Rebekah Vardy

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Start your Independent Premium subscription today. “Mrs Vardy is responsible for the secret passing on if the information that is the subject of this case.” Mr Sherborne told the court: “In short, we say Mrs Vardy had the means, she had the opportunity with her links to The Sun, and she had the motive to secretly pass on information from Mrs Rooney’s account. Coleen Rooney’s barrister has said Rebekah Vardy had the “means, opportunity and motive” to be responsible for leaking the fake stories from Ms Rooney’s Instagram account. In a skeleton argument submitted to the trial earlier in the hearing, lawyers for Vardy said Mrs Rooney’s post that she had discovered the source of the leak was a “serious attack on Mrs Vardy”. She told the court she went through a “terrible, terrible relationship” and the interview was something she “deeply regrets”.

Footballers wives Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy have come face-to-face in court as their 'Wagatha Christie' libel trial got under way.

“She doesn’t know what to think”, he said. I can’t believe she posted it” Of all the people on her Instagram ffs! She had to, because it’s the truth”, he said. “She wasn’t congratulating herself on having exposed a matter of public interest," Tomlinson said. Ms Vardy to Ms Watt “Maybe she’s just put it to see if anyone gives it to the media” She doesn’t know. She doesn’t know whether Ms Watt was doing it without her knowledge. “If the position is Ms Watt was the source of the stories, that’s not something Mrs Vardy knew anything about and certainly wasn’t something she approved of or authorised Ms Watt to do. “Mr Hayward suggested at the meeting that Mrs Vardy knew about the use of her Instagram account for the leaking of stories to The Sun, but was sticking to her story that she knew nothing”, he said of Ms Adaarewa’s evidence. He said if Vardy “gave Ms Watt the gun and bullets, told her who to target and where it was to happen”, that makes her equally culpable. Mr Sherborne called Vardy “fame-hungry”, and suggested to the court that the Wag had been “monitoring” Rooney’s Instagram account.

Coleen arrived alongside her football manager husband, Wayne, followed 30 seconds later by Rebekah, who pulled up in a black cab.

Of course, we say the same is true of leaks from Mrs (Coleen) Rooney's private Instagram account.' 'As a result of the post, Mrs Vardy and her family were subjected to abuse and threats. Who's who in the case? 'The result of all these developments is that Mrs Vardy doesn't know what to think. Just because you are not the person who gets your hands dirty, it doesn't mean you are the one responsible or equally as responsible. 'And unlike Mrs Vardy again, she is not so keen to get lots of self-promotion or favourable coverage,' he added. they want me to put it up before the pap puts his in! 'Nevertheless, the impact of the post on Mrs Vardy was far from trivial. The moment was discussed in court today February 14 - Coleen is refused permission to bring a High Court claim against Ms Watt for misuse of private information to be heard alongside the libel battle. He added: 'That goes to her motive for leaking information - she, of course, denies that. The reason there is no such evidence against Mrs Vardy is because she didn't do it.'

Coleen Rooney accused Rebekah Vardy of leaking 'false stories' about her private life to the media in October 2019.

That must be concealment,” he wrote. The barrister later said there had been “widespread and significant destruction or loss of evidence” in the case, which notably include the loss of Ms Watt’s phone in the North Sea. He said in written submissions: “The allegation in the post was and remains false: Mrs Vardy had not leaked information about Mrs Rooney or her friends and family to the Sun newspaper from her private Instagram account. Mr Tomlinson said the affair and subsequent libel case had become the subject of intense press coverage and a source of “entertainment” in the media, being referred to as “Wag Wars” and “Wagatha Christie”. Wearing a black suit and with her foot in a brace, she entered the Royal Courts of Justice on the Strand by the front entrance, flanked by a crowd of photographers. Mrs Rooney arrived at the Royal Courts of Justice on Tuesday with her husband, also 36, who had a trophy-laden career with Manchester United and is now manager of Derby County.

A high-profile libel court battle between Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy opened on Tuesday in London.

Rooney posted the fake tales on purpose over several months, and said she blocked everyone apart from an account belonging to Vardy from seeing her Instagram stories. Coleen Rooney accused Rebekah Vardy of leaking fake stories she had posted on her Instagram account to The Sun newspaper in October 2019. The stories then appeared in The Sun, and Rooney announced to her followers that Vardy was responsible.

