the court battle and getting cleared of any wrongdoing, the 51-year-old Oscar winner called the highly publicized trial 'pretty weird.'
'I don’t know that I’ve even processed it. It was something I felt like I survived,' the mother-of-two told The New York Times.
She continued: 'Sometimes in my life it takes me a long time to look back and process something and understand something.'
Looking back: Gwyneth Paltrow opened up about the lawsuit against her brought by retired optometrist Terry Sanderson, who alleged she recklessly crashed into him at the Deer Valley resort in 2016; seen in March 2023
In March, jurors found that Sanderson, 76, was ‘100 per cent’ to blame for the crash at the upmarket Utah ski resort seven years ago.
The decision comes after eight days of live-streamed courtroom testimony that drew worldwide audiences and became a pop culture fixation.
Following her legal win, Paltrow's attorney read a statement from the actress outside the courthouse.
Stephen Owens, representing the actress, said: 'We're pleased with the outcome and appreciate the judge and jury's consideration.
'Gwyneth has a history of standing up for what's right and this situation is no different. She will continue to stand up for what's right.'
A statement was released by her representatives.
'I felt that acquiescing to a false claim compromised my integrity,' Paltrow said.
'I am pleased with the outcome and I appreciate all of the hard work of Judge Holmberg and the jury, and thank them for their thoughtfulness in handling this case.'
Seven months after winning the court battle and getting cleared of any wrongdoing, the 51-year-old Oscar winner called the highly publicized trial 'pretty weird' (pictured in 2016)
Meanwhile, a deflated Sanderson said he stands by his version of events, despite losing the case.
Asked what he plans to do next, he joked: 'Maybe Disneyland!'
Paltrow's attorneys described the complaint against her as 'utter B.S.' and painted the Goop founder-CEO as uniquely vulnerable to unfair, frivolous lawsuits due to her celebrity.
In his closing argument, Ms Paltrow’s lawyer Stephen Owens said that Ms Paltrow had been ‘pounded like a punching bag’ for the past two weeks during the trial.
Mr. Owens said: ‘It’s not a nice thing for someone to throw a press conference and say like King Kong you knocked him out and walked away, skied away. That’s not what happened.’
‘He hit her, he hurt her and he wants $3million for it. That’s not fair.
‘The easy thing for my client would have been to write a cheque and be done with it but what does that tell her kids? (It’s) a cost of business? No it’s wrong that he hurt her and he wants money from her and that’s why we’re here’
‘It’s not about the money, it’s about ruining a very
