Gwyneth Paltrow, 50, appeared in court on Tuesday for the primary day of a trial regarding a 2016 skiing incident in Utah, however the Goop founder became the butt of the joke on Twitter for her “Jeffrey Dahmer glasses.”
In keeping with the plaintiff, retired optometrist Dr. Terry Sanderson, the “Shakespeare in Love” actress was skiing “uncontrolled” on a slope at Deer Valley Resort in Utah, when she collided with him and continued to go down the hill.
Sanderson said that the then-43-year-old left him with a “brain injury, 4 broken ribs and other serious injuries,” and filed a lawsuit against Paltrow in 2019.
For the primary day of testimonies, Paltrow arrived at court wearing retro-style aviator glasses, which drew comparisons to serial killer Dahmer.
Paltrow has previously worn the spectacles — a $289 pair from the brand Caddis and in addition sold on her Goop website — but Twitter users couldn’t help but make fun of the wellness guru.
“I like her serial killer vibe,” commented one person on Instagram.
“Jeffrey Dahmer meets Gwyneth Paltrow,” slammed one other person.
“Gwyneth Paltrow is literally going for the #Dahmer have a look at this ski accident trial… wtf? Not very on-brand for @goop,” tweeted a 3rd person.
“These are precisely the sort of Eighties aviator specs you need to wear when being sued by a retired optometrist,” laughed a fourth person.
The Post has reached out to Paltrow for comment.
The sort of aviator glasses was made infamous by the Milwaukee serial killer, who killed and dismembered 17 men between 1978 and 1991. He wore the specs in his mugshot after he was apprehended by police.
Dahmer’s actual glasses were available to buy for $150,000 from Taylor James, a Canadian-based Dahmer enthusiast who also managed to get his hands on the killer’s prison Bible; his urn, which he was selling for $250,000; and a fifth-grade class picture priced at $3,500.
Paltrow, who spent most of Tuesday in court sitting stoic along with her attorney, has claimed that Sanderson was above her on the slope and delivered a “full body blow.”
The attorneys of the Goop founder — who’s countersuing the doctor for $1 — also claimed that Sanderson admitted that he was going partially blind and had several preexisting conditions before hitting the Oscar-winning actress.
Paltrow’s lawyers also claim their client didn’t flee the scene after the incident.
The “Iron Man” actress can be slated to take the stand in her own defense.
