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A media lawyer has declared Rebekah Vardy's libel trial loss an "absolute disaster" for the WAG, who will now have to fork out "over £2m" in legal fees. Rebekah sensationally lost the trial against fellow WAG Coleen Rooney today after a judge ruled in favour of Coleen.

(Video by Evening Standard)If intrusive wall-to-wall coverage of the lives of footballer’s wives and girlfriends (so-called Wags) was a creation of tabloid newspapers in the 2000s, then the “Wagatha Christie” libel trial acted as a season finale for that particular era of celebrity culture. The endless WhatsApp messages sent by Rebekah Vardy, – in which she discussed how she’d love to leak stories to newspapers, tipped off the Sun about the drink-driving arrest of a footballer and talked about relations with paparazzi photographers – came across as not only grubby but dated.

The 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.

Wagatha Christie case which gripped the nation in May, as a High Court judge has found her accusations that Rebekah Vardy leaked fake stories about her to the press to be "substantially true". The week-long trial took place at the High Court in London in May and saw the wife of the former England star Wayne Rooney reveal the extent of her sleuthing work to prove Mrs Vardy was the source of the leak.

Rebekah Vardy has fumed the judge "got it wrong" after the Wagatha Christie verdict was delivered.Following her loss against Coleen Rooney after Vardy sued for libel, Vardy has stated that she's "extremely sad and disappointed" at the decision reached by the Judge. READ MORE: Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney set to face off with rival TV shows about court rowShe said: "It is not the result that I had expected, nor believe was just.

Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney's infamous Wagatha Christie court case, which has been the talk of the nation, has come to a close, with Rooney coming out victorious.Rooney was sued for defamation after her public accusation that "Rebekah Vardy's account" had been sharing stories posted on her private Instagram. The judge ruled that Ms Rooney must prove that Ms Vardy had a direct hand in the leaking of information to the press as the trial nicknamed "Wagatha Christie" progressed.

Rebekah Vardy has spoken out for the first time since losing her libel claim against Coleen Rooney on Friday 29 July, saying that she is "extremely sad and disappointed". The 40 year old launched legal action after Coleen, 36, who claimed her fellow WAG's Instagram account was linked to stories about her leaking to the press.The seven day-long trial took place back in May and after a wait of over eight weeks, Mrs Justice Karen Steyn delivered her verdict – announcing that Rebekah lost.

Rebekah Vardy, 40, has lost her defamation case to Coleen Rooney, 36, after a dramatic trial. However, the trial judge pointed out that there was no need for the “vitriol” or “vile abuse” the media personality has been subjected to. Rebekah has lost her High Court level battle she brought against Coleen Rooney over a viral social media post.Mrs Justice Steyn said that Rebekah Vardy had faced "vile abuse" from members of the public following Coleen Rooney's post. She said: "Some members of the public have responded to the reveal post by subjecting Mrs Vardy to vile abuse, including messages wishing her, her family, and even her then-unborn baby, ill in the most awful terms. "Nothing of which Mrs Vardy has been accused, nor any of the findings in this judgement, provide any justification or excuse for subjecting her or her family, or any other person involved in this case, to such vitriol." Coleen, who is the wife of former England footballer Wayne Rooney, made claims that stories about her had been leaked from Rebekah’s Instagram account.Rebekah, who is the wife of footballing pro Jamie Vardy, insisted that such claims were defamatory, taking her to court.The judgement in Vardy v Rooney was handed down by Mrs Justice Steyn today. The hand down took place remotely, with nothing physically happening in court.In her ruling, Mrs Justice Steyn said it was "likely" that Mrs Vardy's agent at the time, Caroline Watt, "undertook the direct act" of passing the information to The Sun.But she added: "Nonetheless, the evidence ...

Coleen Rooney, 36, has won the Wagatha saga after Rebekah Vardy, 40, sued her for defamation in a dramatic High Court trial. After weeks of waiting, a verdict came following three years of drama and bad blood between the two footballers’ wives. Rebekah has lost her High Court level battle she brought against Coleen Rooney over a viral social media post.In her ruling, Mrs Justice Steyn said it was "likely" that Mrs Vardy's agent at the time, Caroline Watt, "undertook the direct act" of passing the information to The Sun, which led to the infamous social media sting which saw Coleen out Rebekah for leaking false stories about her.The judge said: "Nonetheless, the evidence...

