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Rebekah Vardy slams judge for 'not understanding case' as she refuses to rule out appeal

Rebekah Vardy has slammed the judge in her Wagatha Christie case for "not understanding" it.

The WAG - and wife of footballer Jamie Vardy - went to the High Court after Coleen Rooney accused Rebekah's Instagram account of leaking private messages from Instagram to The Sun.

The court case had centred around whether Coleen was defaming Rebekah by claiming publicly that it was only her account that had seen several pieces of information which she posted on her private Instagram story, and then had been leaked to the newspaper.

Now, Rebekah has opened up about her opinion on the verdict - and the chance of her appealing the ruling.

Rebekah Vardy opened up on TalkTV (@TalkTV)

Speaking on TalkTV tonight, she said: "I'm really disappointed. I didn't really expect it to go that way, but I think we had a judge who didn't understand the case and didn't look at everything.

"It feels like the judge just read what was written in the media and took on the narrative bias."

She also responded to the judge's ruling, where Mrs Justice Steyn, said the WAG "clearly" knew of, condoned and engaged in leaking information to the press through her agent Caroline Watt.

The judge said in her findings some of the evidence Rebekah gave was "not credible" whilst describing Coleen as an "honest and reliable witness".

Coleen and Rebekah faced off in court (AFP via Getty Images)

Rebekah added: "No I don't agree with that at all. I went into court telling the truth, and if that is what happened to someone who goes into court and explains certain things, and explains their side of the story.

"I felt like I was on trial, for doing the most horrendous things."

She also refused to rule out a possible appeal in the future, saying it was in the hands of her lawyers and that they would be looking through the papers and discussing the possibility with her.

In her statement following the ruling, Rebekah expressed her disappointment at the verdict.

Rebekah didn't rule out an appeal (@TalkTV)

"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," it read.

"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."

She added: "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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