Gwyneth Paltrow won her ski 裁判,公判. Here's how it played out

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) - When two スキーヤーs 衝突する/食い違うd on a beginner run at an upscale Utah ski 訴える手段/行楽地 in 2016, no one could 予知する that seven years later, the 衝突,墜落 would become the 支配する of a closely watched celebrity 裁判,公判.

But Gwyneth Paltrow´s live-streamed 裁判,公判 over her 衝突/不一致 with Terry Sanderson, a 76-year-old retired optometrist, in Park City 現れるd as the biggest celebrity 法廷,裁判所 事例/患者 since actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard 直面するd off last year - spawning memes, 誘発するing 審議 about the 重荷(を負わせる) of fame, and making ski etiquette 支配するs of who was 上りの/困難な and who had the 権利 of way 関連した beyond those who can afford 訴える手段/行楽地 chairlift tickets.

On Thursday, Paltrow won her 法廷,裁判所 戦う/戦い after a 陪審/陪審員団 decided the movie 星/主役にする wasn´t at fault for the 衝突,墜落. Here is a look 支援する at 最高潮の場面s from the two-week 裁判,公判:

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LIFESTYLES OF THE RICH AND THE FAMOUS

For seven days, 弁護士/代理人/検事s 最高潮の場面d - and downplayed - Paltrow and Sanderson´s extravagant lifestyles.

FILE - Actor Gwyneth Paltrow looks on before leaving the courtroom on March 21, 2023, in Park City, Utah. Paltrow's live-streamed trial over a 2016 collision at a posh Utah ski resort has drawn worldwide attention, spawning memes and sparking debate about the burden and power of celebrity. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, Pool, File)

FILE - Actor Gwyneth Paltrow looks on before leaving the courtroom on March 21, 2023, in Park City, Utah. Paltrow's live-streamed 裁判,公判 over a 2016 衝突/不一致 at a posh Utah ski 訴える手段/行楽地 has drawn 世界的な attention, spawning memes and 誘発するing 審議 about the 重荷(を負わせる) and 力/強力にする of celebrity. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, Pool, とじ込み/提出する)

Sanderson´s 弁護士/代理人/検事s sought more than $300,000 in 損害賠償金, but the money at 火刑/賭ける for both 味方するs paled in comparison to the typical 合法的な costs of a multiyear 訴訟. Both 味方するs marshalled 旅団s of 専門家 証言,証人/目撃するs, 含むing a biomechanical engineer and 衝突/不一致 専門家.

Paltrow´s 合法的な team 試みる/企てるd to 代表する Sanderson as an angry, 高齢化 man who continued to travel 国祭的な after the 衝突/不一致. They introduced photos into 証拠 of Sanderson camel riding in Morocco, trekking the Inca 追跡する to Machu Picchu in Peru, and taking a continent-wide 宙返り飛行 through Europe with stops in the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, フラン and Belgium.

Sanderson´s 弁護士/代理人/検事s questioned Paltrow about that day's $8,890 法案 for 私的な ski 指導者s for four children …を伴ってing her, 同様に as her 決定/判定勝ち(する) to leave the slope after the 衝突,墜落 to get a massage. They said the 事故 原因(となる)d Sanderson to grow distant from friends and family, and they called his ex-girlfriend to 証言する about how their 関係 悪化するd because he "had no joy left in his life."

To keep 賠審員s engaged, Paltrow´s team 株d a 一連の 前進するd, high-決意/決議 活気/アニメーションs to …を伴って their 証言,証人/目撃するs' recollections. The renderings 反映するd the 財政上の 投資 Paltrow and her 弁護 team 充てるd to the 事例/患者.

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THE BURDEN OF FAME

弁護士/代理人/検事s on both 味方するs tapped into the 力/強力にする of celebrity to make their 事例/患者s that 評判s and moral 原則s were what was at 火刑/賭ける in the 裁判,公判.

Sanderson´s 味方する tried to characterize Paltrow, the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer, as clumsy, out of touch and 避けるing accountability. They に例えるd her 決定/判定勝ち(する) to とじ込み/提出する a $1 countersuit against Sanderson to Taylor Swift, who とじ込み/提出するd a 類似の counterclaim in a 訴訟 in 2017 - 製図/抽選 attention to Paltrow´s 証言 that she was "not good friends" with Swift but just "friendly."