A high-profile libel court battle between Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy opened on Tuesday in London.

Rooney posted the fake tales on purpose over several months, and said she blocked everyone apart from an account belonging to Vardy from seeing her Instagram stories. Coleen Rooney accused Rebekah Vardy of leaking fake stories she had posted on her Instagram account to The Sun newspaper in October 2019. The stories then appeared in The Sun, and Rooney announced to her followers that Vardy was responsible.

Mrs Rooney's barrister David Sherborne asked Mrs Vardy about an interview she gave to the News Of The World about an alleged sexual encounter with singer Peter ...

She replied: “I was forced into a situation by my ex-husband to do this. It is something that I deeply regret… Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Mrs Vardy replied: “It was something that I was forced to say.” Rebekah Vardy was asked whether it was “respectful” of Peter Andre’s “right not to share this information” about their sexual encounter with a newspaper. Asked whether giving the interview was respectful to Mr Andre, Mrs Vardy said: “I was forced into a situation by my ex-husband to do this.”

Coleen Rooney accused Rebekah Vardy of leaking 'false stories' about her private life to the media in October 2019.

That must be concealment,” he wrote. The barrister later said there had been “widespread and significant destruction or loss of evidence” in the case, which notably include the loss of Ms Watt’s phone in the North Sea. He said in written submissions: “The allegation in the post was and remains false: Mrs Vardy had not leaked information about Mrs Rooney or her friends and family to the Sun newspaper from her private Instagram account. Mr Tomlinson said the affair and subsequent libel case had become the subject of intense press coverage and a source of “entertainment” in the media, being referred to as “Wag Wars” and “Wagatha Christie”. Wearing a black suit and with her foot in a brace, she entered the Royal Courts of Justice on the Strand by the front entrance, flanked by a crowd of photographers. Mrs Rooney arrived at the Royal Courts of Justice on Tuesday with her husband, also 36, who had a trophy-laden career with Manchester United and is now manager of Derby County.

In October 2019, Mrs Rooney, 36, said she had carried out a “sting operation” and accused Mrs Vardy, 40, of leaking “false stories”

She replied: “I was forced into a situation by my ex-husband to do this. It is not nice to read and I understand why this is being used and to me this is mudslinging and I was also threatened with mudslinging by Mrs Rooney’s team.” It is something that I deeply regret…

Rebekah Vardy's family received “abuse and threats” over claims she leaked private information about Coleen Rooney to the press, the libel trial between the ...

She replied: “I was forced into a situation by my ex-husband to do this. It is something that I deeply regret… Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Mrs Vardy replied: “It was something that I was forced to say.” Rebekah Vardy was asked whether it was “respectful” of Peter Andre’s “right not to share this information” about their sexual encounter with a newspaper. Asked whether giving the interview was respectful to Mr Andre, Mrs Vardy said: “I was forced into a situation by my ex-husband to do this.”

Mrs Vardy alleged that she had been made a 'scapegoat' by Coleen Rooney.

“I believe that they have, in part, done this as a way of trying to change the narrative in the press about Coleen being a doormat following her husband’s drink-driving charge and the multiple allegations of cheating.” Mrs Vardy said in her statement that “within minutes” of Mrs Rooney making her allegations there “was a torrent of insults calling me a snake, a grass and a rat”. “I feared that my children would be bullied and that my family would be targeted.” “I was genuinely scared that I might lose my baby as a result of the stress I was under in the days and weeks after the post. “I started to get really hot and suffered from strange palpitations,” she said, adding that she was left “shaking” and “hyperventilating”. In a written statement prepared for the two women’s libel battle, Mrs Vardy alleged that she had been made a “scapegoat” by Mrs Rooney and her PR advisers for past “leaked” stories about the state of her marriage to former England footballer Wayne Rooney.

