Rebekah's Vardy's furious private messages with husband Jamie over news coverage in Euro 2016 have been released.
Mrs Vardy is suing Coleen Rooney after Mrs Rooney accused her Instagram account of selling stories about her. Mrs Rooney earned the nicknamed "Wagatha Christie" when she conducted a month's long sting operation to catch the person out who she believed was selling stories about her to The S*n.
Mrs 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". The "Wagatha Christie" trial concluded on Thursday, with barristers for both sides delivering their closing arguments.
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However, the High Court has today released a new bundle of documents. Screenshots of Mrs Vardy's texts to her husband, Jamie, were among a host of evidence lawyers on both sides of the case agreed for release.
In a June 23 2016 exchange, Mrs Vardy shared an article link with her husband that reported then England football captain Wayne Rooney had "held talks" with Mr Vardy about his wife.
Mrs Vardy messaged her husband: ""Seriously????"" Mr Vardy replied: "No not at all babes x"
She responded: ""T***s trying to make me into a scapegoat X." Mr Vardy responded: "F*****g a*******s x"
The trial of the libel dispute between Mrs Vardy and fellow footballer's wife Mrs Rooney was told Mr Rooney spoke to Mr Vardy about his wife's "media activities" during the Euro 2016 tournament because they were "causing problems and distractions".
Giving evidence, Mr Rooney claimed he had "100%" had an "awkward" conversation with his teammate about Mrs Vardy after being asked to by then England manager Roy Hodgson. In a statement issued outside the trial, Mr Vardy said that Mr Rooney, now manager at Derby County, was "talking nonsense".
In the messages to her husband in 2016, Mrs Vardy shared another article with the headline: "Wayne Rooney asks Jamie Vardy to make sure his wife lowers her social media profile during Euros ".
Mrs Vardy commented: "Jesus... This must have come from somewhere!" Mr Vardy replied: "Haha no1 said a word, probably the bloody FA."
Mrs Vardy said: "Joke makes my blood boil X." Mr Vardy responded: "Papers for u with nothing better to do coz they got no stories x."
Mrs Vardy added: "Exactly not fair to pick on me though w*****s."
Screenshots of multiple private Instagram posts made by Coleen Rooney between 2017 and 2019 also feature in the newly-released bundle of documents that trial judge Mrs Justice Steyn said could be made public.
They include an October 24 2017 post celebrating her husband's birthday and another made on October 31 that year of Mr Rooney and three of their sons in pyjamas in bed. Mrs Rooney claimed that at the time of the so-called "pyjamas post" she made a "conscious decision" not to upload the photograph with him to her public Instagram account due to "the difficulties between us at the time".
The mother-of-four claims that an article later published in The S*n referenced the two posts, including quoting the so-called "birthday post" "word-for-word". Lawyers have also shared a screenshot of Mrs Rooney's so-called "TV decisions" post, among the fake posts she claims to have uploaded to her private Instagram as part of a "sting operation" to discover who was leaking her private information.
Posted on September 25 2019, it featured a "selfie" of Mrs Rooney and the text: "Up and out!! Easing my way back into work!! TV decisions.... maybe it's time for Australia." Another post made on March 18 2019 which showed a photo of a bar she was at celebrating St Patrick's Day with her husband and the caption: "We're back... took kids home..... we finally have a babysitter".
Mrs Rooney claims the S*n made enquiries about her and her husband going on "lots of dates" in Washington, where the couple then lived, after finding a babysitter they trusted. While no article was published about the "babysitter post", Mrs Rooney believes it was likely another leak from her private Instagram.
Both women gave evidence during the seven-day trial of the case, with Mrs Justice Steyn due to give her ruling at a later date.
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