Smith said Sanderson told her he had been hit from behind but did not know the other person in the collision was Paltrow - she said she learned that from Ramon. Smith told how she had asked him about pain and said he appeared ‘rattled’.īut she also said he had passed her cognitive tests and seemed alert, saying: ‘Per my assessment, he seemed alert and oriented.’ Monday afternoon continued with testimony from Whitney Smith, the Ski Patrol member who helped Sanderson off the Bandana run on the day of the accident.Īn EMT of two years at the time of the crash, she said she arrived to see Sanderson standing on a part of the slope lower down from the collision site with the mountain host who had radioed for her help standing close by him. That man, said to be Gwyneth Paltrow's ski instructor, took the stand after lunch after being accused by Sanderson of refusing to help him and described the ski instructor as 'a bully' in court this morning. Then boom! It was like somebody was out of control, was going to hit a tree and going to die.' Mimicking the sound: 'Everything was great and than I heard a bloodcurdling scream. When Sanderson took the stand, he recreated the 'blood-curdling scream' he claims he heard just before Paltrow allegedly slammed into him on the ski slope. Paltrow's ski instructor Eric Christiansen told court that 'no one was unconscious' and Sanderson said 'she just appeared in front of me' as actress defense began making their case
Sanderson then took the stand himself and gave his account of how Paltrow allegedly hit him, despite him seeing 'no one' in the 'wide open' area as he began making his way down the ski slope. It also shows Sanderson and those skiing with him knew the woman was Paltrow.
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The exchange - which was unearthed by a trial viewer - makes clear that Ramon thought Paltrow crashed into Sanderson years before any lawsuit was filed. Paltrow's son Moses, who he had been hired to instruct, is in front in orangeĮarlier Monday, a witness who testified about the 2016 ski collision between Paltrow and Sanderson posted messages online just weeks after the crash that told how the actress 'took out Terry and took off.'Ĭraig Ramon, 48, who was the first witness to testify last week, took the stand again on Monday morning to be question about the online post on the MeetUp app that gave a contemporaneous account of what happened on the day of the crash. This grab from a video shown in court shows the instructor's POV during the crash. She was speaking quite sharply but I don't know she yelled.' One of the first things I did was ask if everyone was OK. 'As I came across, she was speaking to Mr Sanderson. He said the Goop boss had been left fuming by the crash, saying: 'When you're skiing, you don't expect to be taken out - it's very fast. He told court the plaintiff's star witness Craig Ramon got to the scene after him, and when he arrived, he found both Paltrow and Sanderson awake and talking.Ĭhristiansen also insisted he had helped the stricken optometrist, asked him if he was OK and took his skis off before helping him up.Ĭhristiansen denied Paltrow had been 'reckless and dangerous' on the day of the crash, replying 'not at all' when asked if she was. The dad of two also denied being a bully and said he had never been less than polite to guests during his 40-year stint at Deer Valley. That man, said to be the ski instructor for Paltrow's son Moses, took the stand after lunch after being accused by Sanderson of refusing to help him and described the ski instructor as 'a bully' in court this morning.Īsked directly if he had shouted at Sanderson while he was knocked out, Christiansen said 'no one was unconscious'.
Sanderson also said that he remembered a man in a Deer Valley Resort ski suit come up afterward and instead of offering help, angrily blaming him for the collision. He contradicted Sanderson's testimony who told jurors: 'Everything was great and than I heard a bloodcurdling scream. When Sanderson took the stand Monday morning, he recreated the 'blood-curdling scream' he claims he heard just before Paltrow allegedly slammed into him
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