Rebekah Vardy advised her agent to leak tales a couple of movie star ‘s******g’ a footballer, Danielle Lloyd’s miscarriage and the way Leicester gamers have been ‘fuming’ at Riyadh Mahrez, earlier than saying she ‘wished paying’ for a tip about Danny Drinkwater’s drink-driving arrest – the bombshell Wagatha Christie libel trial heard right this moment.
Rebekah took to the witness stand once more this morning for an additional grilling underneath the glare of her bitter rival Coleen Rooney, 36, who – in October 2019 – accused the 40-year-old of leaking tales about her non-public life following a social media ‘sting’ operation.
Coleen publicly claimed her fellow WAG of sharing three pretend tales she had posted on her private Instagram with The Solar, an allegation Rebekah vehemently denied – main her to launch the £3million authorized motion which is now in its second day.
Right now, Coleen’s barrister David Sherborne learn out a collection of texts through which Rebekah advised her agent Caroline Watt to ‘leak’ tales about footballer Riyad Mahrez, the mannequin Danielle Lloyd, and one unnamed high-profile movie star. In response, she advised the court docket these exchanges have been ‘by no means critical’ and Ms Watt would have ‘understood’ this – prompting Mr Sherbourne to accuse her of mendacity underneath oath.
Rebekah did admit to sharing a tip about Danny Drinkwater – who, like Mahrez, was her husband Jamie’s colleague at Leicester. The WAG mentioned she knowledgeable Ms Watt he was about to depart police custody as a result of she was ‘deeply affected’ by drink-driving after ex-husband ‘killed two individuals’.
However when requested a couple of textual content the place she advised Ms Watt she ‘wished cash’ for the story about Drinkwater, Rebekah insisted she was joking.
Coleen was seen furiously taking notes all through her rival’s cross-examination, whereas Wayne appeared straight forward, unable to take a look at her as she gave proof.
Mr Sherborne questioned Rebekah about what she mentioned in reference to a narrative a couple of girl named solely as Mrs F – a ‘well-known movie star’ – her estranged husband Mr H and Mr G, a ‘well-known footballer’.
A court docket sketch exhibiting Rebekah Vardy (center) showing within the witness field in entrance of the Rooneys, with Wayne (third from proper) unable to take a look at her
Coleen Rooney arrived on the Royal Courts of Justice carrying a £32.99 white and black patterned Zara gown whereas her left foot was nonetheless in a brace following an accident at residence
Rebekah advised her agent Ms Watt that she ought to ‘leak the story about her s******g G behind H’s again’,’ Mr Sherborne mentioned. Rebekah mentioned she was ‘a bit shocked and a bit disgusted about what I might seen within the paper’.
Mr Sherborne requested whether or not she was so irritated that she had instructed Ms Watt to leak a narrative about Mrs F allegedly dishonest.
‘That is the way in which it reads,’ she replied, including: ‘Once more, in context, bits of data combined in with different bits of data. I used to be truly simply joking about that one.’
Rebekah was additionally requested about claims she tried to ‘do the soiled’ and spill the beans on unrest within the Leicester Metropolis dressing room when star participant Riyad Mahrez went ‘on strike’.
The court docket heard Rebekah contacted her agent Caroline Watt after Mahrez failed to show up for coaching for the second day working. On the time of the trade in February 2018, Mahrez was looking for a transfer to Manchester Metropolis.
Within the WhatsApp message, Vardy wrote: ‘Mahrez not turned up for coaching once more. The lads are fuming.’
Ms Watt instructed she contact TV reporter Rob Dorsett, who was one of many journalists protecting the story for Sky Sports activities Information. Rebekah replied that she did not need the story to ‘come again on me.’
Beneath cross examination, Rebekah mentioned: ‘It was just about extraordinary for a participant to go one strike and never flip up for coaching. She mentioned the story of the turmoil within the dressing room ‘completely 100 per cent didn’t come from me’.
However she admitted that ‘in a fleeting second’ it appeared from Watt’s response that she was ‘ready to do her soiled work’ for her.
She insisted the knowledge did not come from husband Jamie, Leicester Metropolis’s star striker, saying: ‘It was hypothesis of simply bits of data that I had heard and overheard, and likewise learn within the press earlier than.’