In October 2019, Mrs Rooney, 36, said she had carried out a “sting operation” and accused Mrs Vardy, 40, of leaking “false stories”

She replied: “I was forced into a situation by my ex-husband to do this. It is not nice to read and I understand why this is being used and to me this is mudslinging and I was also threatened with mudslinging by Mrs Rooney’s team.” It is something that I deeply regret…

Coleen Rooney lawyer reads from 2004 tabloid interview in which Rebekah Vardy described singer's 'manhood'

In written submissions, Rooney’s lawyers said these were not a series of “unfortunate” incidents. As a result, Rooney simply “can’t establish that Mrs Vardy was responsible” for the leaks, Tomlinson told the court. “In essence this is a detective story,” he said. Vardy is now suing Rooney for libel, arguing that the accusation was false. In one incident, Sheborne highlighted how a “poor unfortunate phone” belonging to Watt was accidentally dropped off the side of a boat in the North Sea off the coast of Scotland within “days” of a legal request to search it. With the leaking of private information at the heart of the much-anticipated case, David Sherborne, acting for Coleen Rooney, asked Vardy whether she was the sort of person who leaked stories to the media.

In October 2019, Mrs Rooney, 36, said she had carried out a “sting operation” and accused Mrs Vardy, 40, of leaking “false stories”

She replied: “I was forced into a situation by my ex-husband to do this. It is not nice to read and I understand why this is being used and to me this is mudslinging and I was also threatened with mudslinging by Mrs Rooney’s team.” It is something that I deeply regret…

In October 2019, Mrs Rooney, 36, said she had carried out a “sting operation” and accused Mrs Vardy, 40, of leaking “false stories”

She replied: “I was forced into a situation by my ex-husband to do this. It is not nice to read and I understand why this is being used and to me this is mudslinging and I was also threatened with mudslinging by Mrs Rooney’s team.” It is something that I deeply regret…

'I have been called a leaker and it's not nice,' Mrs Vardy told the High Court.

However, Mr Tomlinson said the suggestion that Mrs Vardy and Ms Watt were involved in a “conspiracy” and “campaign of deletion” in relation to evidence in the case is “completely baseless”. Mr Tomlinson said the affair and subsequent libel case had become the subject of intense press coverage and a source of “entertainment” in the media, being referred to as “Wag Wars” and “Wagatha Christie”. The barrister also said that Mrs Rooney’s alleged investigation into the leaks “was in fact a pre-determined blinkered operation with the aim of ‘outing’ Mrs Vardy”. He said in written submissions: “The allegation in the post was and remains false: Mrs Vardy had not leaked information about Mrs Rooney or her friends and family to The Sun newspaper from her private Instagram account. In her written evidence, Mrs Vardy said she believed Mrs Rooney had made her a “scapegoat” for previous leaked stories about her marriage to Mr Rooney. In a viral social media post in October 2019, Mrs Rooney, 36, said she had carried out a “sting operation” and accused Mrs Vardy, 40, of leaking “false stories” about her private life to the press.

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Mrs Vardy replied: “I was forced into a situation by my ex-husband to do this. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Mrs Vardy replied: “It was something that I was forced to say.”

Mrs Rooney's barrister David Sherborne asked Mrs Vardy about an interview she gave to the News Of The World about an alleged sexual encounter with singer Peter ...

She replied: “I was forced into a situation by my ex-husband to do this. It is something that I deeply regret… Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Rebekah Vardy was asked whether it was “respectful” of Peter Andre’s “right not to share this information” about their sexual encounter with a newspaper. But Ms Vardy, who is suing fellow WAG Coleen Rooney for defamation, claimed that she had been “forced” by her ex-husband to make the claim about Mr Andre’s alleged small “manhood” to the News of the World. Ms Vardy has been accused by Coleen Rooney of leaking her personal information to the press, for which Ms Vardy is suing her for defamation.

Rebekah Vardy recalled the “extremely cold and menacing” call she had with Coleen Rooney after confronting her about her Wagatha Christie Tweet.

It was a lie which was known by Mrs Vardy and Mrs Watt.” Mr Sherborne said Vardy and Watt concocted a cover-up story in February 2019, when they believed Rooney was going to out them for leaking a story to The S*n about a car crash. Mr Sherborne said: “This ended up as a statement which Mrs Vardy drafted and sent to Mrs Rooney. This was a lie when it was drafted. “If Mrs Rooney gave Mrs Watt the gun and the bullets, knows where it was happening and gave it her blessing, that makes her just as responsible as the person who pulled the trigger. I asked her how she could do that to someone who was heavily pregnant and she responded that I had been leaking stories about her when she was pregnant. She accused her ex-husband of forcing her to do the piece, and said the fee was paid into his bank account.

