Sarah Harding feuded with Rebekah Vardy for taking pics of inside her handbag, court hears

express.co.uk:

A story about Rebekah Vardy’s heated argument with the late Sarah Harding at the 2018 National Television Awards was mentioned by Coleen Rooney in written documents she submitted to the High Court as part of the £3million ‘Wagatha Christie’ libel trial.The court heard today how the Girls Aloud singer had spotted Rebekah rifling through her handbag and struck up an argument with her.

Rebekah, 40, is currently suing her fellow footballer’s wife Coleen, 36 for libel, in a court case that has been dubbed the “Wagatha Christie” trial.Coleen accused Rebekah’s Instagram account of leaking “false stories” about her private life to the press in a public social media post back in October 2019.

In turn, Rebekah has denied these allegations and is suing Coleen on the basis of defamation.As part of her defence that her 2019 post was “substantially true” and within the public interest, Coleen claimed in a written statement read out in court that she was “aware” that Rebekah had “provided various pieces of 'behind the scenes' footage” for a major national tabloid.Coleen wrote: “She also got in a spat with former Girls Aloud group member Sarah Harding during the 2018 event.“Because Sarah apparently caught Becky taking photographs of the contents of Sarah's handbag when Sarah had dropped it on the floor.“Their dispute subsequently appeared in The Sun."Rebekah is said to have "come to blows" with Sarah hours after the 2018 NTAs had been broadcast on ITV.An article published at the time in The Mirror claimed that Sarah accused Rebekah of taking “sneaky pictures” of her, sparking a “heated” argument and causing a “huge scene”.Sources told the paper at the time that the incident occurred when Sarah dropped her bag at the event, only to see.