Rebekah Vardy vs Coleen Rooney libel trial to be made into a TV docudrama
msn.comRebekah Vardy vs Coleen Rooney libel trial will be made into a Channel 4 docudrama, the broadcaster has confirmed. Earlier this year, the legal battle gained significant media attention after Vardy took Rooney to court for defamation when Rooney accused Vardy of leaking her private social stories to the press in 2019.
The High Court case took place throughout May, with a verdict expected soon. Channel 4 confirmed the news of the series on Twitter, calling it the case that “put social media under the legal spotlight”.
The two-part docudrama will be titled Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama and will be written by journalist and documentary maker Chris Atkins.
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