Her lawyer also claimed Ms Rooney, who is married to ex-England striker Wayne Rooney, “revelled” in being nicknamed “Wagatha Christie” after her viral social ...

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Ms Vardy has been accused by Coleen Rooney of leaking her personal information to the press, for which Ms Vardy is suing her for defamation. Rebekah Vardy said – on the first day of the libel trial on Tuesday – that she was unaware that her former agent’s phone had allegedly fallen into the North Sea. But the High Court also heard that Ms Rooney did not put her accusations that Ms Vardy betrayed her trust – by leaking stories to the Sun newspaper – to her in advance of publishing her viral tweet that garnered her the nickname ‘Wagatha Christie’. The court heard on the first day of the libel trial on Tuesday that Coleen Rooney, who has been accused by Rebekah Vardy of defamation, will rely on a public interest defence. Rebekah Vardy is set to return to the stand as her libel trial against Coleen Rooney enters its second day.

Rebekah Vardy branded WAG rival Coleen Rooney a “school bully” who had driven her to thoughts of suicide, while ridiculing the claim that she was leaking ...

“I do not fully remember the journey back to the hotel because I was almost hyperventilating. “I remember getting out of the car and I was shaking and thought I was going to be sick. I was in such a heightened state of emotion because I was heavily pregnant and it felt like the whole world was caving in on me. “I started getting really bad pains in my stomach when we got back to the hotel. I thought I was going to pass out and Jamie decided we needed to leave straight away. I knew that there must have been a mistake.” “I hoped that once I had told her that it was not me then she would simply fix this. “I started to get really hot and suffered from strange palpitations. It was extremely calculated and cold and she showed no remorse even though I was very upset. I felt like she was recording the whole call. I found it very chilling and quite menacing.” I bumped into Coleen and her family and her children.

Mrs Vardy faced around half an hour of questioning at the end of the hearing, and is due to continue giving live evidence on Wednesday. In a viral social media ...

He also told the court that it had not been suggested “that Mrs Vardy was anywhere near the North Sea at the time” Ms Watt’s phone fell into the water, nor that she “knew anything about it”. However, Mr Tomlinson said the suggestion that Mrs Vardy and Ms Watt were involved in a “conspiracy” and “campaign of deletion” in relation to evidence in the case is “completely baseless”. Mrs Vardy, who is married to Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy, denies leaking stories to the media and is suing her fellow footballer’s wife for libel, while Mrs Rooney is defending the claim on the basis her post was “substantially true”. He said in written submissions: “The allegation in the post was and remains false: Mrs Vardy had not leaked information about Mrs Rooney or her friends and family to The Sun newspaper from her private Instagram account. In a viral social media post in October 2019, Mrs Rooney, 36, said she had carried out a “sting operation” and accused Mrs Vardy, 40, of leaking “false stories” about her private life to the press. The wife of former England star Wayne Rooney publicly claimed an account behind three fake stories she had posted on her personal Instagram account with The Sun newspaper was Mrs Vardy’s.

Rebekah Vardy has claimed the 'Wagatha Christie' sting carried out by Coleen Rooney was a 'ploy' carried out to 'generate sympathy for herself'.

Earlier in the trial, Mr Sherbourne said Vardy had 'handed the gun and bullets' to Watt when she leaked stories about her to the press, but she was still 'equally responsible'. It was a lie which was known by Mrs Vardy and Mrs Watt.” The trial continues on Wednesday. Mr Sherborne said Vardy and Watt concocted a cover-up story in February 2019, when they believed Rooney was going to out them for leaking a story to The Sun about a car crash. Messages allegedly show that Watt told Vardy to say she had allowed a company access to her Instagram for sponsored posts. I asked her how she could do that to someone who was heavily pregnant and she responded that I had been leaking stories about her when she was pregnant. In a statement read out in court, Vardy said she was in Dubai at the time of the viral post and was alerted to it by her agent.

