Gwyneth Paltrow’s lawyer slams reporters for taking pictures of her

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by Ronnie Reyes And Elizabeth Rosner

March 22, 2023 | 4:03 p.m

Get that camera out of her face.

Gwyneth Paltrow’s attorney complained that the camera was pointed directly at her during her skiing accident trial on Wednesday, claiming that reporters repeatedly violated decency in the courtroom.

Speaking in a Park City courthouse in Utah on Wednesday, Steve Owens and Paltrow, 50, appeared visibly upset when they saw a video camera pointed directly at the Oscar-winning actress.

Owens took his complaint to Judge Kent Holmberg before the jury entered, saying it was a repeat offense against rules that had been agreed upon before the trial began.

“Your Honor, we have a new camera pointed directly at my client on the right,” Owens said, pointing to a camera allegedly installed by the AP.

“This was a problem when, for example, the reporters were in front of my client’s car, and they came out yesterday. The cameras are in her face.”

Owens called on the court to inform him and his client if there were further changes to the cameras in the room to prevent Paltrow from appearing unnecessarily, as the court agreed that the cameras would remain fixed to whoever was speaking.

“I don’t want changes without the reporters telling you,” Owens told Holmberg.

The judge said he would hear the case and that he “acknowledged it as a problem,” and also reminded reporters that they were not allowed to block Paltrow’s path in or out of court as Owens had alleged the day before.

While her defense was doing all the talking, Paltrow sat quietly in the courtroom, wearing a cream button-down jacket, brown corduroy pants and her hair tied back as she sipped a green smoothie.

Dr. Terry Sanderson, 76, who is suing Paltrow for allegedly colliding with him on a ski slope in Utah in February 2016, appeared to want to avoid cameras as he was seen entering and exiting the courtroom on Wednesday.

It is not uncommon for plaintiffs to be outside the room during proceedings in civil cases.

Sanderson is seeking $300,000 in damages for Paltrow’s alleged negligence, with the actress suing him to pay $1 in damages and for her optician to pay her legal fees.

On Wednesday morning, Dr. Wendell Gibby, a neuroradiologist at the University of California, San Diego, testified that Sanders had suffered a severe crash in the crash and that he could no longer enjoy wine tasting and spending time with loved ones.

Gibby added that in the aftermath of the accident, Sanderson’s relationships with his children, grandchildren, and girlfriend have all suffered due to the alleged change in his cognitive abilities.