Rebekah Vardy was accused of leaking information from Coleen Rooney’s private Instagram account to the press in October 2019.The WAG, 40, took legal action against Rooney, 36, in May for libel but today, Vardy lost the case at the High Court of Justice in London. In her judgment today, Mrs Justice Steyn wrote: "I have found that Ms Vardy was party to the disclosure to The Sun of the Marriage, Birthday, Halloween, Pyjamas, Car Crash, Gender Selection, Babysitting and Flooded Basement Posts."It is likely that Ms Watt undertook the direct act, in relation to each post, of passing the information to a journalist at The Sun."Nonetheless, the evidence analysed above clearly shows, in my view, that Ms Vardy knew of and condoned this behaviour, actively engaging in it by directing Ms Watt to the Private Instagram Account, sending her screenshots of Ms Rooney’s posts, drawing attention to items of potential interest to the press, and answering additional queries raised by the press via Ms Watt."We look back at nine key exchanges between Rebekah Vardy and her agent Caroline Watt.Giving evidence, Vardy was asked about the so-called ‘Photoshop girl’ conversation with Caroline where they discuss edited photos.An image appears to have been sent to Caroline by Vardy, but the trial heard that, due to issues with uploading Whatsapp data, all the image files have been lost.Vardy says to Watt that the pictures “made her fume” as the editing software Photoshop can make you look “five sizes smaller”.Giving evidence, Vardy said that, when she told Caroline to “leak a story”, she was talking about a report on “body positivity”.The court saw messages between Vardy and Caroline in which they discuss Jamie Vardy’s former Leicester City team mate

Loose Women panel have declared "there's no winner:" in Rebekah Vardy's libel trial. Kaye Adams, 59, Linda Robson, 64, Judi Love, 42, and Sunetra Sarker, 49, appeared on Friday's edition of the ITV daytime programme where they discussed the much publicised Wagatha Christie case.Rebekah Vardy took Coleen Rooney to court, accusing her of libel after Coleen alleged Rebekah or an assosiate of using her private Instagram account to leak stories to the newspapers.

Rebekah Vardy has sensationally lost the trial she brought against Coleen Rooney after accusing the fellow WAG of libel.The court battle came two-and-a-half years after Rooney broke the internet with a statement that claimed Vardy's Instagram account had been leaking stories published by the former to The Sun.READ MORE: How Peter Andre's penis was dragged into Rooney V Vardy Wagatha trial and his responseA judge has ruled that the informant was likely Vardy's agent, Caroline Watt, though Vardy knew about the leaks.Prior to the court battle between the two WAGs an order was made on August 4 for Ms Watt's phone to be inspected - but the agent claimed she dropped her phone into the North Sea in the same month.As the verdict was delivered on July 29, Mrs Justice Steyn said the likelihood that the loss of Watt's phone was accidental was "slim" and that it was "likely" she deliberately dropped her phone into the sea.The judge said the timing was "striking" as she added: "It is likely that the WhatsApp chat between herself and Mrs Vardy, as well as exchanges with journalists, was available on Ms Watt’s phone when she was advised very shortly after the reveal post that such evidence must be preserved."Mrs Justice Steyn added: "In my judgment, it is likely that Ms Vardy deliberately deleted her WhatsApp chat with Ms Watt, and that Ms Watt deliberately dropped her phone in the sea."Caroline Watt did not give evidence at the trial, with the judge believing Rebekah chose not to call her agent Caroline Watt to give evidence partly because she knew her evidence “would be shown to be untrue".Ms Watt had been due to give evidence in support of Mrs Vardy, however, she withdrew her evidence pre-trial, with the court told it was due to

Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney battled it out in the court room after Vardy sued Rooney for libel.The court case came after Rooney accusing Vardy's Instagram account of leaking stories to the press after she stated multiple posts on her private Instagram was given to publications without her knowledge.Rooney's lawyers attempted to prove Vardy knew about the leaks and had instructed her agent, Caroline Watt, to share information from Coleen's private stories to The Sun.READ MORE: Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney set to face off with rival TV shows about court rowWith evidence submitted to the court and multiple statements presented in front of the judge, lots of things were put forward to be heard - including one story about Peter Andre.Once the lawyers outlined their case, Vardy eventually took to the stand as David Sherborne asked her questions about Peter Andre's penis. The barrister asked Vardy if she respected other people's privacy and as she answered yes Sherborne claimed he would demonstrate that she didn't. He quoted an interview she gave about Peter Andre to the News Of The World in 2004.