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At the time of the exchange in February 2018, Mahrez was seeking a move to Manchester City. It was just a gossip that was all,' she told the court. He put it to Rebekah that, in this instance, she was directing her agent to Coleen's Instagram - which she admitted. Even when Wayne was being a c***.' All I've ever been is nice to her though! They will need to confirm with the police station before they write it". The "they" she's referring to is The Sun, isn't it?' 'This was the kind of jokey chat that Caroline and I would have from time to time. It was something that affected me very badly in the past.' She denied this and said she 'never gave' Mr Halls any information. The messages were not good but it was something that really affected me. 'These kinds of conversations were part of the strange "celebrity" gossip world I have come to inhabit. It wasn't a serious comment.'

Watt absent from 'Wagatha Christie' libel trial after being accused of doing her client's 'dirty work'

Her husband – Leicester City and former England striker Jamie Vardy – said that his messages were lost when his phone was hacked. Her husband, Steve Watt, “played for Chelsea and Swansea City before becoming manager of Hythe Town in Kent” until November last year, added the newspaper. A former Virgin Atlantic stewardess, Watt oversaw Vardy’s media interviews and brokered the deal for her appearance on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! in 2018.

The two women sat just a few metres apart in a courtroom at the Royal Courts of Justice on Tuesday as what has been dubbed the “Wagatha Christie” trial began.

He also told the court that it had not been suggested “that Mrs Vardy was anywhere near the North Sea at the time” Ms Watt’s phone fell into the water, nor that she “knew anything about it”. However, Mr Tomlinson said the suggestion that Mrs Vardy and Ms Watt were involved in a “conspiracy” and “campaign of deletion” in relation to evidence in the case is “completely baseless”. Mrs Vardy, who is married to Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy, denies leaking stories to the media and is suing her fellow footballer’s wife for libel, while Mrs Rooney is defending the claim on the basis her post was “substantially true”. He said in written submissions: “The allegation in the post was and remains false: Mrs Vardy had not leaked information about Mrs Rooney or her friends and family to The Sun newspaper from her private Instagram account. In a viral social media post in October 2019, Mrs Rooney, 36, said she had carried out a “sting operation” and accused Mrs Vardy, 40, of leaking “false stories” about her private life to the press. The wife of former England star Wayne Rooney publicly claimed an account behind three fake stories she had posted on her personal Instagram account with The Sun newspaper was Mrs Vardy’s.

Rebekah Vardy said she was "just joking" when she discussed with her agent leaking a celebrity love triangle story to the newspapers.

And just minutes earlier, under questioning from Mrs Rooney’s lawyer, she agreed with his proposition that it was “wrong” and “upsetting” for someone to secretly pass on another person’s information that they didn’t want shared. It was just a gossip that was all,” she told the court. “What terrible luck,” Mr Sherborne said. I was actually just joking about that one.” Mrs Vardy's agent and close friend Caroline Watt featured heavily in the day's proceedings. “To which she said ‘which police station? Then Mrs Rooney's barrister handed her a copy of a News of the World article from 2004 in which she made derogatory remarks about Peter Andre's body after an alleged sexual encounter between the two. I was actually just joking about that one.” I never gave him information.” Mrs Vardy said in relation to her message exchange with Ms Watt about the Danny Drinkwater story that “it was something that wrongly I got involved with”. Mr Sherborne said that in August 2019 Mrs Vardy told Ms Watt to “leak the Maldives stuff” in relation to what he labelled the “pregnant girl leak”. Mrs Vardy told her agent Caroline Watt that she should “leak the story about her s----ing G behind H’s back”,” Mr Sherborne said, and asked whether she had instructed her agent to tell the papers about the alleged affair.

Vardy allegedly texted her agent: “Omg have you seen how badly is behaving … I'm actually disgusted by her. Leak the story about her shagging behind back."

These were conversations between friends just gossiping,” she said from the witness stand. Texts read out to the High Court showed Vardy telling her agent Caroline Watt: “Omg have you seen how badly [Mrs F] is behaving … I’m actually disgusted by her. The bogus stories included that Rooney was set to appear on Strictly Come Dancing, that she went on a gender selection trip to Mexico, and the rather more mundane tale of her basement flooding. Vardy was also grilled over texts between her and Ms Watt over a car crash involving former Chelsea footballer Danny Drinkwater in April 2019, in which the two also appeared to discuss sharing the story with The Sun. The court heard that Ms Watt then tried to pass the story on to The Sun but that the newspaper was already aware of the story. Vardy told the High Court that she had messaged her agent to discuss divulging a story to The Sun about a celebrity “shagging” a footballer behind her husband’s back but insisted she was “just joking”.

