Wagatha Christie: Rebekah Vardy loses libel case against Coleen Rooney
msn.comThe 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.
Judge Justice Steyn ruled that Vardy’s libel claim had failed, and that Vardy and her then agent, Caroline Watt, were "likely" responsible for a series of leaks to the British tabloid media. "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," said Justice Steyn in her ruling.
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, including information about her return to TV and travelling to Mexico for a "gender selection" procedure.
The wife of former England football star Wayne Rooney publicly claimed Mrs Vardy's account was the source behind three fake stories she had posted on her private Instagram account.
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