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Channel 4 has announced the cast for its upcoming dramatisation of the court battle between Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney – check out a first look image above.The two-part drama-documentary, titled Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama, was announced in July, which will use the real court transcripts to recreate the high court defamation case “juxtaposed with analysis from the media and on social media”.Chanel Cresswell (This Is England, Trollied) will play the role of Coleen Rooney, opposite Natalia Tena (Harry Potter, Game Of Thrones) as Rebekah Vardy.Michael Sheen (Good Omens, Quiz) will play Rooney’s barrister David Sherborne, alongside Simon Coury (The Professor And The Madman) as Vardy’s barrister Hugh Tomlinson KC. Rebekah and Coleen’s respective husbands Jamie Vardy and Wayne Rooney will also be played by actors, although their casting has yet to be announced.Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama is written by Chris Atkins (Who Killed The KLF?) and directed by Oonagh Kearney (Five Letters). The drama-documentary is being developed by Chalkboard, with Tom Popay serving as executive producer.“Created from the real court transcripts, Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama will bring viewers all of the incredible and unbelievable moments from a case that kept the public and media gripped,” a press release reads.In June 2020, Vardy sued Rooney for libel after Rooney alleged she was leaking stories from her private Instagram account to journalists at The Sun.

Harry Potter star Natalia Tena will play Rebekah Vardy on a new Channel 4 drama which will explore the Wagatha Christie saga.Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama will air later this year and is a dramatisation of the 2022 High Court battle that gripped the UK and was reported on around the world.BAFTA-winning actress Chanel Cresswell, who has appeared in This is England, and Trollied, takes on the role of Coleen Rooney and Dion Lloyd plays her footballer husband Wayne.READ MORE: Jamie and Rebekah Vardy’s luxury villa used by OnlyFans couple to film raunchy contentNatalia, better known as Nymphadora Tonks in the Harry Poter series, will play fellow WAG, Rebekah and her husband Jamie will be portrayed by Marci Nagyszokolyai.Lauded for his talent for playing real-life figures, award-winning Welsh actor Michael Sheen plays Coleen Rooney’s high profile barrister David Sherborne in the series.The professor star Simon Coury will play Rebekah’s barrister, Hugh Tomlinson QC (now KC) who has famously represented a ‘who’s who’ of clients including King Charles III.Dubbed the #WagathaChristie case when it first unfolded on social media in 2019, the audacious case about privacy that made headlines around the world.The two-part film recreates the high drama, high stakes High Court defamation case that followed, a case that had a huge impact on the lives of the two women at its heart and catapulted the two sparring legal teams into the spotlight, where much like Rooney and Vardy, their every move in the courtroom was dissected and scrutinised in the press.Created from the real court transcripts, the drama will bring viewers all of the incredible and unbelievable moments from a case that kept the public and media gripped.In late 2019,

Channel Four has announced the casting for its new film based on the 'Wagatha Christie' case. The drama will star This Is England actress Chanel Cresswell as Coleen Rooney and Harry Potter star Natalia Tena as Rebekah Vardy in the story of Rebekah's famous libel trial against Coleen.

Channel 4’s drama based on the Wagatha Christie case will star This Is England actress Chanel Cresswell as Coleen Rooney and Harry Potter star Natalia Tena as Rebekah Vardy. Michael Sheen, known for his portrayals of real-life figures such as Sir Tony Blair and broadcaster David Frost, will appear as Rooney’s barrister David Sherborne. Mr Sherborne’s previous clients include Diana, Princess of Wales, Hollywood actor Michael Douglas and model Kate Moss.

Channel 4 has cast Harry Potter star Natalia Tena and BAFTA winner Chanel Creswell as Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney in its upcoming Wagatha Christie courtroom drama, with Michael Sheen set to play high-profile barrister David Sherborne.

Rebekah Vardy is said to be worried she’ll have to pay out an eye-watering £4million bill for the libel trial she lost against fellow WAG Coleen Rooney, in a case now infamously dubbed ' Wagatha Christie'. Friends of Leicester City WAG, Rebekah Vardy have said they feel the star is feeling “tense” after a court ordered her to pay up to 90% of Coleen Rooney’s legal bills following her libel case defeat earlier this Summer. The wife of Leicester City player Jamie Vardy, 40, sued Coleen Rooney, 36, for libel after Coleen shared a post on social media which accused Rebekah Vardy’s Instagram account of leaking stories to the press, including claims the basement of her Cheshire home had flooded and that Coleen was planning a return to television work.

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COLEEN Rooney's team has blasted "it's a bit rich" after Becky Vardy told her to "put your money where your mouth is". Defiant Becky, 40, wants Mrs Rooney to donate the legal costs she's been ordered to pay after losing their Wagatha Christie libel battle.

Rebekah Vardy, 40, was left shame-faced after she lost her libel trial against Coleen Rooney, and described the situation as an "embarrassing spectacle".

Rebekah Vardy has hit out at Coleen Rooney after being ordered to pay £1.5million in legal fees following the 'Wagatha Christie' trial. Rebekah, 40, took Coleen Rooney, 36, to the High Court in July accusing her of libel, after Coleen claimed her fellow WAG's Instagram account was linked to stories about her leaking to the press.

Rebekah Vardy has hit out at Coleen Rooney in a scathing Instagram rant after she was told she would need to pay 90 per cent of her legal fees by next month, following the ' Wagatha Christie ' libel case. The WAG went on to brand the situation a "whole embarrassing spectacle" as she opened up on Instagram.

Rebekah Vardy has been ordered to pay £1. 5 million towards Coleen Rooney's legal costs after their libel trial earlier this year. The 40-year-old TV star has been told by the high court that she must cover 90 percent of Rooney's legal fees following their high-profile court case in May, which was dubbed the 'Wagatha Christie' trial.

