OJ Simpson sided with Gwyneth Paltrow in her 2016 skiing accident when he revealed he also had a ski wipeout on the same slope in Deer Valley and that “accidents happen”.
The former NFL star, who was acquitted in the 1994 murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson, said the couple went to the Park City, Utah resort years ago, and he recalled that he was on the same had collided with a skier.
“I was watching today, I saw the run your accident happened on, it was the same run my accidents happened on in Deer Valley and I don’t know how you can tell whose fault it was” , said Simpson in a Video posted on Twitter on Monday.
Goop guru Paltrow, 50, is being sued by retired optometrist Terry Sanderson, 76, who alleges she crashed into him on a ski slope in 2016, causing him serious brain injuries.
Simpson elaborated further on the saga in the almost 5-minute video, adding that collisions on the slopes are part of skiing.
OJ Simpson sided with Gwyneth Paltrow in her 2016 skiing accident when he revealed he also had ski failures on the same slope in Deer Valley and that “accidents happen”.
Gwyneth Paltrow, 50, pictured arriving in court earlier today against retired optometrist Terry Sanderson, 76, who is suing her over a 2016 skiing accident that allegedly left him brain damaged
Simpson said he was scrolling through the news when he came across the trial, which is on its seventh day. The deliberations are expected to begin on Thursday or Friday.
With palm trees swaying behind him, Simpson took a few minutes to offer his own take on the courtroom drama.
“I fell twice on a run with the same woman and if you ask me it was her fault and I’m sure if you asked her it was my fault. I’m just saying, that’s part of skiing.”
“I think, ‘Yeah, Deer Valley has some pretty tight runs,’ Simpson said. “I had a friend named Alan, and he owned some properties up there, so Nicole and I skied up there.”
“I’m flying down this runway and at the last minute this lady kind of turns left and she comes all the way over and we crash and we both go down,” Simpson said of looking at each other, ‘Are you alright ?’
And she said, “Yeah, I’m fine,” she asked me if I was fine, and we were quite sympathetic as we packed up, giggling about it, you know, “Look! Be careful.’ She goes and Nicole or Alan came up and we talked a little bit and we left again.’
Simpson said he was scrolling through the news when he came across the trial and decided to consider the courtroom drama — something he knows all too well
The trial over the Deer Valley Resort incident began Monday in Park City District Court
“Just before we got to the end of the run, I could see this person on my right making this big sweeping turn and I said, ‘No way is that person going to come right in front of me,’ and bam! We struck again. It turns out it’s the same girl, and this time we didn’t get along too well.”
‘Deer Valley is noble, it’s a beautiful place, [but] I never went back, mostly because I didn’t like the runs,” Simpson continued.
“I thought they were very narrow, certainly a lot narrower than most places I’ve skied. But accidents happen when skiing, I don’t know how you could try to sue someone for falling on a ski slope. You see it all the time.”
Simpson also addressed watching Robert Kardashian drive right into a tree in Aspen.
“I’ll be honest,” he added. “I don’t know if Bob ever went skiing after that.”
It’s not the first time he’s meddled in high-profile lawsuits, years after he himself stood trial in the 1990s.
Last month Simpson predicted that now-convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh would beat the case in his double murder trial.
Simpson said at the time that he initially believed Murdaugh’s decision to take a stand was a mistake because the disgraced legal scion “is an admitted liar,” but he added, “Lying and stealing money is different than.” Murder.”
A few weeks later, however, Murdaugh was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.
That didn’t stop Simpson from hopping back to Twitter Monday to support Paltrow in her ski collision case.
Paltrow Sanderson has been fighting in court in Park City, Utah for over a week – with both giving dramatically different versions of what happened.
Sanderson will return to the stand today as the trial enters its penultimate day
Sanderson says she ran into him when he was skiing down Deer Valley Resort’s Bandana run, while Paltrow says he hit her.
First on the stand was Dr. Carl Black, a senior neuroradiologist who had reviewed pre- and post-crash scans of Sanderson’s brain.
Sanderson claims the crash caused him serious brain damage, but Dr. Black said he saw no evidence of it in scans done after the crash — and noted he saw damage in scans done before 2016.
dr Black testified that brain scans performed on Sanderson in 2009 showed evidence of a number of “pathologies,” including aging, microvascular disease, and normal pressure hydrocephalus.
He told the court there was no evidence of brain trauma caused by the crash and told the court there was “no evidence of post-traumatic brain injury” from the crash.
while dr Black noting the abnormalities in Sanderson’s brain scans, he said, “These results predate the accident and date back to 2009.”
First on the stand was Dr. Carl Black, a senior neuroradiologist who had reviewed pre- and post-crash scans of Sanderson’s brain
Sanderson claims the accident caused him a serious brain injury, but Dr. Black said he saw no evidence of it in scans taken after the accident – noting that he saw damage in scans taken before the accident. Pictured: A scan from 2017 – that was after the skiing accident
while dr Black noting the abnormalities in Sanderson’s brain scans, he said: “These results predate the accident and date back to 2009” (pictured)
Terry Sanderson (far left) sits with the legal team Wednesday as they fight Paltrow for $300,000
Next came the neurologist Dr. Robert Hoesch and said in court Sanderson’s symptoms – which include confusion and personality changes – were not due to the skiing accident but to underlying medical conditions.
He told the court he didn’t believe Sanderson was knocked unconscious and said a mild concussion like the 76-year-old’s suffered would have healed within months “99 percent of the time”.
