Gwyneth Paltrow's daughter Apple said mom was 'shaken up' after crash
‘She was frantic’: Gwyneth Paltrow’s kids Apple, 11, and Moses, 9, describe ski accident involving their ‘shocked’ mom – and how she didn’t get up for two minutes afterwards
- Apple Martin, 11 at the time of the 2016 collision, had her deposition read in court
- Gwyneth Paltrow’s son Moses remembered her lying on ground after ski crash
Gwyneth Paltrow’s daughter Apple said she had never seen her mother ‘shaken up like that’ and that she had been ‘frantic’ following the ski crash the actress is now being sued over.
Apple Martin, who was 11 at the time of the incident, said in her deposition to the court in Utah that her mother was ‘in a state of shock’ following the 2016 collision.
While Apple, 18, and her brother Moses, 16, were ‘ready, willing and able’ to testify in person for the civil case, their mother’s lawyers opted to have transcripts of their depositions read aloud for the jury due to time constraints and scheduling conflicts.
The Oscar-winning actress has claimed that retired optometrist Terry Sanderson collided with her at the Deer Valley resort in Utah, which resulted in her losing ‘half a day of skiing’ with her family.
Mr Sanderson accused the actress of crashing into him, and says he sustained several broken ribs and severe head injuries. He is suing Ms Paltrow for $300,000 over the 2016 collision, while she is countersuing for costs plus $1.
While Apple (left) and her Moses Martin (right) were ‘ready, willing and able’ to testify in person, their mother’s lawyers opted to have transcripts of their depositions read aloud
Gwyneth Paltrow leaves court during the lawsuit trial yesterday. Her children Apple and Moses had their depositions read out in court
On Tuesday the court heard parts of statements given by Apple and Moses, who had been skiing with her on the day of the collision.
In her statement, read out by the legal teams, Apple said she had heard a ‘commotion’ on the slope before skiing down for lunch, where her mother had been ‘visibly upset’.
Ms Paltrow had stopped skiing for the rest of the day and gone for a massage, the court heard.
‘(My mother) told us what happened… She came in and I noticed she looked a bit shocked, and I asked what happened and she said ‘this a-hole ran into me, he ran right into my back’,’ Apple said.
Apple Martin’s court testimony:
‘I did hear some commotion but I was further down, so I decided to continue to go down to the lodge.’
‘My mom told me. She was very— she told us what happened… I noticed she looked a bit shocked, and I asked what had happened, and she said, ‘This A-hole ran into me. He ran right into my back.’
‘And I remember she did this motion saying he ran into her back and they both went down. I remember that’s what she said.
‘She was in a state of shock. She decided after that she was not going to ski for the rest of the day, which she never does; she always stays on. But she decided to get off because she was in shock and she was in a bit of pain.
‘I never see her really shaken up like that. She was very clearly visibly upset, and she had some sort of pain.’
‘She was in a state of shock and she decided after that she was not going to ski for the rest of the day which she never does, she always stays on, but she was in shock and a bit of pain.’
Asked if she had been concerned about her mother, Apple replied: ‘Yes.’
‘I had never seen her shaken up like that and she was very clearly visibly upset and she had some sort of pain… she was in a little bit of pain and I remember that’s why she went to the spa to get a massage,’ she said.
‘I remember she was very frantic. She was in a state of shock, she was very upset.’
Moses, who was nine at the time of the incident, said he recalled seeing his mother on the ground for ‘a while’ and heard her swearing at Mr Sanderson.
‘I saw my mother and a person behind her who had crashed,’ his statement, also read by the legal teams, said.
‘I was standing around (and) I realised it was my mother – when I skied over I heard my mom yelling at the guy.
‘She was saying something along the lines of ‘what the f word’.
‘I believe she was on the ground lying down.’
Asked if his mother had got up after the collision, Moses answered: ‘Yes, but not for a while… two minutes.’
