Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy will have a court showdown within weeks in their “Wagatha Christie” libel battle, a judge has ordered.
Mr Justice Nicklin said a preliminary trial will decide the “natural and ordinary” meaning of Coleen’s social media posts when she appeared to accuse Rebekah of leaking stories about her.
He made the order after Rebekah’s lawyers filed papers at the High Court asking Coleen, 34, for the meaning of the words spoken to be determined.
Rebekah, 38, is seeking substantial damages, claiming the posts last October resulted in her suffering “severe and extreme hostility and abuse”.
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