Warring Wags score a win each in libel feud
REBEKAH Vardy and Coleen Rooney could both claim a victory yesterday in their High Court War of the Wags libel battle.
Coleen, 35, was dubbed “Wagatha Christie” when she accused Rebekah of leaking false stories about her private life in 2019, following an online “sting” operation. Rebekah, 39, who is married to Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy, is suing Coleen for libel. Yesterday, Mrs Justice Steyn denied Rebekah’s bid for summary judgment – in which that part of the case would be resolved without a trial. But she also threw out parts of Coleen’s defence.
A claim by Mrs Rooney, the wife ex-England captain Wayne, that Mrs Vardy was leaking information to The Sun newspaper about the libel case itself, was dismissed.
But the judge ruled that accusations about Rebekah’s alleged close relationship with the paper and its journalists were relevant to the case.
She also refused to dismiss a defence that Rebekah wrote a gossip column called The Secret Wag – which Mrs Vardy denies.
The libel dispute continues.