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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.

Coleen Rooney has spoken for the first time since winning the Wagatha Christie trial against Rebekah Vardy.

LOOSE Women has come under fire from viewers after one of its stars said Rebekah Vardy had been "betrayed". Jamie Vardy's wife brought a £3million libel case against Coleen Rooney after she was accused of divulging stories to journalists.

"This left me with no alternative but to go through with the case to defend myself and to end the repeated leaking of my private information to The Sun."The star went on: "These leaks from my private Instagram account began in 2017."They continued for almost two years, intruding on my privacy and that of my family."Although I bear Mrs Vardy no ill-will, today's judgment makes clear that I was right in what I said in my posts of October 2019."Finally, I would like to thank all of my legal team, my family, friends and everyone who supported me, including the public, through this difficult and stressful time," the statement ended.Rebekah Vardy has yet to issue a statement on the ruling.In 2019, 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.Mrs Justice Steyn has found that Rebekah Vardy's evidence in the trial was "manifestly inconsistent" with other evidence on "many occasions".

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

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

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 won the Wagatha Christie case after Mrs Justice Steyn handed down her ruling today. Rebekah's libel claim was dismissed after the judge ruled the defendant, Coleen, succeeded in establishing that the essence of the libel was substantially true.The bitter legal battle began when Coleen, 36, publicly accused Rebekah of leaking stories about her to the press, a claim which the I'm A Celeb star has always denied.

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.

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.

It was the social media whodunnit that captivated the nation and spawned a nine-day trial at the High Court earlier this summer. Now, the Vardy v Rooney libel case will finally reach its conclusion, when the judgment is handed down by Mrs Justice Steyn around midday. As the judgment will be remote, it's unlikely either Rebekah Vardy or Coleen Rooney will attend court.

Coleen Rooney is reportedly extremely confident ahead of the Wagatha Christie trial verdict which will be handed down today (July 29) at Midday.Mrs Justice Steyn is giving the bombshell verdict at London's High Court, and it has been revealed that both Rooney, 36, and Rebekah Vardy are not being given advance notice of the outcome to prevent it being leaked ahead of time.It's been claimed that Rooney is "supremely confident" ahead of the verdict and has reportedly told pals: "Whatever the judge decides, I've already won."READ MORE: Coleen and Wayne Rooney reunite for sweet family day amid Wagatha Christie dramaThe source told The Sun: "She believes the evidence presented before the court has proved her case that Becky knew about leaks to the Press — and approved them."Legal sources have reportedly said: "It's totally at the judge's discretion but allows those involved to consider their legal position, especially in a high-profile case like this."On this occasion that has been totally denied — and they won't know the result until the morning." The trial, which concluded back in May, captivated millions after sensational pieces of evidence were revealed in court which included "incriminating messages" going missing.The two WAGS have been embroiled in the bitter legal battle since October 2019 after Rooney took to social media to publicly accuse Vardy of leaking stories about her to the press.Coleen set up her own month-long "sting operation" in an attempt to prove it was Rebekah behind the leaks and after the now infamous reveal post went viral, she was later dubbed Wagatha Christie by several members of the public.The I'm A Celeb star has always vehemently denied the claims and, in June 2020, filed a civil lawsuit for

Coleen Rooney has been spotted running errands in Cheshire as she gets set to finally find out the verdict of her and Rebekah Vardy's Wagatha Christie trial on Friday 29 July. The 36 year old looked pensive as she took a phone call while walking in Alderley Edge on Thursday 28 July, with her foot still strapped up in a moon boot.

The date of the verdict of the Wagatha Christie trial has been announced as followers of the legal battle between Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy are finally set to hear the outcome.

Coleen Rooney has been spotted without her wedding ring on - one day before the Wagatha Christie verdict is announced. The WAG, 36, has been married to Manchester United ace Wayne Rooney since 2008, but has seemingly left the house without the ring given to her by her husband.

Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy have made headlines with their famous Wagatha Christie trial.The exact time of the verdict has now been announced, when the public will discover how the judge has ruled in the high-profile legal battle.After weeks of waiting, a verdict is now imminent following three years of drama and bad blood between Coleen, 36, and Rebekah, 40.Coleen, who is the wife of former England footballer Wayne Rooney, had made claims that stories about her had been leaked from Rebekah’s Instagram account.Meanwhile, Rebekah has insisted that such claims were defamatory, taking her to court.Rebekah is the wife of Wayne’s fellow pro-footballer, Jamie Vardy.Now it has been revealed that tomorrow at 12 noon, the judgement in Vardy v Rooney will be handed down by Mrs Justice Steyn.This hand down will be taking place remotely, with nothing physically happening in court.The widely talked about court case drew to a close back in May, after a rollercoaster of events unfolded.Rebekah is suing fellow footballer’s wife Coleen for libel following the star's claims.The spat between the pair began back in 2019, when Coleen accused Rebekah's account of leaking stories from her private Instagram feed to the press.Rebekah has denied these allegations and subsequently sued Coleen for defamation.Coleen and Wayne missed the final day of the trial as they jetted off to Dubai with their sons for a family holiday.Rebekah attended the last day on her own as her husband Jamie prepared to play for Leicester City.In a now infamous social media post, Coleen accused Rebekah of selling stories from her private Instagram account to the tabloids.She claimed she had spent five months trying to determine who was sharing information about her and