He added: “What he has could be caused by several other conditions, which is more common.”
dr Hoesch also said Sanderson does not need “ongoing neurological treatment,” but agreed with a previous expert that the pensioner had symptoms of a memory-loss disease, dementia.
He said: “The ski injury caused a mild concussion and his symptoms are more likely to be those of pre-existing or new medical conditions.”
The neurologist Dr. Robert Hoesch told the court that Sanderson’s symptoms – which include confusion and personality changes – were not due to the skiing accident but to underlying medical conditions
Paltrow sits at the defense table with her legal team as the trial continues on the seventh day
Despite gloomy skies and snowstorms forecast for the morning, Paltrow arrived wearing her $278 Rayban mirrored aviator glasses, a navy coat and $1,400 Prada boots.
In court, which was packed with onlookers keen to witness the final days of the four-year legal battle, the actress removed her coat to reveal cropped black wide-leg pants and a slim-fitting black sweater.
She arrived less than 10 minutes before the start of the proceedings – scheduled for the earlier time of 8:45 a.m. (local time) but lasted until 9 a.m. while lawyers from both sides argued over an incident report filed after the crash and several motions.
Sanderson showed up with half an hour left and beamed for the cameras as he walked inside in a neat gray blazer, patterned tie and black trousers.
In addition to Sanderson, today’s schedule is expected to include more expert testimony and possibly another appearance by Paltrow herself – her defense team said last week that they plan to recall the actress before the trial ends.
Despite gloomy skies and snowstorms forecast for the morning, Paltrow arrived wearing her $278 Rayban mirrored aviator glasses, a navy coat and $1,400 Prada boots
Her husband Brad Falchuk, 52, could also appear before the legal battle ends.
The trial is scheduled to end Thursday noon, with closing arguments beginning around 11 a.m. Mountain Time.
The jury then retires to consider their verdict, which is expected to be reached Thursday afternoon or Friday morning.
Yesterday the court heard written testimonies from Paltrow’s children with Coldplay rocker Chris Martin, Apple, 18, and Moses, 16.
The couple told how their mother was enraged by the fall and was in pain that prompted her to leave the slopes and book a massage instead.
During her testimony last week, Paltrow infamously said she “lost half a day of skiing” as a result of the accident.
Last week, the jury heard Paltrow’s account of the crash – including initially believing she was being sexually assaulted by Sanderson
Sanderson explained, “I was hit so hard in the back it felt like it was perfectly centered. Serious, serious blow. And I fly I absolutely fly. All I saw was a whole load of snow.
Apple shared how she skied in front of her mother and didn’t see the fall but found out about it when 10 minutes later an angry Paltrow came down to lunch and ranted that an “A hole” had gone into her.
She said: “My mother told me. She told us what happened. She walked in looking a bit shocked. She said it put a hole in me, right in my back. She showed that movement as it happened.’
Apple said the collision was discussed over lunch, and Paltrow reiterated that she was hit by skis and hit.
She added: “She decided to step out, which she never does, but she was in shock. I never really see her that shaken. She was clearly, visibly upset, and she was in a bit of pain. So she went to the spa for a massage.”
She also described Paltrow as “frantic,” “in a state of shock,” and in pain
The 18-year-old said Paltrow was still in pain later that evening when the family met for dinner.
While Apple (left) and her Moses Martin (right) were “ready, willing and able” to testify in person, her mother’s attorneys chose to have transcripts of their testimonies read aloud
Moses, meanwhile, said he saw the crash and that his mother lay on the ground for about two minutes after the crash but got up on her own.
He added, “I was standing there wondering what was going on and then I remember after we had lunch.”
The now 16-year-old said he remembered Paltrow saying she had been hit before they went to lunch, saying, “I remember my mother saying she was hit or hit.”
The court also heard from ski instructor Keri Oaks, who testified the kids asked their mother to watch them on the slopes – a key part of Sanderson’s case, with his attorneys pointing to evidence that the Goop boss at the time “distracted” was the crash.
Earlier Thursday, biomechanics expert Dr. Irving Scher told the court that Paltrow’s explanation was the more logical version of events and gave the jury a brief physics lesson that touched on Isaac Newton’s theory of gravity.
dr Steven Edgley, 49, director of stroke rehabilitation at the University of Utah, also appeared and said in court that a person who had been knocked unconscious was unable to say how long they had been out – a direct blow to Sanderson’s claim that he had two minutes long passed out.
as dr Noting that Sanderson spoke to ski instructor Eric Christiansen after the crash, Edgley added: “It was brief [the unconsciousness] if any. It was likely that he was somewhat confused, but unless he had a loss of consciousness and post-traumatic amnesia, it cannot be classified as a concussion.’
He also said that people with a long concussion often find themselves involved in litigation.
dr Edgley said: “In a very likely scenario, the concussion in this 76-year-old brain should only last one to three months. There is a wide range of evidence that when symptoms persist for more than three months, monetary gain or litigation is at stake.’
The judge overseeing the Park City trial has made it clear that he wants Paltrow’s defense team to rest their case until Thursday afternoon — to give the jury ample time to consider and come to a consensus.
Though the trial has thrilled viewers worldwide who have consumed video clips circulated as memes on social media, it has tested the jury, whose eight members have gradually sunk deeper in their chairs through hours of testimony.
With both sides concluding their arguments on Thursday, the jury is likely to make its decision that same day or on Friday.