Rebekah Vardy hits the beach in Portugal as she awaits Wagatha Christie verdict

found out she lost her sensational courtroom battle with Coleen Rooney today. The trial, which took place in May, centred around the explosive claims Rebekah was leaking stories about Coleen to the press.

has broken her silence after winning the Wagatha Christie trial. Coleen was announced the winner of the case today. Coleen said in a statement that she was "pleased" the ruling went in her favour but that she "never believed" the case should have gone to court "at such expense in times of hardship for so many people when the money could have been far better spent helping others".

READ MORE: Live: Rebekah Vardy loses 'Wagatha Christie' libel trial But she added: “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. ”In a statement following the ruling, Coleen Rooney said: "Naturally, I am pleased that the judge has found in my favour with her judgment today. It was not a case I ever sought or wanted.

(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.

BBC news report as he walked in front of the camera yelling "BBC fake news".Journalist Colin Paterson was outside the High Court interviewing experts for the opinion after the judgement of the Wagatha Christie trial announced today (July 29).Rebekah Vardy lost the Wagatha Christie court case as Coleen Rooney triumphed over her rival WAG following the distribution of private stories to The Sun - including fake posts set up by Rooney.READ MORE: BBC vows to never air Princess Diana Panorama doc again and apologises to PrincesThe journalist was talking to media lawyer Jonathan Coad about the verdict, then asked his colleague, Dominic Casciani of BBC's legal affairs correspondent about his instant reaction to the judgement of the libel case.Footage seen on live broadcast shows Mr Casciani starts by saying: "Well I mean."This is massively damaging for Rebekah Vardy. As Jonathan was saying there, the..."At the moment, a men in multi-coloured polo shirt walks from behind and stops right in front of the camera.He dodges a security guard and yells: "BBC fake news!"Stop immigration, stop refugees!"He is grabbed by a suited man, who tries to tell him to leave the area, but he returns and shouts: "BBC is fake news!"The journalist then replies: "I think we should probably just leave it for a minute, we can actually go into my report which sums up what we've learnt today."The protester is then escorted away as the live broadcast cuts to show a pre-recorded report.For more of the latest showbiz news from Daily Star, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here. BBC News viewers blasted online about the coverage, with one saying: "BBC news is seriously running a live page on the Vardy v Rooney court case.

Coleen Rooney has reacted to winning the High Court libel battle in the sensational Wagatha Christie case, which has gripped the nation for the past three years.MORE: Coleen Rooney wins Wagatha Christie battle following three-year libel trial with Rebekah VardyOn Friday, it was confirmed that Rebekah Vardy had lost the High Court libel battle she brought against Coleen, wife of Wayne Rooney, over a viral social media post.WATCH: Rebekah Vardy cries in witness box during Wagatha Christie trialColeen said in a statement that she was "pleased" the ruling went in her favour as she reiterated that the case should not have gone to court. She said: "It was not a case I ever sought or wanted.

The ‘Wagatha Christie’ libel case has reached its conclusion today (July 29), with Rebekah Vardy losing her libel claim against Coleen Rooney.The trial comes after Rebekah's Instagram account was accused by Coleen, 36, of leaking fake stories about her in October 2019 in an Instagram post dubbed ‘Wagatha Christie’. Rebekah has always denied the allegation.

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.

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

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.