WhatsApp messages between Rebekah Vardy and her former agent were deleted "deliberately" rather than lost by accident.It comes as Coleen Rooney, 36, was announced as the winner of the high-profile Wagatha Court case in London on Friday (July 29).40-year-old Vardy, the wife of former England striker Jamie Vardy, had sued Coleen, the wife of former England ace Wayne Rooney, for libel.READ MORE: Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney set to face off with rival TV shows about court row The court determined that the loss of Vardy and Watt's copies of their original WhatsApp conversation was "deliberate rather than accidental", adding that the missing data would have supported Rooney's truth defence.

Coleen Rooney has broken her silence following her win in the Wagatha Christie trial. She said: "Naturally, I am pleased the judge has found in my favour in her judgement today.

Rebekah Vardy's agent Caroline Watt is "likely" to have dropped her phone in the sea on purpose, Mrs Justice Karen Steyn said in her Wagatha Christie ruling. The judge made the comment in the written ruling handed down on Friday 29 July, which revealed that Rebekah has lost her libel case against Coleen Rooney.

Rebekah Vardy has lost her libel case against Coleen Rooney.MORE: Why Rebekah and Jamie Vardy's parents avoided star-studded weddingColeen, Wayne Rooney's wife, accused Rebekah - who is married to Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy - of leaking stories from her private Instagram account to journalists at the Sun.WATCH: Rebekah Vardy cries in witness box during Wagatha Christie trialThe sensational libel trial between Coleen, 36, and Rebekah, 40, gripped the nation when it took place in May. Mrs Justice Steyn was the judge in the three-year-long libel case, and has finally handed down her verdict in a remote hearing.MORE: Coleen Rooney reveals secret split from husband Wayne during Wagatha Christie trialREAD: Coleen Rooney is making a Wagatha Christie documentary to tell her side of the storyIn her ruling, Mrs Justice Steyn said it was "likely" Rebekah's agent at the time, Caroline Watt, may have played a part in passing the information to The Sun.She said: "Nonetheless, the evidence… clearly shows, in my view, that Mrs Vardy knew of and condoned this behaviour, actively engaging in it by directing Ms Watt to the private Instagram account, sending her screenshots of Mrs Rooney’s posts, drawing attention to items of potential interest to the press, and answering additional queries raised by the press via Ms Watt.

The 'Wagatha Christie' libel trial has finally reached its conclusion, with Rebekah Vardy losing her libel claim against Coleen Rooney. Rebekah, 40, launched legal action after Coleen, 36, claimed her fellow WAG's Instagram account was linked to stories about her leaking to the press.

High Court libel battle, dubbed Wagatha Christie, against Coleen Rooney.After a highly-publicised libel trial in May, which saw both Rebekah Vardy, 40, and Coolen Rooney, 36, attend the Royal Courts of Justice in London, joined by their husbands Jaime Vardy, 35, and Wayne Rooney, 36, judge Mrs Justice Steyn has published her ruling.The legal battle between the pair came after Rooney accused Vardy of leaking ‘false stories’ about her private life in October 2019 following a months-long ‘sting operation’ which saw Rooney dubbed ‘Wagatha Christie’.

Coleen Rooney has won her court case against Rebekah Vardy in the WAGatha Christie saga that gripped the nation.The court found that Vardy together with her agent Caroline Watt were involved with the distribution to The Sun of the marriage, birthday, Halloween, pyjamas, car crash, gender selection, babysitting and flooded basement posts. They considered it likely that Ms Watt was involved in the direct act of passing the information, but found Vardy "knew of, condoned and was actively engaged" in the process.Additional information from Rooney's private Instagram account was "likely to have been passed to The Sun by the Claimant and Ms Watt, acting together", court documents reveal.

A High Court judge is due to rule on who won the libel battle between Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney.