In the end, Gwyneth, 52, emerged victorious as a jury found Sanderson to be 100 percent at fault for the incident and granted her symbolic request of $1 in damages. At the time, a source present during the verdict told E! News the Shakespeare in Love actress leaned down to Sanderson after the verdict was handed down and told him, “I wish you well.”
Following her victory, Gwyneth told E! News in a statement that she “felt that acquiescing to a false claim compromised [her] integrity.”
“I am pleased with the outcome and I appreciate all of the hard work of Judge Holmberg and the jury,” she said, “and thank them for their thoughtfulness in handling this case.”
Months after the trial concluded, Gwyneth was still shaken by the ordeal, describing it as a “pretty intense experience.”
“That whole thing was pretty weird,” she told the New York Times in September 2023. “I don’t know that I’ve even processed it. It was something I felt like I survived.”
