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Manchester Evening News
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John Scheerhout

Rebekah Vardy likely to have to pay most of Wagatha Christie trial's £3m fees

Coleen Rooney claimed an emphatic victory in the Wagatha Christie libel trial today - and her defeated accuser Rebekah Vardy will be saddled with the lion's share of a whopping £3m legal bill.

The saga between the two WAGs started in October 2019 when Coleen, 36, famously revealed said she had carried out a 'sting operation' and accused Rebekah Vardy of leaking 'false stories' about her private life to the press in a viral Instagram post.

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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