She added: ‘Sure, it would not look good there, I used to be gossiping about issues that have been already within the public area. I used to be simply gossiping.’
The court docket additionally heard Rebekah had a ‘spat on Instagram’ with Danielle Lloyd, the previous spouse of ex Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Jamie O’Hara. A dispute led to ‘authorized correspondence’ between the pair the court docket heard.
Coleen’s barrister claimed messages between Rebebekah and her agent confirmed she was making an attempt to leak details about a pregnant girl who went on honeymoon to the Maldives however went on to undergo.
Vardy revealed the lady was Lloyd however denied leaking tales.
Among the many key claims heard at right this moment’s sensational Wagatha Christie showdown –
- Rebekah tried to ‘do the soiled’ and spill the beans on unrest within the Leicester dressing room when star participant Riyad Mahrez went ‘on strike’;
- ‘Spoke with agent Caroline Watt about leaking a narrative about feminine movie star ”dishonest on her husband with footballer”, and Danielle Lloyd’s miscarriage’;
- Rebekah right this moment admitted to sharing a tip on midfielder Danny Drinkwater’s drink-drive arrest, however denied asking for cash;
- She advised court docket she was ‘deeply affected’ by drink-driving as a result of her former husband ‘killed two individuals’;
- Rebekah noticed certainly one of Coleen’s kids with no seatbelt solely to be advised ”It is on her non-public Insta so cannot do something with it”’;
- Choose additionally heard Rebekah texted her agent ‘OMG what a c***’ after Coleen stopped following her – then ‘mentioned whether or not the leak of a narrative from Coleen’s non-public Instagram about her ”automobile crash” was the explanation’;
- Rebekah admitted to directing Ms Watt to take a look at Coleen’s non-public Instagram in relation a publish she made on the automobile crash;
- She denied Coleen’s barrister’s claims it was ‘customary observe’ for her to leak tales to media by way of Ms Watt;
Rebekah seems on the Royal Courts Of Justice in London for the second day of the Wagatha Christie libel trial right this moment
Coleen was as soon as once more accompanied by her Derby County supervisor husband Wayne (proper), who carried a leather-based purse containing a file
Rebekah is anticipated to take to the witness stand once more this morning after repeatedly denying being a leaker throughout her yesterday’s testimony
The spouse of Leicester Metropolis striker Jamie Vardy was accompanied by a safety guard as she made her approach by way of a scrum of photographers
Right now noticed the poisonous feud between Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy spill out into the Excessive Courtroom for a second day after months of painstaking pre-trial hearings.
Under is a abstract of the proof because it was heard in court docket:
Wagatha Christie timeline: How Coleen and Rebekah’s long-running, vicious conflict unfolded earlier than the eyes of the world
September 2017 to October 2019 – The Solar runs a variety of articles about Coleen, together with that she travelled to Mexico to look into child ‘gender choice’ therapy, her plan to revive her TV profession and the flooding of her basement.
October 9, 2019 – Coleen makes use of social media to accuse Rebekah of promoting tales from her non-public Instagram account to the tabloids.
Coleen says she spent 5 months making an attempt to work out who was sharing details about her and her household primarily based on posts she had made on her private social media web page.
After sharing a collection of ‘false’ tales and utilizing a strategy of elimination, Coleen claims they have been seen by one Instagram account, belonging to Rebekah.
Rebekah, then pregnant together with her fifth little one, denies the allegations and says numerous individuals had entry to her Instagram through the years.
She claims to be ‘so upset’ by Coleen’s accusation, later including: ‘I assumed she was my pal however she utterly annihilated me.’
The general public dispute makes headlines around the globe, with the hashtag #WagathaChristie trending.
The way it all started: On October 9, 2019, Coleen Rooney, now 36, accused Rebekah Vardy, 40, of leaking ‘false tales’ about her to the press in an Instagram publish (above)
Shortly after Coleen’s public accusation, Rebekah – who was pregnant and on vacation in Dubai on the time – denied any involvement (above)
February 13, 2020 – In a tearful look on ITV’s Free Girls, Rebekah says the stress of the dispute triggered her to have extreme anxiousness assaults and he or she ‘ended up in hospital 3 times’. Coleen says in a press release that she doesn’t need to ‘have interaction in additional public debate’.
June 23, 2020 – It emerges that Rebekah has launched libel proceedings in opposition to Coleen.
