A triumphant Gwyneth Paltrow is heading home after winning her four-year legal fight against retired optometrist Terry Sanderson over a 2016 ski crash.
Exclusive DailyMail.com photos show the Goop boss, 50, at a private jet terminal in Salt Lake City, Utah, accompanied by her assistant and bodyguard who were with her throughout the eight-day trial.
Paltrow had holed up in a luxury rented home in Park City’s exclusive Colony at White Pine Canyon community but left the property shortly after 11am local time - heading for the airport.
The actress, whose stealth-luxe outfits made headlines during the trial, opted for a low-key outfit for her journey home: a cream sweatshirt teamed with light blue jeans and white sneakers.
DailyMail.com photos show the Goop boss, 50, at a private jet terminal in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was accompanied by her assistant and bodyguard
The actress, whose stealth-luxe outfits made headlines during the trial, opted for a low-key outfit for her journey home: a cream sweatshirt teamed with light blue jeans and white sneakers
Gwyneth Paltrow (far right) reacts during closing arguments in her ski crash trial Thursday as Terry Sanderson's lawyer (center) told the jury that her version of the story was wrong
Gwyneth Paltrow is seen leaving court on Thursday at the end of her trial
The actress left court in Park City having told her opponent Terry Sanderson: 'I wish you the best'
Paltrow’s victorious return home comes less than 24 hours after jurors in Park City dramatically declared her not to be at fault for the 2016 crash that Sanderson says left him with four broken ribs and a permanent brain injury.
In the moments after the jury returned their verdict siding with her, Paltrow was seen walking up to Sanderson and telling him: ‘I wish you well.’
Moments later, she released a statement via her Instagram stories that read: ‘I felt that acquiescing to a false claim compromised my integrity.
‘I am pleased with the outcome and I appreciate all of the hard work of Judge Holmberg and the jury, and I appreciate their thoughtfulness in handling this case.’
Outside court, her lawyer Stephen Owens said: ‘We’re pleased with the outcome and appreciate the judge and jury’s thoughtful handling of the case. Gwyneth has a history of advocating for what she believes in, this situation was no different, and she will continue to stand for what is right.’
On Thursday the jury found that Sanderson, 76, was '100 per cent' to blame for the crash at the upmarket Utah ski resort seven years ago after taking just two hours and 20 minutes to reach a verdict.
Paltrow, the 50-year-old founder of the luxury wellness brand Goop, is worth $200million and won an Oscar for her role in Shakespeare in Love.
Her adversary, Sanderson, 76, is a twice-divorced retired optometrist from Utah, whose net worth is unknown.
The actress left court in Park City having told her opponent Terry Sanderson: 'I wish you the best'
Gwyneth Paltrow is seen leaving court on Thursday at the end of her trial
Sanderson will now be required to hand over Paltrow a symbolic $1 in damages - and pay his and Gwyneth's legal fees, which could run into hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The actress-turned-lifestyle influencer appeared nervous Thursday as the verdict was read out and sat with her hands together on her desk.
When the clerk of the court declared that Sanderson was to blame, she nodded in appreciation. As the judge thanked the jury she nodded her head in appreciation at them again.
As Paltrow left court she walked over and touched Sanderson's shoulder and said 'I wish you well'. He responded: 'Thank you dear.'
The decision comes after eight days of live-streamed courtroom testimony that drew worldwide audiences and became a pop culture fixation.
The actress smiled and waved at photographers as she made her way out of court but refused to comment.
Paltrow's attorney read a statement from the actress outside court.
Stephen Owens, representing the actress, said: 'We're pleased with the outcome and appreciate the judge and jury's consideration.
Terry Sanderson, 76, is seen leaving the Utah courtroom on Thursday
As Paltrow left court she touched Sanderson's shoulder and said, 'I wish you well,' he told reporters outside the courthouse. He responded, 'Thank you dear'
'Gwyneth has a history of standing up for what's right and this situation is no different. She will continue to stand up for what's right.'
A statement was released by her representatives.
'I felt that acquiescing to a false claim compromised my integrity,' Paltrow said.
'I am pleased with the outcome and I appreciate all of the hard work of Judge Holmberg and the jury, and thank them for their thoughtfulness in handling this case.'
Meanwhile, a deflated Sanderson said he stands by his version of events, despite losing the case.
Asked what he plans to do next, he joked: 'Maybe Disneyland!'
Speaking outside court, Sanderson's lawyer Kristin Van Orman said she was not starstruck by Paltrow and added: 'I've been a lawyer for 30 years and juries never surprise me.'
Of Sanderson, she added: 'He is suffering, he's a very nice man.'
Paltrow's attorneys had described the complaint against her as 'utter B.S.' and painted the Goop founder-CEO as uniquely vulnerable to unfair, frivolous lawsuits due to her celebrity.
In his closing argument, lawyer Stephen Owens said that Paltrow had been 'pounded like a punching bag' for the past two weeks during the trial.
Owens said: 'It's not a nice thing for someone to throw a press conference and say like King Kong you knocked him out and walked away, skied away. That's not what happened'.
Paltrow's account of the collision with Terry Sanderson was shown in an animated reconstruction as the defense claims he was actually the one who hit the actress from behind
'He hit her, he hurt her and he wants $3million for it. That's not fair.
'The easy thing for my client would have been to write a check and be done with it but what does that tell her kids? (It's) a cost of business? No it's wrong that he hurt her and he wants money from her and that's why we're here.
'It's not about the money, it's about ruining a very delicate time in a relationship where they're trying to get their kids together. That's what Terry Sanderson cost her'.
Paltrow took the witness stand last week to insist the collision wasn't her fault, and to describe how she was stunned when she felt 'a body pressing against me and a very strange grunting noise.'
While dad-of-three Sanderson said the actress skied into him while emitting what he described as 'the best hysterical scream you've ever heard', Paltrow said he crashed into her - causing her to lose half a day of skiing.
Paltrow in a social media post the year before the accident at Deer Valley resort in Utah. She captioned the post: '20 years later and I still got it #justlikeridingabike'
Sanderson filed for damages in January 2019 - initially seeking $3.1million. The sum was reduced by a judge to $300,000 in compensation for the injuries he sustained.
Paltrow then filed a countersuit asking for a symbolic $1 and for her legal expenses to be covered.
Sanderson's lawyers attempted to portray their client as someone who was lively and active before the accident, but significantly altered after.
He claims that she struck him in the back with such force that he was left with 'permanent traumatic brain injury, four broken ribs, pain, suffering, loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress and disfigurement'.
Sanderson told the court:'I just remember everything was great and then I heard something I've never heard at a ski resort, and that was a blood-curling scream.
'And then, boom, it was like somebody was out of control and going to hit a tree and was going to die. That's what I [remembered] until I was hit.'
'I got hit in my back so hard… right at my shoulder-blades, and the fists and the poles were right there at the bottom of my shoulder-blades, serious, serious smack,' he added. 'Never been hit that hard.'
Worldwide audiences followed the celebrity trial as if it were episodic television. Viewers scrutinized both Paltrow and Sanderson's motives while attorneys directed questions to witnesses that often had less to do with the collision and more to do with their client's reputations.
The trial took place in Park City, a resort town known for hosting the annual Sundance Film Festival, where early in her career Paltrow would appear for the premieres of her movies including 1998's 'Sliding Doors,' at a time when she was known primarily as an actor, not a lifestyle influencer.
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How did Gwyneth Paltrow make money? ›
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How much money is Gwyneth Paltrow worth? ›
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