Rebekah Vardy has to pay Coleen Rooney up to £1.5m in legal costs after she lost their Wagatha Christie case.The star has been ordered to pay 90% of Coleen's legal costs, starting with a payment of £800,000 by next month.The estimated remaining costs could take the total sum up to an eye-watering £1.6m.READ MORE: Man Utd fans taunt Jamie Vardy with Rebekah chant before singing 'Rooney, Rooney'It comes after the pair's high-profile legal battle earlier this year.The case, which gripped the nation, started after Coleen posted a message on Instagram accusing Rebakah Vardy's Instagram account of leaking stories about her to the press, which Rebekah insisted wasn't true.Rebekah, who is married to footy ace Jamie Vardy, took action for libel but lost when a judge decided that Coleen's post was "substantially true".The 40-year-old has now been told by a judge that she must pay 90% of Coleen's costs for the trial, which concluded after nine days in May this year. In a judgment released today, Mrs Justice Steyn said the legal bill - which Coleen is said to not have finalised with the court - was previously estimated by Coleen's lawyer Paul Lunt at £1,667,860.48.The judgment also revealed that Coleen - who has four sons with footballer Wayne - wanted 100% of her costs paid and Rebekah wanted to pay 80% as the judge had found in her favour for certain matters.Coleen's lawyer, Paul Lunt at Brabners, said in a statement to The Mirror: "The High Court has today decided that Rebekah Vardy must pay Coleen Rooney's legal costs on an indemnity basis - the highest basis that the Court could order.

Rebekah Vardy has reportedly signed a mega-bucks deal to feature in a Wagatha Christie documentary about her intense legal battle with Coleen Rooney that dominated the headlines earlier this Summer. The documentary, which is slated to air on Discovery+ in the coming months, will chart the duo’s high profile court battle. The 40 year old wife of Leicester City football player Jamie Vardy hit the headlines in July after she famously lost a libel case against Coleen after her fellow WAG accused her of leaking information to the press.

Rebekah Vardy has signed a deal worth more than £1.5 million to take part in a documentary on the infamous 'Wagatha Christie' saga, according to reports. The wife of Premier League footballer Jamie Vardy forked out hundreds of thousands of pounds on the court battle with Coleen Rooney, which she ultimately lost.

"Wagatha Christie" saga, it has emerged. The footballer's wife will not appeal the High Court ruling that saw her lose the libel dispute against Coleen Rooney, it has been reported. The 40-year-old wife of Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy sued Coleen for libel after she claimed that stories were being leaked by Vardy’s account - claims which Vardy denied.

Rebekah Vardy has reportedly decided not to appeal the High Court ruling in her legal battle with Coleen Rooney, bringing an end to the Wagatha Christie saga. Coleen, 36, the wife of former Manchester United and England football star Wayne Rooney, won the highly-publicised libel case against Rebekah, 40, in late July after their public spat ended up in court. The WAGs famously fell out after Coleen took to social media to make the bombshell accusation that Rebekah had been leaking stories from her private Instagram account to the press.

Rebekah Vardy is said to be against appealing the recent High Court verdict following the jaw-dropping Wagatha Christie trial with Coleen Rooney.Rebekah's Instagram account had been accused of leaking stories to the British media about Coleen, 36, and her family, including one that suggested she was flying to Mexico for "gender selection" treatment.Vardy, 40, had strongly denied any involvement in her account leaking stories to the media.READ MORE: Man Utd fans taunt Jamie Vardy with Rebekah chant before singing 'Rooney, Rooney'However, a High Court verdict ruled in favour of Coleen as Mrs Justice Steyn claimed there were "significant parts" of Rebekah's evidence that were not credible.She added that there were several occasions where Rebekah's evidence "was manifestly inconsistent with the contemporaneous documentary evidence, evasive or implausible".Now, sources have claimed that Rebekah wants to move on with her life and focus on being a mum to her five children and wife to Leicester City ace, Jamie Vardy.Speaking to The Sun on Sunday, a source said: "It's all over and Becky wants to move on, she is extremely frustrated with lawyers and the legal process so hell would freeze over before she wanted to go back into court."At the moment she is enjoying being a mother, and a wife, she was pregnant with her youngest child when this whole thing blew up and she is two now."They added Rebekah is enjoying her time at home and doesn't want to think about another legal battle.It had previously been claimed she may have appealed after she was left "devastated" by the decision which she stated was "unjust" and "wrong".Following the blockbuster trial, the I'm A Celebrity...

Manchester United fans brutally taunted Jamie Vardy with a chant about his wife Rebekah during their 1-0 win over Leicester City on Thursday night.The Red Devils secured their third Premier League win on the trot by a one goal margin after Jadon Sancho scored the only goal of the game midway through the first-half. Striker Vardy was ineffective again for the Foxes as he continued his run without a goal this season.The 35-year-old was eventually subbed off by Brendan Rodgers in the 87th minute, before a chorus of chants rang around the King Power from the travelling United fans.READ MORE: 5 things we learned as Man Utd ease past Leicester - Jadon Sancho to Cristiano RonaldoThe away end savagely targeted WAG Rebekah, a former ‘I’m A Celeb…Get Me Out of Here!’ contestant, in relation to her lost libel case against Coleen Rooney - the wife of Red Devils legend Wayne.

A BRITISH couple have claimed they filmed raunchy content in Jamie and Rebekah Vardy's villa. OnlyFans star Jenny Davies says she paid a fortune to stay in the £2m home in Portugal but had no idea of its famous owners.