Rebekah Vardy has had a legal win over the phrase “Wagatha Christie”, after a high profile court case involving herself and Coleen Rooney.
Now the producers of a stage play based on the trial have said the show will go on, despite Mrs Vardy trademarking the term.
Vardy v Rooney: The Wagathie Christie Trial, a "verbatim production" using High Court transcripts from the libel battle between Coleen Rooney and Vardy, is on at the Ambassadors Theatre in the West End and set to tour the UK and Ireland from May 26 until June 17.
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On Wednesday, Saphia Maxamed, owner of London Entertainment, confirmed to the PA news agency her firm has been successful in registering "Wagatha Christie" as a trademark on behalf of its client Vardy.
But the producers of the Wagatha Christie play told PA: "This story continues to have more twists and turns than an Agatha Christie thriller and this morning's news that Rebekah Vardy has trademarked the term 'Wag*tha Chr*stie' is the latest plot development.
"Performances of Vardy v Rooney: The Wag*tha Chr*stie Trial continue as planned in the West End and on tour and we would be delighted for Mrs Vardy to come and see the show."
In their statement, the producers used asterisks to alter the play's name in an apparent reference to the trademark, and the idea they may no longer be able to legally use the term Wagatha Christie.
In a viral social media post in October 2019, Rooney, wife of former Manchester United and England captain Wayne Rooney, accused Vardy, who is married to Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy, of leaking "false stories" about her private life to the press.
Last summer, in a trial that gripped the nation, Vardy, 41, took Rooney, 37, to the High Court for a libel battle, with a judge finding the latter's post to be "substantially true".
Representatives for Mrs Vardy and Mrs Rooney have been contacted for comment.
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