Unlike most legal battles, Gwyneth Paltrow’s ski trial has a strange air of levity, resulting in an explosion of meme-worthy courtroom interactions.
Tissues at the ready: When asked whether the accident had ruined an “expensive” vacation, Gwyneth nodded soberly and said, with all the pathos in the world, “Well, I lost half a day of skiing, yes.” The plaintiff, meanwhile, claims the accident caused him to suffer personality changes, headaches and the inability to enjoy wine tastings anymore.
Rather than dress from the usual courtroom attire playbook — a white button-down, a sensible and ill-fitting blazer — Gwyneth is giving us a fashion show, dressing like any other ultra-rich woman spending a week in a mountainous locale, seemingly kitted out for a Sundance after-party rather than an appointment with the justice system.
One sartorial detail that makes us think she just really is in on this joke: the statement ’80s-style glasses she wore on the first day of her legal battle with … an optometrist.In all fairness to Paltrow, the way the plaintiff’s lawyer questioned her on the witness stand was, frankly, bizarre. Kristin VanOrman’s approach was a mixture of Elle Woods in “Legally Blonde” and the kind of oleaginous flattery celebrities encounter all the time.
are “good friends,” insinuating she might have been inspired by Swift’s pursuit of $1 damages in her court case against record executives.
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