Coleen Rooney has suffered a setback in her defence against Rebekah Vardy's libel case. She has been denied permission to bring a claim against Rebekah's agent as part of a legal battle between the footballer's wives.
10.02.2022 - 06:03 / msn.com
Rebekah Vardy has an “established history” of leaking people’s private information, Coleen Rooney’s lawyer has claimed as he called for the disclosure of more text messages and all payments she received from The Sun. Ms Vardy, the wife of Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy, is suing Ms Rooney for libel after she was publicly accused of leaking “false stories” about the fellow footballer’s wife to the press.
Both she and her former agent Caroline Watt have denied being behind the alleged leaking of private information from the Instagram account of Ms Rooney, who is married to former England star Wayne Rooney. But Ms Rooney’s lawyer David Sherborne on Wednesday told London’s High Court Ms Vardy had an “established history of leaking private information not just of Mrs Rooney but also others”.
The barrister alleged Ms Vardy and Ms Watt “created a lie together” to use “if it became obvious Mrs Vardy was responsible for the leaks, which it did”. He claimed Ms Watt came up with the “agreed strategy” for the first time in a WhatsApp exchange as the pair discussed Ms Rooney unfollowing Ms Vardy on Instagram.
In a WhatsApp message to Ms Vardy, the publicist allegedly wrote: “If she does try to say it or that it was me and it’s undeniably obvious what we’ll do is say I left the company I was working for in Jan and one of the girls in the office has my old laptop that had your passwords saved on it so it will have been them and now you will have to change everything. ”According to Ms Rooney’s written case, messages exchanged between Ms Vardy and Ms Watt in January 2019 showed the pair discussing a post on Ms Rooney’s private Instagram where her car had been damaged.
Coleen Rooney has suffered a setback in her defence against Rebekah Vardy's libel case. She has been denied permission to bring a claim against Rebekah's agent as part of a legal battle between the footballer's wives.
Coleen Rooney has been refused permission to bring a High Court claim against Rebekah Vardy's agent.
Rebekah Vardy has taken to social media amid her ongoing court case with Coleen Rooney – dubbed the 'Wagatha Christie' case.MORE: Rebekah Vardy's home with husband Jamie could be a spa retreat – see insideLawyers have alleged that Rebekah authorised her agent Caroline Watt to access her personal Instagram account, which was then used to monitor Coleen's post and to pass information on to the Sun.WATCH: Rebekah Vardy breaks down as she discusses Coleen Rooney rowReturning to Instagram on Sunday evening, 39-year-old Rebekah chose to ignore the continuing legal drama, and instead shared a snapshot showing her and her daughter at Dancing on Ice.READ: Inside Rebekah Vardy's love lifeMORE: Rebekah Vardy's stunning wedding dress had a royal touch – see photosThe sweet selfie sees Rebekah and five-year-old Sofia beaming for the camera after watching the show. Mum-of-five Rebekah was famously a contestant on Dancing on Ice just last year, when she teamed up with pro skater Andy Buchanan.
Rebekah Vardy is said to have secretly invited Coleen Rooney to stay with her after husband Wayne was caught drink-driving in 2017, according to a new report. One source alleged that Rebekah, 39, invited Coleen, 35, to come and stay at her house with her children, two years before Coleen accused Becky's Instagram account of leaking "false stories" about the Rooneys to the press.
The Mirror reports that Mrs Vardy previously claimed the picture, taken at the 2018 tournament in Russia, had nothing to do with her. But messages show Mrs Vardy exchanged WhatsApps with her agent Caroline Watt during a day-out in St Petersburg on June 26, in 2018.
Rebekah Vardy has denied called Coleen Rooney a "nasty b***h" after texts were disclosed in court.The 39 year old model's legal representative has said messages that were claimed to have been about Coleen, 35, were in fact "about someone else". Messages read in court between Rebekah and her former agent Caroline Watts had claimed to have been sent after Coleen explosively accused Rebekah's Instagram account of leaking stories to The Sun.