Rebekah’s attorneys allege she ‘suffered excessive misery, harm, anxiousness and embarrassment on account of the publication of the publish and the occasions which adopted’.
November 19-20, 2020 – The libel battle has its first Excessive Courtroom listening to in London. A decide guidelines that Coleen’s October 2019 publish ‘clearly recognized’ Rebekah as being ‘responsible of the intense and constant breach of belief’.
Mr Justice Warby concludes that the ‘pure and bizarre’ that means of the posts was that Rebekah had ‘repeatedly and regularly abused her standing as a trusted follower of Coleen’s private Instagram account by secretly informing The Solar of Coleen’s non-public posts and tales’.
February 8-9, 2022 – A collection of explosive messages between Rebekah and her agent Caroline Watt – which Coleen’s attorneys allege have been about her – are revealed at a preliminary court docket listening to.
The court docket is advised Rebekah was not referring to Coleen when she known as somebody a ‘nasty bitch’ in a single trade with Ms Watt.
Coleen’s attorneys search additional data from the WhatsApp messages, however the court docket is advised that Ms Watt’s cellphone fell into the North Sea after a ship she was on hit a wave, earlier than additional data may very well be extracted from it.
February 14 – Coleen is refused permission to convey a Excessive Courtroom declare in opposition to Ms Watt for misuse of personal data to be heard alongside the libel battle. A Excessive Courtroom decide, Mrs Justice Steyn, says the bid was introduced too late and former alternatives to make the declare had not been taken.
April 13 – Ms Watt shouldn’t be match to present oral proof on the upcoming libel trial, the Excessive Courtroom is advised because the case returns for an additional listening to.
The agent revokes permission for her witness assertion for use, and withdraws her waiver which might have allowed Solar journalists to say whether or not she was a supply of the allegedly leaked tales.
April 29 – Rebekah ‘seems to simply accept’ that her agent was the supply of allegedly leaked tales, Coleen’s barrister David Sherborne tells the Excessive Courtroom. He argues {that a} new witness assertion submitted by Rebekah suggests Ms Watt was the supply however Rebekah claims she ‘didn’t authorise or condone her’.
Rebekah’s lawyer Hugh Tomlinson says the assertion didn’t comprise ‘any change no matter within the pleaded case’, together with her authorized crew having no communication with Ms Watt.
Rebekah ”’tried to do the soiled” and spill the beans on unrest at Leicester when star play Riyad Mahrez ”went on strike”’
Right now, the court docket heard claims Rebekah tried to ‘do the soiled’ and spill the beans on unrest within the Leicester Metropolis dressing room when star participant Riyad Mahrez went ‘on strike’.
The court docket heard Rebekah contacted her agent Caroline Watt after Mahrez failed to show up for coaching for the second day working.
On the time of the trade in February 2018, Mahrez was looking for a transfer to Manchester Metropolis.
Within the WhatsApp message, Rebekah wrote: ‘Mahrez not turned up for coaching once more. The lads are fuming.’
Ms Watt instructed she contact TV reporter Rob Dorsett, who was one of many journalists protecting the story for Sky Sports activities Information.
Rebekah replied that she did not need the story to ‘come again on me.’
Beneath cross examination from Coleen Rooney’s barrister David Sherborne, she mentioned: ‘It was just about extraordinary for a participant to go one strike and never flip up for coaching.
She mentioned the story of the turmoil within the dressing room ‘completely 100 per cent didn’t come from me’.
However she admitted that ‘in a fleeting second’ it appeared from Watt’s response that she was ‘ready to do her soiled work’ for her.
She insisted the knowledge did not come from husband Jamie, Leicester Metropolis’s star striker, saying: ‘It was hypothesis of simply bits of data that I had heard and overheard, and likewise learn within the press earlier than.’
She added: ‘Sure, it would not look good there, I used to be gossiping about issues that we already within the public area. I used to be simply gossiping.’
Rebekah mentioned she didn’t know whether or not or not her husband’s then team-mates have been ‘fuming’ about Mr Mahrez not turning up for coaching.
‘It was in all probability one thing I used to be plucking from skinny air. It was only a gossip that was all,’ she advised the court docket.
She additionally mentioned: ‘It was a hypothesis of bits of data that I’ve heard and overheard, and likewise that they had been within the press earlier than.’
