The lawyer asks about GoPro video

PARK CITY, Utah — Attorneys for Gwyneth Paltrow have asked the daughter of a man suing the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer Ski crash 2016 about the loss of GoPro camera footage they described as the “most important piece of evidence” in the trial on Thursday.

Paltrow’s attorney Steve Owens asked one of the man’s daughters, Polly Grasham, about emails exchanged with her father about the mysterious footage and the possibility of a lawsuit against Paltrow because she was famous.

GoPro footage was not found or included as trial evidence.

“I’m famous…at what cost?” Terry Sanderson, the 76-year-old retired ophthalmologist who is suing Paltrow, wrote in the subject line of an email to his family after the incident.

Sanderson sued Paltrow for more than $300,000 in damages, alleging she skated him recklessly at a junior race at Deer Valley Resort seven years ago, breaking his ribs and leaving him with a concussion. Paltrow alleged that Sanderson caused the accident and was liable for $1 and attorneys’ fees.

The trial took an increasingly personal note on the third day of proceedings when Sanderson’s daughter and a neuropsychiatrist testified about his failing health.

Sanderson’s attorneys tried to convince jurors that the collision changed the course of their client’s life, leaving him with a brain disability and damaging his relationships with loved ones.

Paltrow’s attorneys questioned whether Grasham and neuropsychologist Dr. Alaina Fong could say with certainty that Sanderson’s decline was not the result of aging or documented cases prior to the breakdown. They questioned Grasham about her father’s anger issues, divorce, and estranged relationship with another of his daughters, who did not testify at the trial.

Paltrow has previously described the lawsuit as an attempt To exploit her fame and fame. On Thursday, Steve Owens, her senior advisor, asked Grasham why her father had sent letters referring to her fame.

“It matches his personality a little bit, which sheds light on a dangerous situation,” Grasham said of the email.

Owens asked in depth about Sanderson’s “obsession” with the case and whether he thought it was “cool” to bump into a celebrity like Paltrow, the Oscar-winning “Shakespeare in Love” star and founder and CEO of wellness company Goop.

Sanderson is also expected to testify about the lasting effects of the crash. He was not present in the courtroom while his doctors and experts detailed his health problems.

Paltrow is expected to be called to testify on Friday or early next week, when the eight-day trial continues.

The proceedings so far have touched on topics ranging from skater etiquette to The power – and the burden – of celebrity. The amount of money at stake for both sides pales in comparison to the typical legal costs of a multi-year lawsuit and expert witness-heavy trial. Sanderson’s attorney told the jury Thursday that this trial is about “value, not cost.”

For the first two days of the trial, attorneys were arguing over whether Sanderson or Paltrow was farther off the ramp during the collision — a disagreement rooted in the “Skiers’ Liability Act” that gives downhillers the right of way. Sanderson attorneys and expert medical witnesses described His injuries were likely caused by someone hitting him from behind. They attributed the observed changes in Sanderson’s mental acuity to injuries sustained that day.

Paltrow’s attorneys attempted to represent Sanderson as 76, whose decline followed a natural course of aging rather than the results of a breakdown. They haven’t yet called witnesses of their own to testify, but in opening statements released to jurors they said they plan to call Brad Falchuk, Paltrow’s husband and her two children, Moses and Abel, to the stand.