Moses added that his instructor Eric Christiansen was ‘not at all’ angry and ‘not yelling’, as has previously been claimed during the trial.
Asked why he remembered this, Moses responded: ‘Because I remember him addressing the situation very calmly.
‘He tried to find out what was going on and how he could help people… He tried to get everyone out of the situation safely.’
Earlier on Tuesday, the court heard that Ms Paltrow’s version of events were ‘consistent with the laws of physics’.
Jurors were given a short physics lesson by biomechanical engineer Dr Irving Scher, in which he wrote out several calculations and stick-figure diagrams on a large board with a marker.
Moses Martin’s court testimony:
‘I saw my mother and a person behind her who had crashed,’ his statement, also read by the legal teams, said.
‘I was standing around (and) I realised it was my mother – when I skied over I heard my mom yelling at the guy. She was saying something along the lines of ‘what the f word’.
‘I believe she was on the ground lying down.’
Asked if his mother had got up after the collision, Moses answered: ‘Yes, but not for a while… two minutes.’
Moses added that his instructor Eric Christiansen was ‘not at all’ angry and ‘not yelling’, as has previously been claimed during the trial.
Asked why he remembered this, Moses responded: ‘Because I remember him addressing the situation very calmly.
‘He tried to find out what was going on and how he could help people… He tried to get everyone out of the situation safely.’
Dr Scher said calculations by Dr Richard Boehne, heard in court last week, had been ‘thrown off’ by an incorrect velocity, and that corrected measurements meant Mr Sanderson’s injuries should have been ‘much worse’.
‘Ms Paltrow’s version of events is consistent with the laws of physics in how people turn and rotate,’ he said.
The court has already heard evidence from Ms Paltrow and Mr Sanderson.
Mr Sanderson said he had become a ‘self-imposed recluse’ after the incident and had been advised never to ski again in case of further injury.
Ms Paltrow previously said she felt ‘very sorry’ for Mr Sanderson but reiterated that she was not ‘at fault’ for the crash.
Ms Paltrow appeared in court yesterday for the sixth day of the trial, in which Mr Sanderson is suing her for $300,000 (£240,000) for allegedly crashing into her from behind in 2016.
The 76-year-old retired optometrist claims he suffered four broken ribs and a permanent brain injury that has dramatically changed his personality for the worse.
In the courtroom yesterday, Ms Paltrow, 50, wore black leather culottes, a pink blouse with an 80s-style oversized necktie and sat with her lawyers sipping green juice from a bottle.
Attorneys for Terry Sanderson accused Deer Valley Resort in Utah of pandering to the actress because she was a ‘big spender’ who blew $8,980 (£7,300) on ski lessons for her children.
They claimed in court that the resort gave a ‘wink and a nod’ to her hitting Mr Sanderson by saying it was his fault in a report from the crash scene.
The allegations were denied by a manager for Deer Valley, and the ski instructor who was first on the scene.
Also addressing the court yesterday, Irving Scher, a biomechanical expert, said that Ms Paltrow’s claim that she was hit by Mr Sanderson was ‘consistent with the law of physics’.
But the idea that Mr Sanderson was the one who was smashed into from behind didn’t meet that standard, Dr Scher said.
Calculations by Mr Sanderson’s expert neurologist, Dr Richard Boehme, which supported his claims were ‘absolutely wrong’, Dr Scher told the jury.
The court was shown a short animation which showed the moment of impact as described by Ms Paltrow.
It showed Mr Sanderson hitting Ms Paltrow from the back left, the two sliding together a short distance and collapsing on the right in a ‘spooning’ position.
Mr Sanderson’s lawyers objected to inclusion of the animation because it ‘distorts reality’ but the judge allowed it in for demonstrative purposes.
Ms Paltrow is counter suing for a token $1 (81p) plus legal fees in the case which her lawyers say is ‘total BS’.
The trial is expected to continue until the end of the week.
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