Mr Cristiansen testified that he was at the site of the collision within 10 to 15 seconds (PIcture: Getty/Court TV)
Gwyneth Paltrow’s skiing instructor has denied her son Moses distracted her seconds before her 2016 crash on the slopes.
The 50-year-old Goop founder’s teacher Eric Cristiansen took the stand on Monday at Park City Court, Utah, to insist she was not responsible for a collision at Deer Park Resort.
Retired optometrist Dr Terry Sanderson, 76, says their crash left him with permanent brain damage.
Speaking about a claim mum-of-two Paltrow – whose children Apple and Moses were 11 and 9 respectively at the time of the ski accident – had been distracted on the slopes by her youngest yelling: ‘Mommy, Mommy watch me ski,’ before the crash, Mr Cristiansen said: ‘I never saw that happen.’
The instructor, who said he was at the scene of the crash within 10-15 seconds, also testified claims he had falsified his report on the crash as Oscar-winner Paltrow was tipping him were ‘ridiculous’.
Mr Cristiansen also denied the Sliding Doors actress had been ‘reckless and dangerous’ on the day of the crash, saying: ‘Not at all.’
He said he never saw Paltrow distracted by her son seconds before the crash (Picture: Court TV
Paltrow is countersuing for $1 (Picture: AP)
He said about how she had been left raging by the crash: ‘When you’re skiing, you don’t expect to be taken out – it’s very fast. Gwyneth was upset.
‘As I came across, she was speaking to Mr Sanderson. One of the first things I did was ask if everyone was OK. She was speaking quite sharply but I don’t know she yelled.’
Mr Cristiansen also insisted the accident left ‘no one’ unconscious and that former army optometrist Dr Sanderson said ‘she just appeared in front of me’ after the crash.
The former medic has testified Paltrow let out a ‘bloodcurdling’ scream before she ‘lost control’ and hurtled into him.
Her skiing instructor also rubbished claims that the star was ‘reckless and dangerous’ on the day of the crash (Picture: Instagram/Alex Mead)
The actress entering court on Monday (Picture: AP)
Paltrow admitted on the stand on Friday that she yelled at Dr Sanderson after they collided: ‘You skied directly into my f**king back!’
She also said she heard the doctor making a ‘groaning noise’ as they crashed into one another that left her thinking she was being assaulted by a ‘perverted’ skier.
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She added: ‘He was making some strange noises that sounded male and he was large so I assumed he was a male.
‘I was confused at first because it’s a very strange thing to happen on a ski slope. I got very upset a few seconds later.
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‘There was a body pressing against me and he was making a groaning noise. I didn’t know, is this a practical joke or is someone doing something perverted?’
Paltrow is countersuing Dr Sanderson, who wants $300,000 (£244,000) in compensation for his apparent brain damage after the collision, and says she wants ‘symbolic damages’ of $1 plus her legal fees covered.
The trial continues.
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Mr Cristiansen also denied that the actress had been ‘reckless and dangerous’ on the slopes.
