PARK CITY, Utah (AP) – Gwyneth Paltrow’s attorneys continued to rely mostly on experts to mount their defense on Wednesday, the seventh day of the trial over her 2016 ski collision with a 76-year-old retired optometrist.
In their last full day to call witnesses, Paltrow’s defense team called to the stand a radiologist, a neurologist, a neuropsychologist and a forensic psychologist, leaning on medical analysis rather than the testimony of the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer’s friends or husband in order to make their case.
More than just a display of their financial investment in the case, Paltrow’s team is making a gamble. Throughout the trial, bombshell testimony from Paltrow and Terry Sanderson, the man suing her, has engaged the jury, while hours of jargon-dense medical testimony has tested their endurance.
Experts called by Paltrow’s side testified that brain scans suggest Sanderson’s cognitive abilities began to decline years before the crash with Paltrow. …