Rebekah Vardy's messages about 'cheating' celebrity and Man City winger row

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Rebekah Vardy denied leaking a story to the press about Manchester City winger Riyad Mahrez during her libel trial with Coleen Rooney.Vardy was accused by fellow WAG Coleen Rooney of leaking fake stories about her in October 2019.Rooney uploaded several fake stories to her private Instagram account in a bid to find out who was “betraying” her before revealing it on Twitter in the now-famous Wagatha Christie post.The 40-year-old denies the allegations and is suing Rooney, the wife of England star Wayne, for defamation.Vardy, who is married to Leicester City striker Jamie, is being taken through messages with her agent Caroline Watt while giving evidence at London’s High Court this morning.She tells Watt in one message that Mahrez, who played for Leicester at the time, had not turned up to training and added: “The lads are fuming”.David Sherborne, for Rooney, asked Vardy: “She realises how juicy this story is.

She says ‘really??’ with two question marks.“What's interesting is that the lads are fuming. That's the inside story from the teammates, including your husband.”Vardy said: “I was speculating.

I overheard conversation, read things in the press. Lots of things were being said about what was said in the dressing room.

I had read comments from his family as well. It was just gossip.”Sherborne continued: “Did you or did you not know that the lads were fuming?”Vardy said: “No I didn't know that for a fact.”The court heard Watt then asked Vardy: “Why don’t you tell [Sky Sports journalist] Rob Dorsett?” to which Vardy replied: “I just don’t want it coming back to me”.Watt is then said to have messaged: “I can tell someone” and Vardy replies: “Yeah, do it”.Vardy told the court: “I didn’t see what harm that comment would do.