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Rebekah Vardy and her family suffered horrific "abuse and threats" after Coleen Rooney claimed her Instagram account leaked private information to the press. Rebekah, 40, was pregnant at the time of the accusation and her lawyer Hugh Tomlinson QC has now claimed she was told to "die" in hateful comments from trolls, in a written argument submitted to the court.

Coleen Rooney and her footballer husband Wayne are set to give evidence in the libel trial.The 36 year old's lawyer David Sherborne told the court that the trial would hear evidence from the married couple. Coleen's brother and Wayne's cousin will also provide evidence, he added. Mr Sherborne explained how the witnesses will say that "Mrs Rooney doesn’t have a proactive PR… unlike Mrs Vardy".

Rebekah Vardy has claimed to have "no personal knowledge" of her former agent's phone falling into the North Sea amid her legal battle with Coleen Rooney.Dubbed the Wagatha Christie showdown, the respective WAGs appeared at the High Court on Tuesday (May 10) as proceedings for their libel trial got underway.The court case follows a social media post shared by Coleen, 36, in October 2019, in which she claimed Rebekah's Instagram account was responsible for leaking stories from her own private Instagram account to the press.Former Dancing on Ice and I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! star Rebekah, 40, strongly denies responsibility for the leak.

Rebekah Vardy's lawyer has made a swipe at Coleen Rooney claiming she revelled in the nickname Wagatha Christie on the first day of their libel hearing.Coleen publicly accused the fellow WAG's Instagram account of sharing three fake stories about her in October 2019.They included stories about Coleen travelling to Mexico for a "gender selection" procedure, her planning a return to TV as well as a flood in the basement of her home.Coleen posted the stories on a private Instagram account between August and October of 2019, after growing suspicious, believing Rebekah's account had been leaking the stories to The Sun.Rebekah, 40, denies all allegations and has since launched a libel case against Coleen at London's High Court.Hugh Tomlinson QC, representing Vardy, told the judge Coleen's post was constructed like a "mini whodunnit" and the great reveal: "It's......

Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney's legal representatives have laid out their opening arguments to the High Court as the libel trial between the pair has begun. Jamie Vardy's wife Rebekah, 40, is suing 36 year old Coleen for libel after Wayne Rooney's wife accused her Instagram account of leaking stories to the press.

Rebekah Vardy knew Coleen Rooney was "posting fake stories" to see if they would be leaked to the media, the High Court has heard. Jamie Vardy's wife's Instagram account was accused of leaking "false stories" about Coleen's private life to the press in an explosive social media post in October 2019.

Rebekah Vardy's lawyer fired shots at Coleen Rooney claiming she revelled in the nickname Wagatha Christie on the first day of their libel hearing. Coleen, the wife of former England star Wayne Rooney publicly accused the fellow WAG's account of sharing three fake stories about her in October 2019. They included the mum-of-four, 36, travelling to Mexico for a “gender selection” procedure, her planning a return to TV, and a flood in her basement.

Rebekah Vardy's lawyer has told the Royal Courts of Justice that Coleen Rooney accepts her bombshell social media statement was defamatory.

Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy’s ‘Wagatha Christie’ case has taken place today, in which the court was told Vardy’s agent is ‘not fit to give oral evidence’.The pair have been engaged in a libel dispute since Rooney, 36, accused Vardy, 40, of leaking stories she had planted on social media, on an Instagram story viewable only by Vardy’s account in October 2019 after a ‘sting operation’ over several months. Rooney earned the nickname ‘Wagatha Christie’ for her detective skills, but Vardy has always denied that the leaked stories were down to her. A preliminary hearing took place on Wednesday at the High Court in London ahead of the start of the trial next month, which comes after Rooney previously lost a bid to add a claim against Vardy’s agent Caroline Watt to the libel case.Rooney’s lawyers had previously claimed that Vardy had leaked information to The Sun either directly or through Watt ‘acting on her instruction or with her knowing approval’.However, Hugh Tomlinson QC, for Vardy, told the court today that Watt could not give oral evidence.In written arguments, Mr Tomlinson said: ‘The claimant served a witness statement of Caroline Watt with the intention of calling Ms Watt to give oral evidence at the trial.‘The claimant’s solicitors were, however, aware that Ms Watt was in a fragile state and had been expressing serious concerns about giving evidence.’He added that a consultant forensic psychiatrist produced a report which concluded Watt is not fit to provide oral evidence at the High Court trial.‘In these circumstances, it is clear that Ms Watt cannot be called to give evidence,’ he concluded.Rooney’s barrister, David Sherborne argued in written statements: ‘The defendant has serious concerns about the lack of any

Coleen Rooney's attempt to bring a High Court claim against Rebekah Vardy’s agent as part of their ongoing legal battle has been quashed.