Wife of Leicester City striker returns to witness box for second day of libel trial.

Ms Rooney accused Ms Vardy of leaking “false stories” to the press in a viral social media post in 2019. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Ms Vardy told the court she was “just gossiping” when she told her agent the players were “fuming” and denied this got leaked to The Sun by Ms Watt.

Mrs Vardy denies leaking stories to the media and is suing fellow footballer's wife Coleen Rooney for libel.

“To which she said ‘which police station? The fake stories Mrs Rooney planted on her Instagram during the sting operation featured her travelling to Mexico for a “gender selection” procedure, her planning to return to TV, and the basement flooding at her home. Mrs Vardy said: “It was speculation of just bits of information that I had heard and overheard, and also read in the press before.” Mrs Vardy also said that she was “just gossiping” when asked about messages sent to her agent about the failure of one of her husband’s then-teammates to come to training in 2018. She said she apologised and that the “messages were not good”, adding it was about something that “affected me very badly in the past”. Rebekah Vardy has told the High Court she was “just joking” following an allegation that she told her agent to leak a story about a celebrity having an affair with a footballer behind her husband’s back.

Rebekah Vardy branded Coleen Rooney a 'c**t' after being unfollowed, court hears in Wagatha Christie trial.

Yesterday Rooney’s barrister said that she was appearing in the courtroom ‘not because she wants to, she’s here because she has to be’. In October 2019 Rooney accused fellow WAG Vardy of leaking ‘false stories’ about her private life to the media, after she said she carried out a months-long ‘sting operation’. While questioning her over an alleged leak of a story about a footballer, referred to in court only as Mr X, being unfaithful to his partner, Mr Sherborne said: ‘That was standard practice, wasn’t it, that you gave information to Ms Watt and she would give it to the Sun?’ to which she replied: ‘No.’ During questioning from Mr Sherborne, Vardy was quizzed on various texts sent to her agent, Caroline Watt, including one in which she labelled Rooney – who was sitting in the front row of the courtroom – a ‘c**t’ after she was unfollowed by her on Instagram. Vardy also denied the suggestion it was ‘standard practice’ for her to leak private information to the newspaper via her agent. Yesterday the anticipated trial began, after Vardy sued Rooney for libel following Rooney’s accusation her fellow WAG had leaked ‘false stories’ to the media, which Vardy denies.

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Asked if she felt she needed to discuss the size of Andre's manhood Vardy replied: "I was something I was forced to say.'' Referencing the article in court, Mr Sherborne asked: "Did you think it was respectful of Mr Andre's desire not for this to be made public for you to say all this to the News Of The World and 4million readers?" David Sherborne, cross examining, asked her about an article she gave to News Of The World in 2004 in which she talked about having sex with Peter Andre while she was married to her ex-husband.

Vardy, 40, told her agent Caroline Watt that she should 'leak the story about her shagging G behind H's back', Sherborne said. Vardy said she was 'a bit ...

In October 2019 Rooney accused fellow WAG Vardy of leaking ‘false stories’ about her private life to the media, after she said she carried out a months-long ‘sting operation’. Elsewhere in the case, the court heard that Vardy branded Rooney, 36, a ‘c**t’ when she discovered she had unfollowed her on Instagram. Vardy also denied the suggestion it was ‘standard practice’ for her to leak private information to The Sun via her agent. Vardy said she was ‘a bit shocked and a bit disgusted about what I’d seen in the paper.’ Rebekah Vardy has said she only joked about leaking stories to the press, after she was accused of leaking a story about a woman allegedly cheating on her husband. Rooney’s attorney, David Sherborne, questioned her about what she said in reference to a story about a woman named only as Mrs F – a ‘well-known celebrity’ – her estranged husband Mr H and Mr G, a ‘well-known footballer’.

Before Rebekah Vardy married her current husband, Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy, she was married to electrician Mark Godden.

