Wagatha Christie trial – the latest updates from Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy

Rebekah Vardy "fell out with Girls Aloud's Sarah Harding in 2018 because she was apparently caught taking pictures of the contents of her handbag at the National Television Awards", a court heard.Coleen Rooney, 36, made the claim in a witness statement she supplied as part of the Wagatha Christie libel trial.Vardy was accused by Rooney of leaking fake stories about her in October 2019.The 40-year-old denies the allegations and is suing Rooney, the wife of England star Wayne, for libel.In a witness statement, Rooney said: "As an aside, I am aware that Becky had attended the 2018 National Television Awards and produced and provided various pieces of 'behind the scenes' footage for The Sun."She also got into 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.

Coleen Rooney began giving evidence and Rebekah Vardy finished hers on the fourth day of the pair's Wagatha Christie High Court battle on Friday (May 13).The 36-year-old accused Vardy of leaking stories about her in October 2019.Rooney uploaded several fake stories to her private Instagram account in a bid to find out who was “betraying” her before revealing it on Twitter in her now-infamous Wagatha Christie post.Vardy denies the allegations and is suing Rooney, the wife of England star Wayne, for libel.Here are nine things we learned from today's hearing:Rooney said in her witness statement that Vardy “certainly stuck out to me as being someone who actively wanted to be famous” and used a “common tactic” of staging paparazzi shots.She also said she had “never had an issue” with Vardy and the pair “got on fine”.But she said Vardy was “keen to be friendly with me and she was trying too hard and it was a bit too much”.She went on to say that, in hindsight, she believes messages Vardy sent to her were “fishing” for information and thought being close to her would “help her own interests”.Giving evidence, Rooney said she had never rowed with a WAG before.Rooney also said she does not claim Vardy leaked the information for money and added: “I have been around for long enough to know that there are various reasons why celebrities would want to maintain a positive relationship with tabloid journalists.

Coleen Rooney began giving evidence and Rebekah Vardy finished hers on the fourth day of the pair's Wagatha Christie High Court battle today.The 36 year old accused Vardy of leaking stories about her in October 2019.Rooney uploaded several fake stories to her private Instagram account in a bid to find out who was “betraying” her before revealing it on Twitter in her now-infamous Wagatha Christie post.Vardy, 40, denies the allegations and is suing Rooney, the wife of England star Wayne, for libel.Here are nine things we learned from today's hearing... Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter.

Coleen Rooney began giving evidence and Rebekah Vardy finished hers on the fourth day of the pair's Wagatha Christie High Court battle today. The 36-year-old accused Vardy of leaking stories about her in October 2019.

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

Rebekah Vardy "fell out with Girls Aloud's Sarah Harding in 2018 because she was apparently caught taking pictures of the contents of her handbag at the National Television Awards", a court heard. Coleen Rooney, 36, made the claim in a witness statement she supplied as part of the Wagatha Christie libel trial.

Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney has the nation on tenterhooks - because of absurd moments like this.The Wagatha Christie trial has been in full swing for the past three days, with Rebekah and Coleen at loggerheads. Husbands Jamie and Wayne have been doing their best to keep out of the firing line, but Rebekah's lawyer, Hugh Tomlinson QC, managed to take a hilarious pot-shot at the Derby County manager while Coleen was on the stand.Challenging her insistence that she "believes" Rebekah was the leaker, Tomlinson told Coleen: "You might believe Derby County might win the Premiership in two years’ time.

She has dominated headlines this week as part of an ongoing feud with Coleen Rooney. But long before the courtroom drama, Rebekah Vardy revealed her hopes for Meghan Markle to play her on the silver screen. The news first emerged three years ago, when plans were underway for a Hollywood biopic about Rebekah’s footballer husband Jamie that would chart his rise from a grassroots player to the Premier League star we know today.

Loose Women star Linda Robson has voiced her outrage at Rebekah Vardy’s chipolata comment about Peter Andre that resurfaced in court as part of her libel trial against Coleen Rooney. On Friday’s episode of the ITV show, the 64 year old said the footballer’s wife “should be ashamed of herself” after her remarks about the singer resurfaced during the trial. Rebekah, 40, was accused by Coleen, 36, of leaking fake stories in October 2019 in an Instagram post which has since been infamously hailed Wagatha Christie.

Coleen Rooney has admitted that one of the three fake stories she claimed had leaked from her Instagram account was in fact a 'coincidence.'The mum-of-four took the stand in her libel case against Rebekah Vardy on Friday (May 13) as she began giving evidence in the trial.Coleen, 36, made a series of fake posts to the private account in order to try and trace who she suspected was leaking stories about her to the press.However, one of the stories that eventually appeared she now admits was 'a coincidence' after the journalist who wrote the article came forward to correct her on who she had suspected may have been to blame for it being printed. The article in question related to rumours of Coleen appearing on hit BBC show Strictly Come Dancing.

