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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Callum Parke

Rebekah Vardy to pay £1.2m of Coleen Rooney’s legal fees after Wagatha trial

Coleen and Wayne Rooney leaving the Royal Courts of Justice, London, May 2022 - (PA)

Rebekah Vardy has agreed to pay a substantial sum of nearly £1.2m towards Coleen Rooney’s legal costs, following the conclusion of their highly publicised “Wagatha Christie” libel case.

A specialist costs court had previously heard that Ms Rooney, wife of former England footballer Wayne Rooney, accrued legal fees exceeding £1.8m in successfully defending the claim brought against her by Ms Vardy in 2022.

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