Rebekah Vardy says she was "scared to be out in public places" during her legal battle with Coleen Rooney, after receiving up to 100 abusive messages per day and believes she has post-traumatic stress disorder [PTSD] from their libel trial.
29.07.2022 - 17:09 / ok.co.uk
Rebekah Vardy has spoken out for the first time since losing her libel claim against Coleen Rooney on Friday 29 July, saying that she is "extremely sad and disappointed". The 40 year old launched legal action after Coleen, 36, who claimed her fellow WAG's Instagram account was linked to stories about her leaking to the press.The seven day-long trial took place back in May and after a wait of over eight weeks, Mrs Justice Karen Steyn delivered her verdict – announcing that Rebekah lost.
Now, Rebekah has released a statement, sharing her devastation following the loss as she said: "I am extremely sad and disappointed at the decision that the judge has reached. “It is not the result that I had expected, nor believe was just.
I brought this action to vindicate my reputation and am devastated by the judge’s finding. She continued: "The judge accepted that publication of Coleen’s post was not in the ‘public interest’ and she also rejected her claim that I was the ‘Secret Wag’.
“But as for the rest of her judgement, she got it wrong and this is something I cannot accept.” The star also pleaded with vile trolls who have subjected her to abuse in the years since Coleen's initial post. She said: “As I explained in my evidence I, my family and even my unborn baby, were subjected to disgusting messages and vile abuse following Coleen’s Post and these have continued even during the course of the trial.
“Please can the people who have been abusing me and my family now stop.The case is over. I want to thank everyone who has supported me.” In Judge Steyn's ruling, she said it was “likely” that Rebekah's agent at the time, Caroline Watt, “undertook the direct act” of passing the information to The Sun, condemned "vile" trolls who sent
.Rebekah Vardy says she was "scared to be out in public places" during her legal battle with Coleen Rooney, after receiving up to 100 abusive messages per day and believes she has post-traumatic stress disorder [PTSD] from their libel trial.
Rebekah Vardy has broken her silence in her first TV interview since losing her libel battle against Coleen Rooney. The pair faced each other in court three years after Mrs Rooney said she had carried out a months-long “sting operation” and accused Mrs Vardy of leaking “false stories” about her private life to the press.
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Rebekah Vardy shared a picture of herself flashing the peace sign on Saturday after losing her libel claim against Coleen Rooney on Friday 29 July. Taking to Instagram, Rebekah, 40, posted a snap of herself wearing a £85 leather jacket which had the words "normal is boring" in graffiti writing on the back from Spray Pray Love. Posing in a field wearing denim hotpants and biker boots, Rebekah captioned the photo with: "Peace out" followed with a peace sign emoji.
Coleen, 36, said she had carried out a "sting operation" and accused Rebekah's account of leaking "false stories" about her private life to the press in a now viral Instagram post. Mrs Vardy, who is married to Leicester striker Jamie Vardy, denied leaking stories to the media and sued her fellow footballer’s wife for libel, while Mrs Rooney defended the claim on the basis her post was “substantially true”.
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has broken her silence after winning the Wagatha Christie trial. Coleen was announced the winner of the case today. Coleen said in a statement that she was "pleased" the ruling went in her favour but that she "never believed" the case should have gone to court "at such expense in times of hardship for so many people when the money could have been far better spent helping others".
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