An eight-person jury clears US star Gwyneth Paltrow in the civil trial over a skiing accident in Utah in 2016
The jury found retired eye doctor Terry Sanderson 100% at fault over the incident
The pair sued each other over the incident - Sanderson was looking for $300,000 in damages whilst Paltrow's counter case was for $1 plus her legal fees
Sanderson claimed that the accident at the upmarket resort left him with brain damage and broken ribs and damaged his relationships with his family
Paltrow denied being responsible for the accident and has been in court for every day of the trial
We've been given notice of a verdict in the Gwyneth Paltrow ski-crash trial.
Our reporter is back at the courthouse in Park City, Utah, and we're standing by to report the decision.
Stay tuned for updates.
We're pausing our coverage of the Gwyneth Paltrow ski trial shortly. If you'd like to continue reading about today's trial, you can find our news story here.
Our coverage was edited by Jamie Whitehead and Jessica Murphy.
It was written by Sam Cabral, Robin Levinson-King, Samantha Granville, Aoife Walsh and Christy Cooney.
Thank you for joining us.
Sam Cabral
Reporting from Utah
Image source, ReutersLast week, we reported that Paltrow’s security asked the judge if they could bring in “treats” for the court bailiff.
Terry Sanderson’s team quickly objected, prompting the judge to decline the offer with a “thank you, but no thank you”.
During the recess earlier today, I asked Paltrow's bodyguard - a bald British man - what kind of treats they wanted to provide.
With a slight grin, he replied without elaborating: “It was lunch actually.”
Image source, EPA-EFE/REX/ShutterstockIt may have been the most meme-able court trial ever.
The dollar-bill waving. The name-dropping. The facial expressions.
Over the course of eight days, jurors heard both sides of the story of a dramatic day on the slopes. Along the way, they also heard some odd and interesting asides from both legal teams.
Here are some key moments from the trial:
Sam Cabral
Reporting from Utah
Fellow court watchers anticipate a verdict as early as this evening - or perhaps they are hoping for a swift result so they don’t have to come back tomorrow.
If the jury doesn’t reach its verdict by the end of Friday, they won’t deliberate over weekend but will return on Monday.
After eight days in court, the end is finally in sight for the trial between actress and wellness mogul Gwyneth Paltrow and retired eye doctor Terry Sanderson.
The jury is now considering its verdict. Here’s what they must decide:
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In a nod to a viral moment earlier in the trial, Paltrow's attorney Steve Owens said "my wife says don't wave the dollar, and I'm not waving the dollar".
But he reiterated that his client's counter suit "was not about the dollar... it's about ruining a very delicate time in her relationship... that's what Terry Sanderson caused her."
The trend for celebrities to counter-sue for a dollar's worth of damages arguably was started with Taylor Swift, who won a dollar from a former radio DJ who groped her.
Lawyer to the stars Adam Streisand, who is not involved in Paltrow's case, says he applauds the actress's verve.
"It’s sadly not unheard of that the revelation that you’ve been in a dust up with someone famous is an opportunity to exploit it," he told the BBC.
"But I love that she stood her ground and sent the message, 'I don’t need the money; it’s the principle and I’m not going to be extorted.' Let’s hope it’s a trend."
Sanderson's legal team has denied that the retired eye doctor is suing for money or fame.
Sam Cabral
Reporting from Utah
Before court went into recess, a coalition of media outlets - including Court TV, which is responsible for live-streaming the trial - argued they should be allowed to film reaction shots of Paltrow and Sanderson when the verdict comes in.
“The public can make up their minds as to what the reaction is,” a lawyer representing the coalition argued.
Judge Holmberg agreed to loosen the restriction.
Image source, AFPThe court is now in recess as the jury deliberates.
Over the course of the day, we heard Paltrow and Sanderson's attorneys make their final case to the jury.
Here's what was said:
Image source, AFPThe jury has now been sent out to deliberate.
They must fill out a special verdict form, which requires their response on nine questions relating to who is at fault and what the damages should be.
Of the 10 total jurors, six are women and four are men.
But two were alternates and, despite sitting through the full trial, will almost certainly not participate in the deliberations unless an emergency pulls away any of the other eight jurors.
As the judge gives the jury its instructions, we bring some from of the closing arguments from Peter Sorenson, an attorney for Sanderson.
He says the jurors have heard some "amazing narratives" and "spin on the facts" from both sides.