Paltrow´s 弁護 team called the 高度に publicized 事例/患者 an 試みる/企てる to 偉業/利用する her fame and 示唆するd she is 攻撃を受けやすい to 不公平な, frivolous 訴訟s. They questioned 証言,証人/目撃するs about Sanderson´s "obsession" with the 事例/患者 and homed in on an email 支配する line in which Sanderson wrote after the 衝突/不一致: "I´m famous."

"To become famous, he will 嘘(をつく)," one of Paltrow´s 弁護士/代理人/検事s said. "I´m not into celebrity worship," Sanderson later rebutted.

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FACTORY OF MEMES

Though the 裁判,公判 実験(する)d the 陪審/陪審員団´s endurance as its eight members 徐々に sunk deeper into their 議長,司会を務めるs through hours of 専門家-証言,証人/目撃する 証言, it titillated 観客s 世界的な, became late-night television fodder and fed the internet´s insatiable appetite for memes.

テレビ視聴者s tuning into 訴訟/進行s on CourtTV saw Paltrow complain about losing a half-day of skiing after the 衝突,墜落 and heard a radiologist 証言する that Sanderson could no longer enjoy ワイン tasting. They compared the spectacle to "The White Lotus" - an HBO series that satirizes the petty grievances of rich, white vacationers - and, in a reflection of the courtroom theatrics and rapt public attention, に例えるd Paltrow´s 弁護 to the Salem witch 裁判,公判s of Arthur Miller´s "The Crucible."

Photographs of Paltrow entering and 出口ing the courtroom - often 保護物,者ing her 直面する, perp-walk style, with a blue GP-in itialed notebook - also have gone viral on social マスコミ.

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UTAH´S POSHEST SKI TOWN

The 訴訟/進行s have drawn the world´s attention to Park City, Utah, the silver boomtown-turned posh ski 訴える手段/行楽地 where Paltrow and Sanderson 衝突,墜落d and the 裁判,公判 was held. The city 毎年 hosts the Sundance Film Festival, where 早期に in her career Paltrow would appear for the 首相s of her movies, 含むing 1998´s "事情に応じて変わる Doors," at a time when she was known まず第一に/本来 as an actor, not a celebrity wellness entrepreneur.

The 陪審/陪審員団 and 地元の 居住(者)s who have 勇敢に立ち向かうd blizzards to get to the courthouse each day nodded along as 弁護士/代理人/検事s 言及/関連d 地元の 目印s like The Montage Deer Valley, the slope-味方する 高級な 訴える手段/行楽地 where Paltrow got a massage after the 衝突,墜落.

The all-white 陪審/陪審員団 was drawn from 登録(する)d 投票者s in 首脳会議 郡, where the 普通の/平均(する) home sold for $1.3 million last month and 居住(者)s tend to be いっそう少なく 宗教的な than the 残り/休憩(する) of Utah, where the 大多数 of the 全住民 belongs to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Unlike the high-力/強力にするd Hollywood 弁護士/代理人/検事s that become 世帯 指名するs at celebrity 裁判,公判s, both 味方するs were 代表するd by 地元の lawyers. Paltrow´s team 専攻するs in 医療の malpractice 訴訟s, while Sanderson´s lead counsel, (頭が)ひょいと動く Sykes, is known in Salt Lake City for his work 告訴するing police departments. Sykes 試みる/企てるd to play up his folksiness, referring to himself as "just a country lawyer" more than six times during the 裁判,公判. After 賠審員s were sent home Wednesday, both 合法的な teams joked about the 裁判,公判 lawyer gimmick.

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THE MYSTERIOUS MISSING GOPRO

Paltrow´s atto rneys intrigued the 陪審/陪審員団 with questions about the 衝突/不一致 潜在的に 存在 逮捕(する)d on a helmet-(機の)カム ビデオ, though no (映画の)フィート数 was 含むd as 証拠 in the 裁判,公判.

Sanderson´s daughter 証言するd this week that an email she sent the day of the 事故 referring to a GoPro didn´t 暗示する (映画の)フィート数 存在するd. She said she and her father 推測するd that on a (人が)群がるd beginner run, someone wearing a camera must have turned to look at the 衝突,墜落 after 審理,公聴会 Paltrow 叫び声をあげる.

