Coleen and Wayne Rooney arrive at Manchester Airport with huge suitcases as they ditch UK for Dubai
19.05.2022 - 18:41
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Coleen and Wayne Rooney have been pictured lugging their tower of suitcases into Manchester Airport as they ditch the UK for Dubai. The couple skipped attending court on Thursday (May 19).
It has been a hectic few weeks for Coleen and Wayne, both 36, amid Coleen's libel case. Rebekah Vardy is currently suing Coleen after she accused her of allegedly leaking false stories about her to the tabloids back in 2019. Coleen said she used an Instagram 'sting' to discover Mrs Vardy had been sharing stories with The Sun newspaper.
Mrs Vardy, who is the wife of Leicester City striker Jamie, denies leaking stories to the media and is suing her fellow footballer's wife for libel, while Coleen is defending the claim on the basis her post was "substantially true".
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Today (Thursday, May 19) is expected to be the last day of the trial - dubbed 'Wagatha Christie' - and while Mrs Vardy arrived at the court for proceedings this morning, Mr and Mrs Rooney were not in attendance and their barrister told the High Cour their absence is due to a "long-standing travel arrangements."
David Sherborne said the couple had asked him to pass on "individual apologies" and to explain "they intend no disrespect to the court". The barrister emphasised that the couple had attended the trial throughout proceedings so far and added: "They had a long-standing travel agreement with their four children which was booked in advance by their lawyers." Mr Sherborne said the booking was made on the understanding that the court would not be sitting today (Thursday).
It comes as both Coleen and former England and Manchester United footballer Wayne took to the stand in recent
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