Get that camera out of her face.
Gwyneth Paltrow’s lawyer complained about a camera being pointed directly at her during her ski crash trial Wednesday, claiming reporters were repeatedly violating courtroom decorum.
Speaking at the Park City Court, in Utah on Wednesday, Steve Owens and Paltrow, 50, were visibly annoyed when they spotted a video camera pointed directly at the Oscar-winning actress.
Owens raised his complaint to Judge Kent Holmberg before the jury came in, saying it was a repeated offense against the rules that were agreed on prior to the start of the trial.
“Your honor we have a new camera pointed directly at my client right there on the right,” Owens said, pointing to a camera allegedly fixed by the AP.
“This has been a problem, for instance reporters being in front of my client’s car, going out yesterday. Cameras in her face.”
Owens called on the court to advise him and his client if there were going to be any more changes to the cameras in the room to avoid Paltrow from being unnecessarily shown, as the court agreed that the cameras would remain fixed on whoever is talking.
“I don’t want changes without reporters telling you,” Ownes told Holmberg.
The judge said he would look into the issue and that he “recognized it as a problem,” as he also reminded reporters that they were not allowed to block Paltrow’s path in and out of court as Owens alleged they had the day before.
While her defense did all the talking, Paltrow sat quietly in the courtroom, wearing a button-down cream sweater, brown corduroy pants and her hair tied back as she sipped on green juice.
Dr. Terry Sanderson, 76, who is suing Paltrow for allegedly crashing into him on a ski slope in Utah in February 2016, appeared to want to avoid the cameras as he was seen stepping in and out of the courtroom Wednesday.
It is not uncommon for plaintiffs to be out of the room during proceedings in civil cases.
Sanderson is seeking $300,000 in damages over Paltrow’s alleged negligence, with the actress filing a countersuit for him to pay her $1 in damages and for the optometrist to pay her legal fees.
Wednesday morning saw Dr. Wendell Gibby, a neuroradiology specialist at the University of California, San Diego, testify that Sanders suffered a powerful blow in the collision and that he can no longer enjoy wine tasting and spending time with loved ones.
Gibby added that following the crash, Sanderson’s relationship with his children, grandchildren, and girlfriend all suffered due to his alleged change in cognitive abilities.