 Merseyside, attempting to recover from the trauma of the news, Laura started to speak to the press.She claimed in The Sun that she'd had contact with Coleen who'd "asked me to tell her what happened."She seemed unhappy with the fact that we had left a nightclub in a cab together to go to my car," she claimed.This week, Wayne's wife relived the incident as part of her libel trial.Coleen accused Rebekah's account of leaking stories about her to the press, and Rebekah has, in turn, sued her for libel.She claims she baited Rebekah's account by streaming Instagram Stories with false information in them that she made sure only Rebekah's account had access to, then stood by and watched as the supposedly intimate information became public.On the other hand, Rebekah insists that she never leaked private stories about Coleen to the media, and has argued that she only discussed her rival's Instagram account with her PR agent, Caroline Watt, "a handful of times".One of these occasions was when she pointed out to Caroline that one of the Rooney children had been photographed in a car without wearing a seatbelt.Caroline responded: "It's on her private Instagram so we can't do anything with it".Rebekah adamantly told the court that she "didn't know" what her agent might have meant by this comment, and has added that Coleen's stories could have been released by a hacker.However she did admit that she had intended to leak a story about footballer Danny Drinkwater's drink driving crash - but The Sun had already printed the story.She argues that Coleen's Instagram post publicly accusing her account of offering stories about her to the press had caused her "anxiety", "panic attacks" and fear that she was going to miscarry her baby.However

Coleen Rooney has once again favoured high-street over designer as she arrived at London's High Court wearing a £69. 99 blazer from Zara.  The wife of Wayne Rooney put on a casual display in a straight-fit blazer and matching trousers, paired with a simple t-shirt, ahead of the fourth day of the 'Wagatha Christie' case.

Rebekah Vardy. The actor, 62, took to Twitter to simply declare: ‘I’d like to play Rebekah Vardy in the TV Special. ’And he has our full support in that endeavour.

Rebekah Vardy has said that she sent "personal messages" to Peter Andre and his wife Emily after the details of her 2004 kiss-and-tell interview resurfaced during her on-going Wagatha Christie libel trial with Coleen Rooney.

LOOSE Women's Linda Robson hit out at Rebekah Vardy for her unflattering comments about Peter Andre's manhood. The Birds of a Feather star, 64, was moved by Peter's candid Instagram video in which he finally spoke out about the historic words comparing his privates to a 'chipolata'.

REBEKAH Vardy broke down for a THIRD time today forcing a break in the Wagatha Christie trial - and then returned to the dock to sob AGAIN. The Wag, 39,  slammed "hurtful trolls" as she went head-to-head with Coleen Rooney, 35, after she accused her of leaking stories to the press.

PETER Andre was mobbed by fans leaving the theatre last night after Rebekah Vardy's comments about his manhood resurfaced. The Mysterious Girl singer, 49, is currently playing Vince Fontaine in the West End production of Grease.

“The mere fact that Becky would suggest seeking to use Rosie's name in conversation with me in order to put me off the scent of suspecting Becky as the person responsible for leaking my private information to The Sun is really low and sad."It actually knocked me sick when I read that message from Becky to Caroline,” Coleen wrote.In October 2019, Coleen and Rebekah made headlines after the former accused Jamie Vardy’s wife via a tweet of leaking stories she had posted on her private Instagram account to the press.In the lengthy statement, Coleen claimed: “It’s been tough keeping it to myself and not making any comment at all, especially when the stories have been leaked, however I had to.“Now I know for certain which account/individual it’s come from.“I have saved and screenshotted all the original stories which clearly show just one person has viewed them. It’s.........

Rebekah Vardy said she sent “personal messages” to Peter Andre and his wife following a kiss-and-tell interview she did in 2004. It came after the interview, in which she described Andre’s “chipolata”, resurfaced in her libel trial with Coleen Rooney. Vardy was accused by the fellow WAG of leaking fake stories about her in October 2019.

Coleen Rooney has opened up about her marriage woes as she took the stand in her court case against Rebekah Vardy.The mum-of-four stepped up to give her account of how she became suspicious of Vardy's motives for befriending her as day four of the hearing got underway.Coleen claimed that she had started to wonder if Vardy was genuine because "she was not in my circle of friends" and allegedly often contacted her whenever she had difficulties in her private life.She claimed: "It was always to try and get information out of me. It was often when there was something not nice going on in my personal life.

Coleen Rooney has spoken out about her marriage woes with England star Wayne during her libel trial with Rebekah Vardy.