Rebekah – ‘I used to be ”simply joking” after I advised my agent to ”leak” story about movie star ”s******g behind her husband’s again”’
Rebekah mentioned together with her agent Caroline Watt leaking a narrative a couple of girl allegedly dishonest on her husband, the Excessive Courtroom has heard.
The WAG insisted she was ‘simply joking’ when Mr Sherborne questioned her about what she mentioned in reference to a narrative a couple of girl named solely as Mrs F – a ‘well-known movie star’ – her estranged husband Mr H and Mr G, a ‘well-known footballer’.
Rebekah advised Ms Watt that she ought to ‘leak the story about her s******g G behind H’s again’,’ Mr Sherborne mentioned.
Jamie Vardy’s spouse mentioned she was ‘a bit shocked and a bit disgusted about what I might seen within the paper’.
Mr Sherborne requested whether or not she was so irritated that she had instructed Ms Watt to leak a narrative about Mrs F allegedly dishonest.
‘That is the way in which it reads,’ she replied, including: ‘Once more, in context, bits of data combined in with different bits of data. I used to be truly simply joking about that one.’
Rebekah denied the suggestion it was ‘customary observe’ for her to leak non-public data to The Solar by way of her agent.
Whereas questioning her over an alleged leak of a narrative a couple of footballer, referred to in court docket solely as Mr X, being untrue to his accomplice, Mr Sherborne mentioned: ‘That was customary observe, wasn’t it, that you just gave data to Ms Watt and he or she would give it to the Solar?’
‘No,’ she replied.
When requested if Solar reporter Andy Halls was a ‘good conduit’ for data, she mentioned: ‘No, that is not the case. I by no means gave him data.’
Rebekah Vardy advised her publicist she ‘wished paying’ for details about footballer Danny Drinkwater leaving police custody after crashing his automobile, Excessive Courtroom hears
Rebekah advised her agent she ‘wished paying’ for details about Danny Drinkwater leaving police custody after crashing his automobile, the Excessive Courtroom heard.
Studying texts between her and her agent, Mr Sherborne mentioned: ‘You say ‘he is solely simply been set free of the cells final evening’ after which mentioned you wished paying for this.
‘To which she mentioned ‘which police station? They might want to affirm with the police station earlier than they write it’.
‘The ‘they’ she’s referring to is The Solar, is not it?’
Rebekah confirmed ‘they’ referred to The Solar, however, explaining the remark about being paid for data, she mentioned: ‘It was a fleeting thought and one I did not take into account any extra then after I wrote it.’
‘It wasn’t a critical remark,’ she added.
Mr Drinkwater used to play for Leicester Metropolis together with her husband, Jamie Vardy, and in 2019 performed for Chelsea.
Rebekah despatched a message to her agent Caroline Watt to inform her that Drinkwater had been arrested, the court docket heard.
‘Danny Drinkwater arrested… Crashed his automobile drunk with 2 ladies in it … each in hospital one with damaged ribs,’ court docket paperwork present.
Rebekah additionally mentioned: ‘I need paying for this.’
She advised the court docket she was ‘deeply affected’ by drink-driving as her ex-husband ‘killed two individuals’.
Later, it emerged the story had already come out.
‘Holy F*** … I am fuming I did not give it to you earlier,’ Rebekah despatched in a message to Ms Watt.
‘Me too,’ Ms Watt replied. ‘That may have been a fortune.’
Rebekah advised the court docket that was right however added Ms Watt additionally included ‘laughing face’ emojis.
‘I realise how badly they learn and once more I apologise,’ she says. ‘However once more these are non-public conversations between two individuals… that knew one another’s sense of humour.’
Mr Sherborne asks if this was a joke or critical, and says Rebekah ‘cannot have it each methods’.
Rebekah mentioned in relation to her message trade with Ms Watt concerning the Drinkwater story that ‘it was one thing that wrongly I obtained concerned with’.
She mentioned she apologised and that the ‘messages weren’t good’, including it was about one thing that ‘affected me very badly prior to now’.
In Could 2019, Drinkwater was banned from driving for 20 months and ordered to hold out 70 hours’ group service after admitting drink-driving.
He had two ladies passengers within the automobile and triggered £50,000 of harm to the car.