Internet sleuths に引き続いて the 裁判,公判 later 設立する and sent 弁護士/代理人/検事s the link 含むd in the email. Rather than 明らかにする/漏らすing GoPro (映画の)フィート数 though, it 含む/封じ込めるd a chatroom discussion between members of Sanderson´s ski group, 含むing the man (人命などを)奪う,主張するing to be the 単独の 目撃者 who 証言するd Paltrow 衝突,墜落d into Sanderson.

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THE VERDICT

Paltrow looked to her 弁護士/代理人/検事s with a pursed-lips smile when the 裁判官 read the eight-member 陪審/陪審員団´s 判決 in the Park City courtroom.

The 陪審/陪審員団 awarded her $1; however, the 弁護士/代理人/検事 料金s she asked for in her countersuit were not 含むd in the 判決, leaving the 本体,大部分/ばら積みの of the final award for the Park City 裁判官 to decide. It´s unknown when the 裁判官 will make that 決定/判定勝ち(する). No 決定/判定勝ち(する) was 地位,任命するd Friday in the online 法廷,裁判所 docket.

Paltrow thanked the 裁判官 and 陪審/陪審員団 for their work.

"I felt that acquiescing to a 誤った (人命などを)奪う,主張する 妥協d my 正直さ," the actor said in a 声明 解放(する)d by her 代表者/国会議員s.

As Paltrow left 法廷,裁判所, she touched Sanderson´s shoulder and told him, "I wish you 井戸/弁護士席," Sanderson told reporters outside 法廷,裁判所. He 答える/応じるd, "Thank you, dear."

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Gwyneth Paltrow speaks with retired optometrist Terry Sanderson, left, as she walks out of the courtroom following the reading of the verdict in their lawsuit trial, Thursday, March 30, 2023, in Park City, Utah. Paltrow won her court battle over a 2016 ski collision at a posh Utah ski resort after a jury decided Thursday that the movie star wasn't at fault for the crash. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, Pool)

Gwyneth Paltrow speaks with retired optometrist Terry Sanderson, left, as she walks out of the courtroom に引き続いて the reading of the 判決 in their 訴訟 裁判,公判, Thursday, March 30, 2023, in Park City, Utah. Paltrow won her 法廷,裁判所 戦う/戦い over a 2016 ski 衝突/不一致 at a posh Utah ski 訴える手段/行楽地 after a 陪審/陪審員団 decided Thursday that the movie 星/主役にする wasn't at fault for the 衝突,墜落. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, Pool)

FILE - Gwyneth Paltrow testifies during her trial on March 24, 2023, in Park City, Utah. Paltrow's live-streamed trial over a 2016 collision at a posh Utah ski resort has drawn worldwide attention, spawning memes and sparking debate about the burden and power of celebrity. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, Pool, File)

FILE - Gwyneth Paltrow 証言するs during her 裁判,公判 on March 24, 2023, in Park City, Utah. Paltrow's live-streamed 裁判,公判 over a 2016 衝突/不一致 at a posh Utah ski 訴える手段/行楽地 has drawn 世界的な attention, spawning memes and 誘発するing 審議 about the 重荷(を負わせる) and 力/強力にする of celebrity. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, Pool, とじ込み/提出する)

FILE - Terry Sanderson, the Utah man suing Gwyneth Paltrow, testifies in court, on March 27, 2023, in Park City, Utah. Paltrow's live-streamed trial over a 2016 collision at a posh Utah ski resort has drawn worldwide attention, spawning memes a
nd sparking debate about the burden and power of celebrity. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, Pool, File)

FILE - Terry Sanderson, the Utah man 告訴するing Gwyneth Paltrow, 証言するs in 法廷,裁判所, on March 27, 2023, in Park City, Utah. Paltrow's live-streamed 裁判,公判 over a 2016 衝突/不一致 at a posh Utah ski 訴える手段/行楽地 has drawn 世界的な attention, spawning memes and 誘発するing 審議 about the 重荷(を負わせる) and 力/強力にする of celebrity. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, Pool, とじ込み/提出する)

