Wagatha Christie: Rebekah Vardy loses libel case against Coleen Rooney

The two women responsible for persuading Prince Andrew to sit down on camera and give his now-notorious interview explaining his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein are now in competition to bring the behind-the-screen events to film.

Rebekah Vardy has admitted she has set up paparazzi photos - insisting everyone does it. In a bid to restore her reputation, the WAG, 40, speaks out in her first television interview since the case - one week after a High Court judge ruled in Coleen Rooney's favour in the blockbuster £3million Wagatha Christie libel battle. Speaking to journalist Kate McCann, she said: "I have always always said I do set up pictures.

In her first interview since the Wagatha Christie court case, Rebekah Vardy has broken down in tears, insisting that she "did not do it".

Killing Eve's Jodie Comer and Emerald Fennell, who starred in The Crown, are reportedly in the frame to play Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy in a TV drama. Rebekah, 40, launched legal action after Coleen, 36, 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 on Friday 29 July – announcing that Rebekah had lost.

The race is on to bring the already notorious ‘Wagatha Christie’ defamation trial to our screens, following this week’s conclusion at London’s High Court.

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”.

Wagatha Christie court case after Coleen Rooney came out of the Wagatha Christie trial as victor. It is understood Jamie Vardy's wife will fork out around £3million to cover the costs of the case.

Sheffield and, according to Rebekah, chased her for months before she finally agreed to go out with him. Read more: Inside the Duchess of Kent’s life from Yorkshire link to working in Hull and royal controversy They tied the knot two years later at Peckforton Castle in Cheshire and at that point Rebekah had already become a member of the WAG elite. Her closest friends included Coleen Rooney, Dawn Ward as well as model and reality star Nicola McLean.

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The 'Wagatha Christie' libel trial has finally reached its conclusion, with Rebekah Vardy losing her libel claim against Coleen Rooney. Rebekah, 40, launched legal action after Coleen, 36, claimed her fellow WAG's Instagram account was linked to stories about her leaking to the press.