Rebekah Vardy

Development comes ahead of libel trial over information from Rooney's private Instagram account.

Rooney’s team are trying to convince a high court judge that gossip stories about Wayne Rooney’s basement flooding are not worthy of the same journalistic protections afforded to more serious investigations. The court previously heard how the pair discussed accessing Rooney’s Instagram account and talked about selling different stories on the Chelsea footballer Danny Drinkwater to journalists at the Sun. Rooney’s lawyers told the high court Vardy had changed her account of events in an updated witness statement.

Rebekah Vardy “appears to accept” that her agent may have used her social media account to leak stories about Coleen Rooney to the press, the High Court has ...

Ms Watt had been expected to give evidence at the upcoming trial. “It is appropriate for the court and the defendant to have the claimant’s evidence on these new developments in a further witness statement so that the claimant’s position is made clear. Mrs Rooney’s lawyers previously claimed that Mrs Vardy had leaked information to The Sun either directly or through her friend and agent Caroline Watt “acting on her instruction or with her knowing approval”.

Coleen Rooney's lawyers have claimed that Rebekah Vardy leaked information to The Sun either directly or through her friend and agent "acting on her ...

Initially, Ms Watt had been expected to give evidence at the upcoming trial. They were completely unexpected and outside the claimant's control... He made the claim after seeing a new witness statement provided on Wednesday. "It now appears... "It is appropriate for the court and the defendant to have the claimant's evidence on these new developments in a further witness statement so that the claimant's position is made clear. He continued: "These are all matters that are relevant to the proceedings and the issues that the court will need to determine. He said: "As of the evening of 27 April 2022, in an abrupt change of position to her pleaded case since the outset, Mrs Vardy appears now to accept Mrs Rooney's case: that Caroline Watt, Mrs Vardy's close friend and PR, was the conduit by which stories from the defendant's private Instagram account were leaked to The Sun through her access via Rebekah Vardy's account." that she too 'believes' that Ms Watt is the source," the barrister continued, before going on to say that "the collapse of Mrs Vardy's case over the last day has been remarkable". Rooney's lawyers have previously claimed that Vardy, 40, leaked information to The Sun either directly or through her friend and agent Caroline Watt "acting on her instruction or with her knowing approval". Coleen Rooney's lawyers have claimed that Rebekah Vardy leaked information to The Sun either directly or through her friend and agent "acting on her instruction or with her knowing approval". Vardy is suing Rooney for libel over her allegations, with a trial set to take place in May. Rooney accused Vardy of leaking "false stories" about her private life to The Sun newspaper in October 2019, famously posting her allegation on social media after carrying out a months-long "sting operation". Rebekah Vardy "appears to accept" her PR representative could have been the source of leaked stories which sparked the upcoming "Wagatha Christie" libel trial, Coleen Rooney's barrister has claimed at the High Court.

The pair are currently locked in court battle after Mrs Rooney accused Mrs Vardy of leaking "false stories" about her private life.

It is appropriate for the court and the defendant to have the claimant’s evidence on these new developments in a further witness statement so that the claimant’s position is made clear. "These developments are very recent. However, Mrs Vardy insisted that Watt continued to deny being behind any leaks from Coleen’s Instagram account.

Rooney accused Vardy of leaking "false stories" about her private life to the media in October 2019 after carrying out a months-long "sting operation"

She is suing Rooney for libel. “As of the evening of April 27 2022, in an abrupt change of position to her pleaded case since the outset, Mrs Vardy appears now to accept Mrs Rooney’s case: that Caroline Watt, Mrs Vardy’s close friend and PR, was the conduit by which stories from the defendant’s private Instagram account were leaked to The Sun through her access via Rebekah Vardy’s account.” On Friday, in written submissions, David Sherborne said that Vardy’s new statement “suggests Ms Watt was the source of the leak but claims that (Vardy) ‘did not authorise or condone her”‘.