With tears in his eyes, Sanderson testified on the emotional fallout of the incident. He said he cannot maintain relationships with friends and loved ones like he did before the crash. He added he broke up with his girlfriend after he was injured because he didn’t want her to feel like she was with “a crippled vet.”
Karlene Davidson, Sanderson’s ex-girlfriend, testified that he was full of joy before the collision. She said he became more agitated and pushed her away afterward.
Paltrow’s attorney also showed messages between Sanderson and his daughter hours after the crash, one of which said, “I’m famous.”
She then replied, “Dad, I cannot believe how unlucky and how crazy this all is. I can’t believe this is all on GoPro. What are the chances? I’m so glad you’re okay,” according to the messages shown by Paltrow’s attorneys.
The GoPro footage mentioned in the message raised much speculation on Sanderson’s case, with Paltrow’s lawyers calling it “the most important piece of evidence”; however, attorneys were never able to access the link included in the message.
A man who had been watching the trial, however, was able to access the link and found it led to a group chat among Sanderson’s ski meetup group.
While the GoPro footage still wasn’t found, Judge Kent Holmberg said the online sleuth had found evidence that was included in a chat log of Sanderson’s ski group on the day of the collision. Craig Ramon, who allegedly was the only witness to the incident, said Paltrow had crashed into Sanderson in a message that appeared to be sent years before the lawsuit was filed.
“Terry was knocked out cold. Bad hit to the head!” Ramon wrote, according to the message. “I did see the hit. Terry did not know his name.”
Source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/pocharaponneammanee/gwyneth-paltrow-ski-accident-verdict