Gary Lineker has taken a shot at Rebekah Vardy after the high-profile Wagatha Christie verdict was announced on Friday. Lineker joked that Vardy, the wife of Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy, was guilty of scoring an “own goal” after she lost the case against Coleen Rooney.
She has now been left with significant legal costs to pay, incurred during the libel case, after Mrs Justice Steyn ruled in Rooney’s favour on Friday. Vardy brought the case to court after Rooney accused her of leaking personal stories to The Sun newspaper.
As reported in the Mirror, the decision to take the disagreement to court for a seven-day trial has ended up costing her millions of pounds and increased the damage to her reputation. Mrs Justice Steyn’s 75-page ruling has described her evidence as “inconsistent”, “evasive” or “implausible”.
