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Lottie Gibbons

Coleen Rooney issues lengthy statement as she wins court case against Rebekah Vardy

Coleen Rooney has issued a lengthy statement after Rebekah Vardy lost her court case against her.

Mrs Vardy lost the "Wagatha Christie" libel battle against Mrs Rooney over a viral social media post, after a High Court judge found it was "substantially true". In the October 2019 post, Mrs Rooney, 36, said she had carried out a months-long "sting operation" and accused Mrs Vardy, 40, of leaking "false stories" about her private life to the press.

The wife of former England star Wayne Rooney publicly claimed Mrs Vardy's account was the source behind three stories in The S*n newspaper featuring fake details she had posted on her private Instagram stories. Mrs Vardy, who is married to Leicester striker Jamie Vardy, denied leaking stories to the media and sued her fellow footballer's wife for libel, while Mrs Rooney defended the claim on the basis her post was "substantially true".

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