Rebekah Vardy texted Coleen Rooney 'I'd be chomping' over leak, court hears

Rebekah Vardy and husband Jamie Vardy's scathing texts about the press, Wayne Rooney and the FA have been laid bare in official court documents. Mum-of-five Rebekah, 40, is currently suing Coleen Rooney, 36, for libel in what has been dubbed the 'Wagatha Christie' trial. Rebekah, Coleen and Wayne have all taken to the stand to give evidence in the seven-day trial, and files submitted to the court include the Vardys' private WhatsApp messages to each other.

After days of drama at the High Court in London, anyone following the Wagatha Christie trial with Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney is now on the edge of their seats waiting to see what happens next.

ITV’s Lorraine Kelly offered up her thoughts on the ongoing court case involving Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney on her show today, telling the two women to “get over themselves”. Rebekah is currently suing her fellow WAG for libel following the infamous 'Wagatha Christie' post back in 2019, which saw Coleen accuse Rebekah of leaking stories from her private Instagram. Rebekah immediately denied the claim and subsequently launched legal action which resulted in seven days at the High Court.

Wagatha Christie libel trial, according to her barrister today. Hugh Tomlinson QC made the claim as the trial came to a close this afternoon - with a judgement now expected within weeks. The trial at the Royal Courts of Justice in London heard closing arguments from both sides in the case.

Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy's lawyers have shared their closing statements at Royal Courts of Justice on Thursday 19 May. Rebekah's Instagram account was accused by Coleen of leaking fake stories about her in October 2019 in a now-infamous Instagram post dubbed Wagatha Christie.

Read more: 9 things we learned from the Wagatha Christie trial this weekOn October 9, 2019, she posted on Twitter: "I have saved and screenshotted all the original stories which clearly show just one person has viewed them. It’s… Rebekah Vardy. "The tweet went viral, and the term 'Wagatha Christie' was born.

An FA official said Rebekah Vardy appeared to be “more interested in taking selfies” than watching husband Jamie play for England. The comment came during the Wagatha Christie trial at London’s High Court, where Vardy is suing Coleen Rooney for libel. Harpreet Robertson, a family liaison officer for the Football Association, gave evidence this afternoon about Rooney’s claim Vardy sat behind Coleen Rooney at a Euros match in 2016 to "boost her public profile".

Rebekah Vardy against Coleen Rooney commenced this week. Rooney is facing legal action after she accused Vardy, wife of Leicester City striker Jamie, of leaking “false stories” about her to the tabloid press. In a tweet published in October 2019, Rooney, wife of ex-footballer Wayne, implied that Vardy had been sharing posts from her private Instagram account with The Sun newspaper.

Rebekah Vardy looked like she meant business as she channeled Elle Woods in Legally Blonde as she arrived at London’s High Court today. Rebekah, 40, appeared to take inspiration from Reese Witherspoon's iconic character as she strutted into court in a bright £2,095 co-ord suit from Alessandra Rich, for the latest day of her ongoing libel trial with fellow WAG Coleen Rooney. The mum-of-four is suing Coleen for libel, after the wife of Wayne Rooney accused her Instagram account of being linked to stories leaking to the press back in 2019.

Katie Price has shared her anger that her friend Sarah Harding’s name was brought up as part of Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney’s libel case.  The former glamour model, 43, had been close friends with the late Girls Aloud star, who died from breast cancer in September 2021 at the age of 39, with the singer even being a bridesmaid at her 2005 wedding to Peter Andre.  Harding was brought up in court after it was claimed Vardy was caught taking photos of the contents of her handbag at the National Television Awards in 2018.

Coleen Rooney took to the witness stand for the first time in Rebekah Vardy’s libel trial against her on Friday, telling the High Court that her infamous ‘Wagatha Christie’ post was “my last resort”. The mother-of-four also opened up about the troubles in her marriage to former England football star Wayne Rooney. Recalling their difficulties in 2017, she said: “I didn’t know how my marriage was going to work out, whether I was going on with my relationship.

Rebekah Vardy "fell out with Girls Aloud's Sarah Harding in 2018 because she was apparently caught taking pictures of the contents of her handbag at the National Television Awards", a court heard. Coleen Rooney, 36, made the claim in a witness statement she supplied as part of the Wagatha Christie libel trial.