Gwyneth Paltrow enters the courtroom for her trial, Wednesday, March 29, 2023, in Park City, Utah, where she is accused in a lawsuit of crashing into a skier during a 2016 family ski vacation, leaving him with brain damage and four broken ribs. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Gwyneth Paltrow enters the courtroom for her 裁判,公判, Wednesday, March 29, 2023, in Park City, Utah, where she is (刑事)被告 in a 訴訟 of 衝突,墜落ing into a スキーヤー during a 2016 family ski vacation, leaving him with brain 損失 and four broken ribs. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

FILE - Actor Gwyneth Paltrow shields her face with a blue notebook as she exits a courtroom on March 21, 2023, in Park City, Utah. Paltrow's live-streamed trial over a 2016 collision at a posh Utah ski resort has drawn worldwide attention, spawning memes and sparking debate about the burden and power of celebrity. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, Pool, File)

FILE - Actor Gwyneth Paltrow 保護物,者s her 直面する with a blue notebook as she 出口s a courtroom on March 21, 2023, in Park City, Utah. Paltrow's live-streamed 裁判,公判 over a 2016 衝突/不一致 at a posh Utah ski 訴える手段/行楽地 has drawn worldwid e attention, spawning memes and 誘発するing 審議 about the 重荷(を負わせる) and 力/強力にする of celebrity. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, Pool, とじ込み/提出する)

FILE - Terry Sanderson, the Utah man suing Gwyneth Paltrow, testifies in court, Monday, March 27, 2023, in Park City, Utah. Paltrow's live-streamed trial over a 2016 collision at a posh Utah ski resort has drawn worldwide attention, spawning memes and sparking debate about the burden and power of celebrity. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, Pool, File)

FILE - Terry Sanderson, the Utah man 告訴するing Gwyneth Paltrow, 証言するs in 法廷,裁判所, Monday, March 27, 2023, in Park City, Utah. Paltrow's live-streamed 裁判,公判 over a 2016 衝突/不一致 at a posh Utah ski 訴える手段/行楽地 has drawn 世界的な attention, spawning memes and 誘発するing 審議 about the 重荷(を負わせる) and 力/強力にする of celebrity. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, Pool, とじ込み/提出する)

Gwyneth Paltrow reacts to the verdict in her trial, Thursday, March 30, 2023, in Park City, Utah. Paltrow won her court battle over a 2016 ski collision at a posh Utah ski resort after a jury decided Thursday that the movie star wasn't at fault for the crash. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, Pool)

Gwyneth Paltrow 反応するs to the 判決 in her 裁判,公判, Thursday, March 30, 2023, in Park City, Utah. Paltrow won her 法廷,裁判所 戦う/戦い over a 2016 ski 衝突/不一致 at a posh Utah ski 訴える手段/行楽地 after a 陪審/陪審員団 decided Thursday that the movie 星/主役にする wasn't at fault for the 衝突,墜落. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, Pool)

FILE - Dr. Irving Scher shows an accident simulation during testimony in Gwyneth Paltrow's trial, on March 28, 2023, in Park City, Utah. Paltrow's live-streamed trial over a 2016 collision at a posh Utah ski resort has drawn worldwide attention, spawning memes and sparking debate about the burden and power of celebrity. (Jeffrey D. Allred/The Deseret News via AP, Pool, File)

FILE - Dr. Irving Scher shows an 事故 模擬実験/偽ること during 証言 in Gwyneth Paltrow's 裁判,公判, on March 28, 2023, in Park City, Utah. Paltrow's live-streamed 裁判,公判 over a 2016 衝突/不一致 at a posh Utah ski 訴える手段/行楽地 has drawn 世界的な attention, spawning memes and 誘発するing 審議 about the 重荷(を負わせる) and 力/強力にする of celebrity. (Jeffrey D. Allred/The Deseret News 経由で AP, Pool, とじ込み/提出する)

FILE - Gwyneth Paltrow testifies during her trial on March 24, 2023, in Park City, Utah. Paltrow's live-streamed trial over a 2016 collision at a posh Utah ski resort has drawn worldwide attention, spawning memes and sparking debate about the burden and power of celebrity. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, Pool, File)

