Years ago, Gwyneth Paltrow made a conscious move away from the ordinary.
In an age of celebrity relevance, where the once-mysterious A-listers now share everything from breakfasts to breakdowns on social media, she’s a star fully attuned to a world that knows she exists in bone broth, vagina candles, and $8,000 more. High level – one day ski lessons.
Faced with a lawsuit, many A-listers may simply choose to pay the fee and who knows, rather than go through the red tape of a potentially reputation-damaging court case. But the Oscar-winning wellness guru isn’t one of them.
Six Minutes on Gwyneth Paltrow’s Court Case
The internet has been flooded Paltrow Over the past two weeks, her high-profile legal battle has unfolded on camera. It all started when a retired optometrist’s skiing accident in Utah in 2016 somehow made global headlines with the star’s attire, a controversy over her handing out treats in court — rejected! – and questioned her relationship with Taylor Swift.
she win the case – only asking for $1 in damages, because it’s about principle – but for a woman who’s getting it all gone for $300,000 (£242,000), the amount she’s being sued for, really does it worth?
Many were shocked to hear the details of her wealth and privileges leaked in court, but were probably also impressed by her dry answers when asked what she lost as a result of the accident. “Okay, we lost half a day of skiing,” quickly went viral. (Luckily, she was still able to get a massage.)
Turning the courtroom into a runway for her own brand, Goop, as well as other designers, certainly helped sales.
Depp’s two court cases – and wildly different outcomes
For some reason, celebrity lawsuits seem like a bus at the moment.While Paltrow is in court in the US, a group here in the UK includes prince harry, sir elton john and Liz Hurley Taking on the publisher of the Daily Mail in the High Court; last year we had johnny depp f Amber Heard: Round 2 and Vagastha Christie.
In 2020, when Depp first went to court in England – suing the publisher of The Sun – the revelations about his relationship with Heard were jaw-dropping: “big glasses” of red wine, blood-stained insults and walls The paint, the disgusting text messages, the dilapidated apartment, the human feces apparently left on the bed… not to mention the actual allegations of abuse.
Even before he lost the case, his reputation seemed to be ruined. But in 2022, he chose to relive it all; suing Heard himself this time, as in Paltrow’s case, all on camera. After following the UK case through news articles and announcements, now the world can see how it unfolds.
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Depp told the US court he “lost everything” because of Heard’s abuse allegations. Asked why he chose to expose his private life to the stigma of public scrutiny rather than remain silent, he said he was “obsessed” with the truth and wanted to clear himself and his children.
After six weeks of evidence, most of the public appeared to be on the actor’s side, with the jury taking the opposite side of the British judge in his favour.
Before the verdict was handed down, Depp on stage in Sheffield, joined Jeff Beck on his European tour. More performances – and a trip to meet a rescued badger — in the days surrounding his legal victory. Now, later this year, he will star as Louis XV in Jeanne Du Barry, his first major movie role since the court case; his supergroup Hollywood Vampires will be on a summer tour, reports say. Maybe even a return to the Pirates series.
“This is…Rebekah Vardy’s account”
For Depp, it can be argued that it was all worth it. That might not be the case for Rebecca Vardy, who refuses to back down in her lawsuit against Colleen Rooney despite a proposed settlement ahead of the final court case.
During the court hearing, she allegedly leaked stories to the tabloids, not just about Rooney, but about her team-mates, Leicester City footballer husband Jamie Vardy and others, during which she arranged Paparazzi footage of England players’ wives and girlfriends at Russia 2018 World Cup.
In a damning judgment, Judge Steyn described Vardy’s evidence as “patently inconsistent … vague or implausible” – while Rooney’s was “honest and reliable”.
Vardy later asserted her innocence in an interview with TalkTV, saying: “It felt like the judges just read what was written in the media and assumed their narrative bias.”
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Still, she seems to be moving on. Maybe all publicity is good publicity, as long as you can afford to pay the expensive legal bills if things don’t go your way. Her latest Instagram post shows herself at the ski slopes; hopefully she’s aware of the danger.
After Paltrow’s victory was read in court, claimant Terry Sanderson — who had to pay the star’s attorneys’ fees as well as his own despite only having a $1 minimum damages — accepted to wait outside. interviewed by journalists. Asked if the trial was “worth it,” he replied: “Definitely not.”
For Paltrow, maybe. She’s stuck with her wellness brand for years, but never cared about the haters. Long after the gist of the case is forgotten, the clothing — and, no doubt, the visit to the Goop website — will live on.