Sorenson says that there are two important stories to remember - one is Paltrow's and the other is Sanderson's.
He says Sanderson remembers skiing down the mountain and hearing a scream behind him and then "bam, lights out".
He adds Paltrow claims she was hit - but it's up for the jury's to decide what they see in the record.
"I will tell you that what you see in the record corroborates with the story of Terry Sanderson", he says.
The closing arguments from Paltrow and Sanderson's legal teams have come to an end.
The jury will soon be sent out to deliberate a verdict.
We'll bring you the latest developments as we get them.
Image source, EPA-EFE/REX/ShutterstockJames Egan seen in court on Wednesday
More now from Paltrow's team.
Attorney James Egan says Sanderson's medical experts "didn't carefully review his medical history" and relied heavily on his "unreliable reports about it".
He says Sanderson's team also want the jury to believe "before and after" witnesses, but he says they didn't know his health as well as they thought they did.
Egan argues the conditions Sanderson experienced after the ski collision are the outcome of his prior medical history, not as a result of the incident.
We're now hearing once again from Sanderson's team.
In his final comments, Owens tells the jury Sanderson's claim is meritless.
He says Paltrow could have paid Sanderson off, but that she didn't want to pay someone who hurt her.
Owens says he told Paltrow she would have to sit in court for two weeks in Park City, Utah and "not even look at your phone", but she insisted she wanted to.
He says the Hollywood actress has asked Sanderson for a dollar in her countersuit because the incident "screwed up a very carefully planned, important time in her life".
"We want our dollar," Owens says.
Sam Cabral
BBC News in Washington
Image source, EPA-EFE/REX/ShutterstockTerry Sanderson, seen walking into court earlier this week
Terry Sanderson sits at the right edge of his attorneys’ desk. It means he is seated right next to the jury box.
One female juror has consistently looked over at him and closely watching his facial expressions whenever his version of events is called into question.
By contrast, a middle-aged male juror sitting furthest from Sanderson looks like he is wishing for a swift end to this trial.
Or maybe he is just hungry - it’s an hour past jurors’ usual lunch break.
Lawyer Owens is speaking to the jury about the aftermath of Sanderson and Paltrow's collision.
He asks the jury would they yell at someone they collided with.
"No. The hitee - and I've been hit - is usually the unhappy one," he says.
Owens says Paltrow "recognises these things happen" until Sanderson tells her: "You hit me".
This made Paltrow angry, he says.
"Then she's like 'are you kidding me?'" Owens adds.
Image source, .BBCOne of the central questions juror's must ascertain is: who was on top of the mountain, and who was below? Whoever was above was the one who crashed into the other.
During closing arguments, Stephen Owens plays the animated video showing how she could have fallen on top of him, even if he had hit her from behind.
"Sanderson says he was airborn, he was flying... the science does not work," Owens said.
"This is someone skiing with their kids, she's pretty focused on safety."
Sam Cabral
Reporting from Utah
The Paltrow legal team prepared animations of the collision and the moments preceding it, which are being shown again during closing arguments.
Sanderson’s attorneys previously objected to these videos, which they say “lack foundation and distort reality” because they draw on Paltrow’s version of events.
But, for what seems like the first time today, the whole jury is paying close attention as Paltrow's lawyer, Stephen Owens narrates and dissects each video.
Sam Cabral
Reporting from Utah
Image source, ReutersPaltrow seen in court on Wednesday
The line “he hit her, he hurt her” was delivered dramatically by Owens - he raised his voice and pointed at both the plaintiff and his client.
Paltrow in particular, who has been seen shaking her head through much of the trial, nodded as he said the line.
She nodded even more vigorously when Owens asked what message it would have sent to her children if she simply cut Terry Sanderson a cheque.
We're bringing you more from Gwyneth Paltrow's lawyer, Stephen Owens, and his closing arguments.
"She's comfortable in a lot of worlds I'm not comfortable in, but she's not comfortable in this world," he said, describing how she would send ideas to him on post-it notes.
He said Paltrow had high hopes for the 2016 ski trip, which was supposed to bring her and her partner's children closer together.
"What did they lose? They lost a half day of bonding, and even more, because now everyone is stressed," he said.
"He hit her, he hurt her, and then he asked her for $3m for the pleasure, and that is not fair."
Sanderson initially sued the star and wellness mogul for more than $3m in damages, an amount later reduced to $300,000.