Coleen Rooney explains how she rumbled 'fame hungry' Rebekah Vardy
16.05.2022 - 19:15
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
Coleen Rooney has explained in full how she rumbled “fame hungry” Rebekah Vardy in the fifth day of the High Court libel trial in London.
The defamation case centres around Rooney, 36, accusing Vardy, 40, of leaking "false stories" about her private life in October 2019.
Rooney claims she carried out a months-long “sting operation” which saw her dubbed “Wagatha Christie” for her efforts.
And today the mum-of-four, married to Derby County manager Wayne, has revealed the details of how she discovered Vardy, wife of Leicester City striker Jamie.
The multimillion-pound libel trial in London is scheduled to take place for two more days.
Giving evidence in her cross-examination, Rooney told the court how she confessed to her publicist Rachel Monk she was growing suspicious of Rebekah Vardy.
She said the future I'm a Celebrity contestant had been “fame hungry” at the 2018 World Cup and had been “speaking to the press”.
Monk told her to “delete her off your Insta”. (sic)
Rebekah Vardy's lawyer Hugh Tomlinson QC asked why she had not done that. Rooney explained she had already tried it, but Vardy demanded to know why she was blocked.
Tomlinson asked: “You wanted to trap her?'' to which Rooney replied: “No, not trap. I just wanted to find out who was doing this to me. I thought if I went public with whoever it was it would stop.”
Tomlinson quizzed Rooney over why she had not told anyone about the “sting operation”.
Rooney said: “Because I don't like to do something if I'm not 100% sure myself. So I didn't want to mention it to anyone if there was the smallest little bit of doubt. I felt I didn't need to tell anyone.”
Tomlinson asked why she had not told husband Wayne.
“One thing I don't do is put my troubles or worries on someone else,''