In the course of the trade over Drinkwater’s crash, Ms Watt urged Rebekah to contact the footballer on Instagram as a result of they wanted to search out out his deal with in Cheshire, the court docket was advised.
It was a part of an trade through which Ms Watt defined that she wanted extra particulars to assist journalists comply with up the story, in response to Coleen’s barrister David Sherborne.
However Rebekah denied this.
She mentioned: ‘If I did message him, and I can not bear in mind if I did, I might in all probability have advised him he’s a f****** fool.’
Rebekah noticed certainly one of Coleen’s kids with no seatbelt solely to be advised ”It is on her non-public Insta so cannot do something with it”’
Mr Sherborne requested Rebekah a couple of message trade with Ms Watt, which talked about an image of Coleen on a faculty run.
‘One in every of Coleen’s youngsters seems like he is obtained no seatbelt on,’ Rebekah advised Ms Watt a couple of image shared on Coleen’s non-public Instagram.
Ms Watt instantly knew what Rebekah was speaking about, Mr Sherborne says, and known as it an instance of Ms Watt ‘monitoring’ Coleen’s account.
Rebekah denied this.
‘It is on her non-public Insta so cannot do something with it,’ the court docket heard Ms Watt advised her shopper.
‘She’s such a d**ok,’ Rebekah mentioned in a single message.
She then denied she was directing Ms Watt to the story to leak it to a newspaper.
Mr Sherborne mentioned Rebekah ‘knew completely properly’ what Ms Watt meant by ‘cannot do something with it’.
Mr Sherborne mentioned the matter was essential, as yesterday Rebekah advised the court docket she didn’t know Ms Watt was accessing non-public data by way of her personal account.
Vardy described it as a ‘mixture of phrases’.
Mr Sherborne reminds Vardy that she agreed yesterday that it could be ‘fallacious’ if this was occurring.
She says once more that they have been ‘simply gossiping’ and denies ‘condoning’ Ms Watt to leak tales.
Coleen smiled as she obtained out of a ready automobile (left) whereas Rebekah – who emerged from a black Mercedes – wore a extra impartial expression
Rebekah strolls in the direction of the doorway of the Royal Courts of Justice on the Strand for day 2 of the Wagatha Christie trial
Coleen and Wayne depart their automobile outdoors the Excessive Courtroom. The previous England striker has been accompanying his spouse all through the trial
Rebekah texted agent ‘OMG what a c***’ after Coleen stopped following her – then ‘mentioned whether or not the leak of a narrative from Coleen’s non-public Instagram about her ”automobile crash” was the explanation’;
Rebekah was requested throughout the cross examination about WhatsApp messages she despatched to Caroline Watt about Coleen unfollowing her on Instagram.
‘What a c***,’ Rebekah mentioned, when she realised Coleen was not following her.
Coleen’s lawyer Mr Sherborne advised the court docket a couple of story that appeared in The Solar about Coleen being in a automobile crash, written by journalist Andy Halls.
Rebekah mentioned within the texts whether or not this might have been the explanation Coleen stopped following her.
Rebekah mentioned in a message to Ms Watt that she would not understand how Coleen ‘would ever know that until Halls has leaked it, through which case please do not give him the Mr X stuff’.
‘Mr X’ was a married footballer who had an affair with a lady who turned pregnant, the court docket hears.
Mr Sherborne instructed because of this if the journalist ‘has dobbed us in’, do not give him the ‘juicy gossip’.
Rebekah mentioned that the story about Mr X was ‘extensively identified’ and there was hypothesis on social media about it.
The WAG mentioned it was ‘not true’ the automobile crash publish had been leaked by Ms Watt to the Solar.
Mr Sherborne mentioned Ms Watt got here up with a ‘lie’ that her laptop computer had been left with ‘one of many ladies’ at her firm.
Rebekah advised Ms Watt to take a look at Coleen’s non-public Instagram in relation to automobile crash publish
Rebekah admitted to directing her her agent to take a look at Coleen’s non-public Instagram in relation a ‘pretend’ publish she made a couple of automobile crash.
In a January 2019 trade, Ms Watt requested her: ‘Am I imagining this or did you say yesterday that Coleen had crashed her Honda?’ the court docket heard.
‘She defo has… Go within the Instagram,’ Rebekah replied, in response to court docket paperwork.