Rebekah Vardy’s lawyers have argued that her text messages calling someone a ‘c***’ and ‘nasty b****’ were not about Coleen Rooney. The pair are preparing to head to court in May after Rooney accused Vardy of selling stories about her to the press in 2019, leading to the infamous saga to be dubbed ‘Wagatha Christie’.During Tuesday’s hearing at the High Court, Rooney’s legal team argued text messages sent by Vardy referred to their client as a ‘nasty b***h’, to ‘suck a d**k’ and ‘declared war’. However, on Wednesday, Vardy’s lawyers denied these messages which were sent to her agent Caroline Watt were about Rooney, who she is suing for libel. Vardy’s barrister Hugh Tomlinson QC told the court: ‘This is not a passage about Mrs Rooney, it is a passage about someone else.’ Tomlinson previously told the court that the messages referred to by Rooney’s barrister David Sherborne, which were said to ‘reveal that Mrs Vardy and Ms Watt are responsible for the leaking’, were ‘selective’, and said parts of the exchanges which were left out had ‘precisely the opposite effect’. He added: ‘If one reads these messages in full, what one sees is that Mrs Vardy expresses shock at being accused and she is here communicating with the person that Mr Sherborne says is her co-conspirator.‘These are obviously candid personal messages, and if she was really concerned – “Oh, this is terrible, we have been found out” – then it would have been completely different.’Rooney, 35, is bringing a claim against Watt for misuse of private information and is asking for it to be joined to the libel case involving Vardy, 39. Sherborne told the court that Rooney will be left without ‘vindication’ if Vardy wins the case on the basis that she was not the person

Rebekah Vardy has denied called Coleen Rooney a "nasty b***h" after texts were disclosed in court.The 39 year old model's legal representative has said messages that were claimed to have been about Coleen, 35, were in fact "about someone else". Messages read in court between Rebekah and her former agent Caroline Watts had claimed to have been sent after Coleen explosively accused Rebekah's Instagram account of leaking stories to The Sun.

Messages between Rebekah Vardy and her agent were revealed yesterday in the latest round of the ongoing legal battle between Rebekah and Coleen Rooney. In a new development, Whatsapp messages between Rebekah, 39, and her publicist Caroline Watt were laid out in court, where she allegedly calls Coleen a "nasty b***h" and a "c**t".

Rebekah Vardy called Coleen Rooney a 'c*** who needs to get over herself’ after she publicly named her as the culprit.And some of the evidence may have vanished when Vardy’s PR agent’s phone was knocked from her hand into the North Sea after a wave hit her boat on a Scottish holiday.Five of Britain’s top lawyers, including Johnny Depp’s brief David Sherborne, were involved in preparing skeleton arguments for the hearing - one of several ahead of a scheduled libel trial in May which could last more than two weeks.The two-day hearing alone cost Coleen £163,926.Rebekah - represented by Hugh Tomlinson QC whose past clients include David and Victoria Beckham, Rio Ferdinand, Ashley Cole, Ryan Giggs and Prince Charles - will have faced a similar legal bill.Vardy’s agent Caroline Watt - who Coleen wants to rope into the case - had to hire her own lawyer Ian Helme who expressed his concerns about the cost.He described the case as 'money no object, no stone unturned, no point too minor’.’’My client is not the wife of a football star.

REBEKAH Vardy has appeared to take a thinly-veiled swipe at her Wagatha Christie rival Coleen Rooney with a cheeky Instagram post. The 39-year-old posted a snap of her wearing a new hat which carried the cryptic slogan: "You can't handle the truth." Becky smiled at the camera as she posed in her new headwear, and added: "Love this hat brand! They have some really funny slogans." As her High Court battle with Coleen, 35, continues, messages between Becky and her agent were made public, in which she branded Coleen a "c*** who needs to get over herself".

The latest development in the ongoing legal battle between Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney has shown the explosive texts 39 year old Rebekah allegedly sent to her agent. Coleen first made the claims that Rebekah's account were guilty of leaking stories about her to the press in 2019, something which the mum of five has denied and has since filed a libel lawsuit against Coleen.

REBEKAH Vardy called Coleen Rooney a "c*** who needs to get over herself" for accusing her of leaking private stories, a court heard. In a series of texts revealed at London’s High Court today, Rebekah told her agent Caroline Watt: “That c*** needs to get over herself!" The Wags are locked in a court battle after Coleen, 35, alleged Rebekah, 39, leaked stories from her private Instagram account to the press.

Rebekah Vardy's court action against Coleen Rooney is likely to be delayed until 2021. Rebekah has brought a libel case against Coleen over the Wagatha Christie drama that unfolded last year.

Rebekah Vardy 's libel battle with Coleen Rooney looks likely to be delayed until 2021 to give the pair more time for mediation.

COLEEN Rooney "pointed the finger" as Rebekah Vardy as the "villain" of the Wagatha Christie battle, the High Court heard today. The Wag turned detective in October last year and accused Rebekah of sharing stories from her personal Instagram account.