What made Gwyneth Paltrow’s ski crash trial so fascinating

There is nothing noteworthy about a ski-and-run trial — until a celebrity is attached to it.

When that celebrity happens to be one who won an Academy Award for “Shakespeare in Love,” and is the founder of Goop, a wellness and lifestyle company plagued with a string of controversies, then the trial becomes even more intriguing.

After eight days of arguments, the eight-member jury agreed on Thursday that Gwyneth Paltrow was not liable for a 2016 ski collision with a man who claims she careened into him on a bunny slope in Utah. As thousands of Americans watched in real time, the jury decided that it was not Paltrow but Terry Sanderson, 76, who was “one hundred percent at fault.” The retired optometrist caused Paltrow harm, the jury said, and owes her one dollar as compensation of economic damages.