After Rebekah Vardy's Wagatha Christie trial defeat she has returned to social media with a defiant statement.
The 40-year-old said she was "extremely sad and disappointed" after High Court judge Mrs Justice Steyn ruled in favour of Coleen Rooney on Friday. The Dancing on Ice star, who Coleen Rooney said she had "no ill will" towards, has since returned to Instagram and shared a photo of herself with a cryptic, defiant message.
In the picture, which the WAG posted to her Instagram stories, she can be seen dressed in a pair of blue denim shorts, a pair of black boots with grey socks poking out the top and a black leather jacket. As reported by the Mirror, the edgy jacket had the words "normal is boring" spray painted in pink and white graffiti-style text on the back.
Meanwhile, Rebekah could be seen throwing the peace sign up to the camera, which she was facing away from. Mum of five Rebekah wore her hair tied in two high ponytails either side of her head and carried a green Waitrose carrier bag as she walked through a field.
Rebekah's share comes after she released a statement of her reaction to the verdict to the Wagatha Christie trial. TV star Rebekah had taken Coleen, 36, to High Court to sue her for libel following the headline hitting statement Wayne Rooney's wife made about Rebekah in 2019.
Coleen alleged that Rebekah's Instagram account had been leaking stories shared on Coleen's private Instagram page to the press. Rebekah vehemently denied the claims and took Coleen to court over the statement. But, after a seven day long trial, the judge ruled that Coleen's truth defence was valid.
Mrs Justice Steyn wrote: "Mrs Vardy was party to the disclosure to The Sun of the Marriage, Birthday, Halloween, Pyjamas, Car Crash, Gender Selection, Babysitting and Flooded Basement Posts."
She also ruled in favour of Coleen on the matter of public interest on one post as she said: "Although Ms Rooney's interest was essentially personal, on balance, I accept that the Reveal Post was on a matter of public interest, namely the undesirable practice of information (in the nature of mere gossip) about celebrities' private lives being disclosed to the press by trusted individuals."
Rebekah later hit back at the ruling as she wrote in a statement: "I am extremely sad and disappointed at the decision that the Judge has reached. It is not the result that I had expected, nor believe was just. I brought this action to vindicate my reputation and am devastated by the Judge’s finding.
"The judge accepted that publication of Coleen's Post was not in the 'public interest' and she also rejected her claim that I was the 'Secret Wag'. But as for the rest of her judgement, she got it wrong and this is something I cannot accept.
"As I explained in my evidence I, my family and even my unborn baby, were subjected to disgusting messages and vile abuse following Coleen’s Post and these have continued even during the course of the trial.
"Please can the people who have been abusing me and my family now stop. The case is over.
"I want to thank everyone who has supported me."
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