Mr Sherborne highlighted that on the primary day of the trial Rebekah had agreed it could have been ‘fallacious’ if Ms Watt was taking a look at individuals’s non-public Instagram accounts by way of using Rebekah’s account.
He put it to Rebekah that, on this occasion, she was directing her agent to Coleen’s Instagram.
‘Sure, I’m,’ Rebekah mentioned.
Jamie Vardy coaching together with his fellow Leicester participant Riyad Mahrez. Right now, Rebekah was accused of leaking a narrative about Mahrez lacking coaching
Rebekah admitted to sharing a tip about Danny Drinkwater – who, like Mahrez, was her husband Jamie’s colleague at Leicester
Rebekah ‘tried to leak a narrative about Danielle Lloyd going to the Maldives and struggling a miscarriage’
Rebekah fell out with one other high-profile WAG which led to a authorized dispute, the Excessive Courtroom heard.
The court docket heard Vardy had a ‘spat on Instagram’ with Danielle Lloyd, the previous spouse of ex Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Jamie O’Hara.
Rebekah’s dispute with Danielle Lloyd (pictured) led to ‘authorized correspondence’ between the pair the court docket heard
A dispute led to ‘authorized correspondence’ between the pair the court docket heard.
Coleen’s barrister claimed messages between Rebebekah and her agent confirmed she was making an attempt to leak details about a pregnant girl who went on honeymoon to the Maldives however went on to undergo a miscarriage.
Vardy revealed the lady was Lloyd however denied leaking tales.
She defined why she despatched a message throughout the trade saying: ‘She’s gone and accomplished it now.’
Explaining the message underneath cross-examination she mentioned: ‘She had been on vacation to the Maldives within the early levels of being pregnant. You would not journey to the Maldives due to Zika virus.’
She insisted she had not had a ‘main beef’ with Lloyd however mentioned the pair had ‘extra of a disagreement,’ about choosing the gender of infants.
Rebekah advised the court docket she didn’t agree with gender choice whereas Lloyd, who had the alternative view, had appeared on TV discussing the problem.
Rebekah advised the court docket Lloyd had despatched her ‘a couple of irritated messages’ including: ‘She simply requested me a few questions on a couple of issues’.
She insisted she ‘was not ‘aware about any data’ on Lloyd and didn’t leak the story about her.
The court docket has heard that Coleen had positioned a false ‘story’ about gender choice on her non-public Instagram account saying she had husband Wayne have been making an attempt for a child lady after having 4 sons.
It was a part of her ‘Wagatha Christie’ investigation into who had been leaking tales about her to the press.
JANUARY 2019: Rebekah texts Miss Watt and is claimed to have described Coleen as a ‘nasty b****… I’ve taken a giant dislike to her! She thinks she’s wonderful…Would like to leak these tales’
FEBRUARY 2019: Ms Watt and Rebekah realise Coleen has unfollowed them on Instagram. In a collection of messages, Rebekah, who’s married to Leicester Metropolis striker Jamie, 35, is claimed to have described Coleen as a ‘nasty b****’ and a ‘c***’, whereas Ms Watt manufacturers the spouse of former Manchester United star Wayne Rooney as ‘trash’ and ‘up her personal ar**’
OCTOBER 2019: The pair talk about their response to Coleen’s now notorious Wagatha Christie claims. The textual content messages are mentioned to indicate Rebekah describing Mrs Rooney as a ‘b***’ and a ‘c***’
Who’s who within the case? Former mates who had a bitter falling out, the previous Virgin Atlantic air hostess, and the movie star attorneys going face to face
Rebekah Vardy together with her agent, Caroline Watt, who had been because of give proof within the trial however was just lately discovered to be ‘not match’ to participate, additionally withdrawing her written proof
Rebekah Vardy
The footballer’s spouse bringing the declare, Rebekah’s household was thrust into the limelight after her husband Jamie helped Leicester Metropolis on their technique to an unlikely Premier League win in 2016.
The mannequin and TV character, 40, appeared on I am A Movie star in 2017 earlier than later showing on Dancing On Ice in 2021, in addition to making appearances on Free Girls.
The mother-of-five just lately wrote a kids’s guide together with her husband Jamie, entitled Cedric The Little Sloth With A Huge Dream, which follows just a little sloth who hopes to grow to be a footballer.
