The man who accused American actress Gwyneth Paltrow of assaulting him in a skiing accident promised a court on Monday that the accident had changed his “character”.
“I’m living a different life now,” said juror Terry Sanderson, a 76-year-old retired optometrist who Ms. Paltrow hit on a Utah trail in 2016, causing four broken ribs. There were fractures and brain damage. leaves him unconscious and flees.
After that, “my relationship with my family was very difficult,” she said. “There is something wrong in my nature […] Communication is no longer so fluid.”
Mr Sanderson is seeking more than $3 million in damages from the 1999 Oscar-winning actress for her role in ‘Shakespeare in Love’, who is suing for a token dollar plus his legal costs.
According to Gwyneth Paltrow, Terry Sanderson assaulted her.
But the latter insisted on Monday: “I was hit very hard on the back, shoulder blades. (…) I have never been hit so hard, I found myself flying.
Asked later about an email he sent his daughters about the collision with the subject line ‘I’m famous’, he explained: ‘I didn’t choose my words well. I tried to put lightness in a serious situation and it hit me.
“It’s another personality inhabiting my body now,” he added.
For actress Stephen Owens’ attorney, Mr. Sanderson’s personality changes may be related to natural aging.
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