"I was still married to her and got such a ribbing at work. It was like a miniature chipolata." "Peter was tiny. I wanted to be honest and I knew my marriage was coming to an end. "He stripped me and took his top off. They stuck up the picture in the toilet. "She was a very damaged teenager when she met Mark. He proposed when she was still a teenager and she agreed because she felt like it was the right thing to do as he and his family had been so good to her. Then he took his trousers off! (Andre) was really sweet and led me upstairs. "Back home, it got worse. I thought he was going to be a fantastic lover. She moved into a promotions job and said she had an overnight job in London," he told The Mirror in 2017.

Coleen Rooney's smile suggests 'she's winning so far' in Rebekah Vardy legal battle, according to body language expert, Judi James.

In October 2019 Rooney accused fellow WAG Vardy of leaking ‘false stories’ about her private life to the media, after she said she carried out a months-long ‘sting operation’. Yesterday Rooney’s barrister said that she was appearing in the courtroom ‘not because she wants to, she’s here because she has to be’. According to the body language expert, the foot brace Rooney is wearing – after reportedly suffering a fracture at home – ‘adds a strange touch of vulnerability to her look’, while noting ‘the wide, energetic striding walk suggests bravery and a tough approach’. Yesterday the anticipated legal showdown – after Vardy sued Rooney for libel following Rooney’s accusation her fellow WAG had leaked ‘false stories’ to the media, which Vardy denies – began at the Royal Courts Of Justice in London, with both women arriving to the courthouse today within minutes of one another. On Tuesday Rooney was again joined by her husband, former England footballer Wayne Rooney, as she arrived at the High Court in London for day two of what has been dubbed the ‘Wagatha Christie’ trial. What Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney have turned up to court wearing is incredibly telling, according to body language expert Judi James, with the wide grin of Rooney suggesting ‘she’s winning so far’.

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She told the court: 'She was offering me a way to tell my side of the story. She said of the column: 'This was an opportunity for me to earn my own money. It was just a gossip that was all,' she told the court. Who's who in the case? OCTOBER 2019: The pair discuss their response to Coleen's now infamous Wagatha Christie claims. You wouldn't travel to the Maldives because of Zika virus.' At the time of the exchange in February 2018, Mahrez was seeking a move to Manchester City. February 14 - Coleen is refused permission to bring a High Court claim against Ms Watt for misuse of private information to be heard alongside the libel battle. Rebekah told her agent Ms Watt that she should 'leak the story about her s******g G behind H's back',' Mr Sherborne said. She thinks she's amazing...Would love to leak those stories' Under cross examination, Rebekah said: 'It was pretty much unheard of for a player to go one strike and not turn up for training. 'I realise how badly they read and again I apologise,' she says.

The High Court trial, following claims Mrs Vardy leaked 'fake stories' about Mrs Rooney to the press began this week.

Mrs Rooney is defending the claim on the basis of truth and public interest. Social media posts said the footballer's wife should die and her baby should be "put in an incinerator". The barrister added that Jamie Vardy was also subjected to chants about her during football matches. As a result, Mrs Vardy had no choice but to bring this libel action to establish her innocence and vindicate her reputation." Mrs Vardy had not leaked information about Mrs Rooney or her friends and family to the Sun newspaper from her private Instagram account. Mrs Vardy, 40 was accused of leaking "false stories" about her then friend, Mrs Rooney, to the media in October 2019. The wife of former England star Wayne Rooney, claimed Mrs Vardy has shared three fake stories she posted on her Instagram account with The Sun newspaper.

Day two of the trial saw Vardy, who was dressed head-to-toe in designer garb, the first to give evidence as Coleen and Wayne sat just 15ft away on the front ...

Lots of things were being said about what was said in the dressing room. "It was something terrible,'' she said. "What's interesting is that the lads are fuming. I was actually just joking about that one." I overheard conversation, read things in the press. Vardy then wrote: "Crashed his car drunk with 2 girls in it. And that was it.'' Vardy said: "Mrs F herself. "I think it was a gossip that was circulating quite a bit. Both in hospital with 2 broken ribs. I was just joking when I said this comment. Mrs Vardy said she was "just joking" in the text exchange and so was "a bit shocked and a bit disgusted about what I’d seen in the paper".