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Rumoured GoPro footage of Gwyneth Paltrow's alleged ski collision with Terry Sanderson might not exist, a US court has heard.
The trial entered its fourth day in Utah, as both sides argued against being the one who caused their ski collision in Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah, in 2016.
Mr Sanderson, 76, is seeking damages of $300,000 (£246,000) for "a brain injury, four broken ribs and other serious injuries" in the civil lawsuit against actress Ms Paltrow.
Reference to footage of the incident has previously been made during the trial in an email sent by the daughter of Terry Sanderson.
The jury was previously shown an email, sent by Mr Sanderson's eldest daughter Shae Sanderson-Herath, in which she referred to possible GoPro footage of the crash.
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The trial has entered its fourth day (Getty Images)But giving evidence on Friday, Ms Sanderson-Herath said she had not actually seen any such footage, though she had believed it existed at the time.
"After my dad told me about what he was feeling and that he could hardly think, and that he had rung his bell I believe he mentioned, there had to be GoPro video," she told the court.
"He said there has to be GoPro footage because there was this big blood-curdling scream, so that means someone with a GoPro would have turned to look and captured it."
Gwyneth Paltrow is expected to give evidence later today (Rick Bowmer/AP/REX/Shutterstock)She added: "I have never seen a GoPro video and I don't know that it does exist. I believed there was a GoPro video at the time and that's why I said that.
"I just wanted my dad to have peace of mind that there was a video out there that showed what happened."
Both Ms Paltrow and Mr Sanderson are expected to give evidence on Friday.
Retired optometrist, Mr Sanderson is suing actor Gwyneth Paltrow over a 2016 ski collision (AP)On Thursday the court heard Ms Paltrow crashing into Mr Sanderson was the "only scenario" that could have resulted in Mr Sanderson's injuries.
Dr Richard Boehne told jurors that Mr Sanderson had provided a "cushion" for the actress in the fall and there is no evidence "whatsoever" Mr Sanderson is "faking" injuries.
"If you had a choice between Mr Sanderson hitting Ms Paltrow or Ms Paltrow hitting Mr Sanderson, you would have to pick Ms Paltrow hitting Mr Sanderson from behind and falling on top of him to account for the rib fractures," he said.
Terry Sanderson's daughter Polly said the incident has "consumed" him (Jeff Swinger/POOL/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)"If you were to compare two scenarios, there's only one scenario that would account for enough force application to fracture those ribs and that would be Ms Paltrow striking Mr Sanderson from behind and falling to the ground.
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"In essence, he was like a cushion, if you will."
Mr Sanderson's daughter, Polly Sanderson-Grasham, was called upon to testify on Thursday and told the court how she believed the skiing incident, and holding someone to account for what happened, had "consumed" her father.