FILE - Gwyneth Paltrow 証言するs during her 裁判,公判 on March 24, 2023, in Park City, Utah. Paltrow's live-streamed 裁判,公判 over a 2016 衝突/不一致 at a posh Utah ski 訴える手段/行楽地 has drawn 世界的な attention, spawning memes and 誘発するing 審議 about the 重荷(を負わせる) and 力/強力にする of celebrity. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, Pool, とじ込み/提出する)

FILE - Gwyneth Paltrow enters the courtroom after a lunch break in her trial on March 23, 2023, in Park City, Utah. Paltrow's live-streamed trial over a 2016 collision at a posh Utah ski resort has drawn worldwide attention, spawning memes and sparking debate about the burden and power of celebrity. (AP Photo/Jeff Swinger, Pool, File)

FILE - Gwyneth Paltrow enters the courtroom after a lunch break in her 裁判,公判 on March 23, 2023, in Park City, Utah. Paltrow's live-streamed 裁判,公判 over a 2016 衝突/不一致 at a posh Utah ski 訴える手段/行楽地 has drawn 世界的な attention, spawning memes and s parking 審議 about the 重荷(を負わせる) and 力/強力にする of celebrity. (AP Photo/Jeff Swinger, Pool, とじ込み/提出する)

FILE - Actor Gwyneth Paltrow leaves the courthouse on March 21, 2023, in Park City, Utah. Paltrow's live-streamed trial over a 2016 collision at a posh Utah ski resort has drawn worldwide attention, spawning memes and sparking debate about the burden and power of celebrity. (AP Photo/Alex Goodlett, File)

FILE - Actor Gwyneth Paltrow leaves the courthouse on March 21, 2023, in Park City, Utah. Paltrow's live-streamed 裁判,公判 over a 2016 衝突/不一致 at a posh Utah ski 訴える手段/行楽地 has drawn 世界的な attention, spawning memes and 誘発するing 審議 about the 重荷(を負わせる) and 力/強力にする of celebrity. (AP Photo/Alex Goodlett, とじ込み/提出する)

Defense attorneys display an email referencing to potential GoPro video footage d
uring Gwyneth Paltrow's ski collision trial, Monday, March 27, 2023, in Park City, Utah. Paltrow is being sued by a Utah man over a 2016 ski collision in which he broke four ribs and sustained a concussion. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, Pool)

弁護 弁護士/代理人/検事s 陳列する,発揮する an email 言及/関連ing to 可能性のある GoPro ビデオ (映画の)フィート数 during Gwyneth Paltrow's ski 衝突/不一致 裁判,公判, Monday, March 27, 2023, in Park City, Utah. Paltrow is 存在 告訴するd by a Utah man over a 2016 ski 衝突/不一致 in which he broke four ribs and 支えるd a concussion. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, Pool)

FILE - Gwyneth Paltrow enters the courtroom for her trial on March 27, 2023, in Park City, Utah. Paltrow's live-streamed trial over a 2016 collision at a posh Utah ski resort has drawn worldwide attention, spawning memes and sparking debate about the burden and power of celebrity. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, Pool, File)

FILE - Gwyneth Paltrow enters the courtroom for her 裁判,公判 on March 27, 2023, in Park City, Utah. Paltrow's live-streamed 裁判,公判 over a 2016 衝突/不一致 at a posh Utah ski 訴える手段/行楽地 has drawn 世界的な attention, spawning memes and 誘発するing 審議 about the 重荷(を負わせる) and 力/強力にする of celebrity. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, Pool, とじ込み/提出する)

Gwyneth Paltrow and her attorney Steve Owens smile after the reading of the verdict in her lawsuit trial, Thursday, March 30, 2023, in Park City, Utah. Paltrow won her court battle over a 2016 ski collision at a posh Utah ski resort after a jury decided Thursday that the movie star wasn't at fault for the crash. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, Pool)

Gwyneth Paltrow and her 弁護士/代理人/検事 Steve Owens smile after the reading of the 判決 in her 訴訟 裁判,公判, Thursday, March 30, 2023, in Park City, Utah. Paltrow won her 法廷,裁判所 戦う/戦い over a 2016 ski 衝突/不一致 at a posh Utah ski 訴える手段/行楽地 after a 陪審/陪審員団 decided Thursday that the movie 星/主役にする wasn't at fault for the 衝突,墜落. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, Pool)

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