Coleen Rooney was left "flabbergasted" by Rebekah Vardy's TV interview following the end of the Wagatha Christie court case.
29.07.2022 - 14:35 / ok.co.uk
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.
The seven day-long trial took place back in May and after a wait of over eight weeks, Mrs Justice Karen Steyn has now delivered her verdict – announcing that Rebekah has lost. In her ruling, the judge said it was “likely” that Rebekah's agent at the time, Caroline Watt, “undertook the direct act” of passing the information to The Sun.
But she added: “Nonetheless, the evidence … clearly shows, in my view, that Mrs Vardy knew of and condoned this behaviour, actively engaging in it by directing Ms Watt to the private Instagram account, sending her screenshots of Mrs Rooney’s posts, drawing attention to items of potential interest to the press, and answering additional queries raised by the press via Ms Watt. She continued: “In my judgment, the conclusions that I have reached as to the extent to which the claimant engaged in disclosing to The Sun information to which she only had access as a permitted follower of an Instagram account which she knew, and Mrs Rooney repeatedly asserted, was private, suffice to show the single meaning is substantially true.” The judge also condemned the "vile abuse" Rebekah was subject to in the wake of Coleen's October 2019 post.
She said: “Some members of the public have responded to the reveal post by subjecting Mrs Vardy to vile abuse, including messages wishing her, her family, and even her then-unborn baby, ill in the most awful terms. “Nothing of which Mrs Vardy has been accused, nor any of the findings in
.Coleen Rooney was left "flabbergasted" by Rebekah Vardy's TV interview following the end of the Wagatha Christie court case.
Rebekah Vardy gave Wayne Rooney a savage nickname based on his court sketch from the Wagatha Christie trial.The mum of two, 40, lost her high court libel case against Coleen Rooney, after she was accused of leaking stories about Coleen to the press. In a dig at Coleen’s husband Wayne, Rebekah has said that the footballer looks like a “hot potato” in his court sketch from the highly publicised trial. Some people were unkind about the sketches, with one comment about Rebekah in the drawings saying: “She looks like something out of Lord of the Rings.” Rebekah has now responded to the comments in a new interview, with a snarky remark of her own.
Fresh from losing the Wagatha Christie libel case, Rebekah Vardy has given a series of bombshell interviews, telling all on her call with Coleen Rooney and, once again, claiming her innocence. Rebekah, 40, filed the lawsuit against Wayne Rooney’s wife Coleen, 36, after she publicly outed the mum-of-five as the person she believed was leaking stories about her to the press.
Coleen Rooney is said be “considering a damages claim against Rebekah Vardy". Following the Wagatha Christie verdict that saw Rebekah lose her High Court libel battle, Coleen is now reportedly considering launching her own legal action against the 40 year old.
Lizzie Cundy has spoken out following the verdict that saw Rebekah Vardy lose her libel case against Coleen Rooney. Friend of Coleen, 36, Lizzie, 54, criticised Rebekah, 40, for having “no evidence” just before the verdict was announced on Friday 29 July. Rebekah launched legal action after Coleen claimed her fellow WAG's Instagram account was linked to stories about her leaking to the press.
Coleen Rooney’s said to be “thrilled” after winning the Wagatha Christie trial. Rebekah Vardy, 40, launched legal action after Coleen, 36, who had claimed that 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. In light of this, Coleen’s said to be “thrilled”.
Rebekah Vardy sensationally lost her courtroom battle with Coleen Rooney today. The trial, which took place in May, centred around the explosive claim Rebekah was leaking stories about Coleen to the press.
The bitter libel battle between two England footballer's wives has been settled in the High Court. Rebekah Vardy has lost her multi-million euro case against Coleen Rooney, bringing the so-called "Wagatha Christie" trial to an end.
Coleen Rooney has released a statement following the verdict given out by Mrs Justice Steyn on the Wagatha Christie libel trial on Friday 29 July. Rebekah Vardy, 40, launched legal action after Coleen, 36, claimed her fellow WAG's Instagram account was linked to stories about her leaking to the press.