Coleen Rooney
Coleen, the footballer’s spouse defending the declare, is maybe now higher often called ‘Wagatha Christie’ after her social media posts on the coronary heart of the libel trial went viral.
The 36-year-old has had a assorted profession together with TV presenting, writing, in addition to fronting an train DVD.
Coleen met her husband when she was 12, because the couple went to the identical college in Liverpool.
They started courting after they each turned 16 and have 4 sons collectively – Kai Wayne, Klay Anthony, Equipment Joseph and Cass Mac.
Caroline Watt
Mrs Vardy’s pal and agent, Ms Watt has featured in a number of the preliminary hearings, regardless of not being a celebration to the declare or giving proof on the trial.
She is a former Virgin Atlantic air hostess who has been Rebekah’s agent for the previous seven years, serving to to construct her profile within the nationwide media.
Reviews that she not represents her following the present controversy engulfing the 2 have been dismissed as inaccurate with Ms Watt remaining near Ms Vardy each professionally and personally.
Ms Watt, 39, is married to former footballer Steve Watt, who performed briefly for Chelsea, making one Premier League look for 2 minutes in 2005 and Swansea Metropolis. He’s at the moment supervisor of Kent non-league facet Hythe City and so they have two kids.
After leaving the airline business, Ms Watt started working as an agent on the earth of leisure, rapidly growing a repute for her communication expertise and talent to community.
She was previously employed by expertise company The Frontrow Partnership however left in 2019 to go it alone and took her most important shopper and shut pal, Ms Vardy together with her.
Ms Watt has been credited with constructing Ms Vardy’s public profile by making certain that she repeatedly featured within the nationwide media and likewise brokered the deal for her to look on the hit actuality TV present I am A Movie star… Get Me Out Of Right here! in 2018.
Ms Watt began representing the high-profile WAG in 2015, when her husband, Leicester Metropolis striker Jamie Vardy shot to fame.
She is an everyday customer to the Vardy’s Lincolnshire residence and likewise socialises with Ms Vardy, attending glitzy events and bars.
Her different shoppers embody the previous Web page 3 lady Nicola McLean however it’s Ms Vardy that has been the most important asset in her profession as an agent.
Hugh Tomlinson QC (left), who’s representing Ms Vardy, is a top-flight privateness silk who has launched a variety of battles with the Press in a wide-spanning profession. David Sherborne (proper), 53, is performing for Mrs Rooney
Hugh Tomlinson QC
An skilled media barrister, Mr Tomlinson is on the entrance of Mrs Vardy’s authorized crew within the libel case.
Known as to the bar in 1983, his earlier shoppers embody the Prince of Wales in his authorized battle in opposition to the Mail on Sunday over his diaries, easyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou and oligarch Roman Abramovich.
Mr Tomlinson, who turned a QC in 2002, is a board member of marketing campaign group Hacked Off.
David Sherborne
Mr Sherborne additionally has a repute because the barrister the wealthy and well-known flip to for authorized help – his earlier shopper checklist contains Diana, Princess of Wales, Hollywood actor Michael Douglas and former prime minister Tony Blair and his spouse Cherie.
Mrs Rooney’s barrister is not any stranger to high-profile libel trials on the Royal Courts of Justice, notably representing Johnny Depp within the actor’s 2020 libel declare in opposition to the writer of the Solar, Information Group Newspapers (NGN).
The barrister, known as to the bar in 1992, has additionally represented dozens of claimants, together with celebrities, suing NGN over cellphone hacking on the Information Of The World.
Mrs Justice Steyn
The Excessive Courtroom decide overseeing the case, Mrs Justice Steyn (pictured proper) was appointed in 2019 and sits within the Queen’s Bench Division – the a part of the Excessive Courtroom which offers with defamation, private harm and breach of contract claims.
In addition to overseeing the ‘Wagatha Christie’ declare, different distinguished instances she has heard embody Arron Banks’ libel declare in opposition to journalist Carole Cadwalladr and the FDA union’s unsuccessful authorized problem over Boris Johnson’s choice to help Priti Patel following bullying accusations.
The daughter of former Regulation Lord Lord Steyn, Mrs Justice Steyn coated a wide range of instances as a barrister, together with a case over the enlargement of Heathrow airport.