Gwyneth Paltrow appeared in court accused of “hitting” a 72-year-old retired optometrist while skiing at Deer Valley Resort in Utah in February 2016.
The 50-year-old Oscar winner took her seat for the second of her eight-day trial in Third District Court in Park City, Utah, where she claimed she did not hit Sanderson and was instead the victim of the accident. .
Dr. Terry Sanderson, 76, sued Paltrow in January 2019, alleging that she crashed into him and left the scene on Bandana Mountain.
He was initially seeking damages of more than $3.1 million after the accident left him with a “permanent traumatic brain injury, four broken ribs, pain, suffering, loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress, and disfigurement.”
A judge threw out Sanderson’s original hit-and-run claim and the Utah Resort and Paltrow’s instructor were dropped from the lawsuit, and it’s now a $300,000 claim against the actress alone.
Body language expert Judi James analyzed Paltrow’s behavior and revealed that she believes the Hollywood actress has walked into court “like a schoolteacher arriving to start lessons.”
Gwyneth Paltrow appeared in court accused of “hitting” a 72-year-old retired optometrist while skiing at Utah’s Deer Valley Resort in February 2016.
Body language expert Judi James analyzed Paltrow’s behavior and revealed that she believes the Hollywood actress has come to court “like a schoolteacher arriving to start lessons.”
Retired optometrist Dr. Terry Sanderson, 76, (pictured) sued Paltrow in January 2019, alleging that she crashed into him and left the scene on Bandana Mountain.
Paltrow’s body language seems to fluctuate between two extremes: with her eyebrows raised to the highest arches and her chin up, she can appear superior and slightly dismissive.
When she takes a seat, she squirms in her chair, deliberately crossing her legs. Smoothing and smoothing her clothes and hair, she pulls her sweater down over her torso as if trying to establish a sense of calm, order, and control. As the prosecutor speaks, there is even what looks like a light tapping of her fingers to suggest impatience.
But then there are nonverbal cues that seem designed to suggest vulnerability and a desire to self-protect or hide. The turtleneck of his sweater isn’t rolled up, so it sticks out like a funnel with his head poking out of the top.
At one point, as they gather to take a break, she dramatically drops her head in a way that almost implies tears or partial collapse, turning in her chair and rubbing her fingers over the neck of her water bottle.
There’s an oddly nervous girlish giggle at the judge at one point, then as she leaves the courtroom, she seems to run off, covering her face with a notebook or folder as if she doesn’t know she hasn’t been in the chambers of the courtroom. courtroom at all times and suddenly suffering from a desire to hide.
Paltrow arrived at court looking like someone in almost physical pain. His long, thick coat was wrapped around his torso and one arm wrapped just as tightly around his waist.
With her head lowered and her eyes hidden behind a large pair of glasses, she seemed desperate to use any barrier to hide behind. She even lifted her free hand to perform a partial cutting ritual, hiding her face as she ran it through her hair.
Once inside, he seemed to adopt signs of greater confidence and authority. Paltrow entered the courtroom like a schoolteacher arriving to start lessons. Smoothing and tossing his hair, he ignored the man who gallantly pushed his seat aside and tossed his file onto the desk.
His eyebrows rose in slight disdain and he made several pursed lip gestures to add to this air of authority. She seemed anxious to get this sorted out.
Her body language after this seemed to fluctuate between two extremes: with her eyebrows raised to the highest arches and her chin up, she could appear superior and slightly dismissive.
Taking a seat, he squirmed impatiently in his chair and deliberately crossed his legs. Smoothing and smoothing her clothes and hair, she pulled her sweater down over her torso as if trying to establish a sense of calm, order, and control.
The act of grabbing the sweater suggested anxiety, as did the sucking on her lips as she did so. As the prosecutor spoke, there was even what seemed like a light tapping of her fingers to suggest a slight impatience, as if she had to be somewhere else.
The 50-year-old Oscar winner took her seat for the third of her eight-day trial in Third District Court in Park City, Utah, where she claims she did not hit Sanderson and was instead the victim of the accident. .
A judge threw out Sanderson’s original hit-and-run claim and the Utah Resort and Paltrow’s instructor have been dropped from the suit, and it’s now a $300,000 claim solely against the actress (pictured in court Tuesday).
Paltrow in a social media post the year before the accident at the Deer Valley resort in Utah. She captioned the post: ’20 years later and I still have it #justlikeridingabike’
Deer Valley Resort, where the ski slope accident occurred, is shown
But then there were nonverbal cues that seem designed to suggest vulnerability and a desire to self-protect or hide. Once she removed the comfortable wraparound of her coat, the turtleneck of her sweater wasn’t rolled up, so it stuck out like a funnel with her head poking out of the top.
At one point, as they prepared for a break, she lowered her head dramatically in a gesture that made her look momentarily broken, implying the beginnings of tears or a partial collapse.
She turned in her chair in a rocking gesture of self-comfort and rubbed her fingers over the neck of her water bottle, hinting at anxiety. When she lifted her head from this ritual, her chin was raised, suggesting that she had regrouped and reunited with his former sense of authority.
There was an oddly nervous girlish giggle towards the judge at one point, as if she wanted to introduce them as an ally.
When he left the courtroom, he seemed to run. Suddenly camera-shy despite having been openly in front of the camera throughout the process, she covered her face with her large folder and held it up in a defensive gesture as if she strangely expected to be photographed inside the theater room. court.
This desire to hide seemed sudden and slightly irrational under the circumstances, perhaps driven as much by anxiety as by an instinctive A-list desire for privacy.
