Terry Sanderson, the retired optometrist who sued actor Gwyneth Paltrow over an alleged 2016 ski accident, regrets ever pursuing legal action.
After a jury in Utah determined Thursday that Paltrow, 50, was not liable for a ski crash that Sanderson claimed left him with a “permanent traumatic brain injury,” he commiserated his loss with reporters outside the courthouse.
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When asked directly if the lawsuit was “worth it,” Sanderson simply replied, “Absolutely not.” As a result of the trial, Sanderson said he is “going to be on the internet forever.” Sanderson filed the civil lawsuit against Paltrow in 2019 and claimed the crash caused “permanent traumatic brain injury, 4 broken ribs, pain, suffering, loss of enjoyment of life.” Throughout the trial, he maintained that Paltrow left him collapsed on the slope at Deer Valley Resort in Utah and skied away.